Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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How Much Should Individuals Entering Health Professions Know About Health Policy?
September 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Health care providers should be educated about how the health care system has evolved and how policy levers work, RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research recipient Miriam Laugesen writes.
Free Seminars in Nashville from Nationally Renowned Scholars and RWJF Alumni
January 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College (Nashville, Tenn.) is pleased to announce the following lectures, as part of its free health policy seminar series entitled “National Scholars’ Current Issues in ...
Improving the Delivery of Preventive Services to Medicare Beneficiaries
December 23, 2009 | Commentary
Focus on prevention and wellness programs.
Teaching Health Literacy Using Popular Television Programming
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In an effort to increase health literacy, this pilot study examined the use of short television clips from ER in health literacy curriculum, finding that their use led to student engagement in the content and demonstrated knowledge acquisition.
Sound Partners for Community Health
January 1, 2001 | Book
The potential of the Internet should not, however, obscure the contribution made by a more traditional means of communications that continues to reach millions of Americans—local radio.
Parent Opinion of Sexuality Education in a State with Mandated Abstinence Education
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
State and federal policy has increasingly financed and legislated abstinence-only education over the past decade, yet little is known about parental desires regarding sexuality education in states with mandated abstinence education. This study looks ...
Script Doctors?
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
During 2000 and 2001, W.E. Duke & Company, a public relations firm with experience in the entertainment industry, developed the framework for a proposed Hollywood-based organization that would provide the entertainment industry with accurate information and resources on health and health care.
University of Tennessee Uses Health of the Public Funding to Provide Health Education to Rural Youth, Encourage Medical Careers
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of Tennessee, Memphis, provided health education to rural young people while exposing health professional students to rural communities and principles of population-based medicine.
Sound Partners for Community Health
May 9, 2008 | Program Result Report
Sound Partners for Community Health funded efforts by public broadcasters and their partners to increase public awareness of health issues and to facilitate citizens and policy-makers in taking a more informed and active role in health issues at the local level.
Continued Increases in the Relative Risk of Death From Smoking
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An examination of the changes in relative risk of death among current and former smokers over recent decades in the United States found that the contribution of smoking to national mortality is not declining as quickly as might be expected, considering the decreasing national rate of smoking.