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September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
According to this brief, almost 75 percent of physicians were accepting all or most new Medicare patients, the vast majority of physicians contracted with managed care plans, and slightly fewer than six in 10 physicians provided charity care in 2008.
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
National experts recommend that children get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day, but many children do not. This brief describes school and community strategies that can help kids be active.
May 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Regular physical activity promotes important health benefits, reduces risk for obesity, and is linked to enhanced academic performance. National recommendations call for children and adolescents to be active for 60 minutes a day. The U.S. Department ...
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This study estimates the minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity various school and community policy changes could support among youth.
May 1, 2012 | Report
Research shows that lower-income and racial and ethnic minority people tend to live in neighborhoods with fewer and poorer quality sidewalks, fewer parks and open spaces, and more crime, social disorder and traffic. These environmental and social fa ...
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study used an existing survey to assess whether pediatricians were using BMI percentiles to manage (i.e., to screen for and treat) obesity. The study revealed underlying beliefs that pediatricians hold about their own capabilities for addressing childhood obesity.
November 24, 2010 | Program Result
Staff at the Prevention Institute developed the Web-based Health Equity and Prevention Primer, which trains public health practitioners to advocate for public policies that reverse the environmental causes of health disparities.
March 28, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
We are so pleased to be partnering with Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director of the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute and Margaret Flinter, PhD, APRN, senior vice president and clinical director of the Community He ...
March 8, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) yesterday announced the launch of a new program designed to make primary care more accessible and effective by identifying practices that maximize the services of the primary care workforce. The Primary Care ...
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
During 2002, independent consultant Philippe Boucher developed an online directory of more than 5,000 tobacco-control professionals and organizations in the United States - available to the public and searchable by name, location or key word.