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August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
Staff at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and its Michigan-based subcontractor, TSI Consulting Partners, developed a program to train state health officials in strategic effectiveness skills.
August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers explored ways to define and measure the value of governmental public health systems through a literature review and interviews with 46 public health practitioners, policy-makers and academics.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
A pilot project called the Small Agency Building Initiative (SABI) sought to test the ability of RWJF to improve the business capacities of 19 small, nonprofit, community-based health and social service organizations.
January 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative brought together public health departments, major managed care organizations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Brandeis University to improve the health of New Englanders.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 2001, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, developed and implemented Community Health in Focus, a program designed to use the convening role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to stimulate action on health care issues identified by local communities.
May 28, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey argues that communities struck by disasters should rebuild with health and wellness as a key priority.
May 22, 2013 | News Release
The Network for Public Health Law and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Scholars in Residence, a fellowship program designed to bring the expertise of legal scholars to assist public health agencies in tackling pressing health issues.
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The Preemption Framework is a tool to support effective decision-making by helping the public health field anticipate, assess, and if necessary, counter preemptive policy proposals.
April 25, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NPR reported that business owners near the Boston Marathon blast site are beginning to return. To help make sure businesses can reopen safely, public health inspectors played a role. Longer term, public health also plays a mental health support role.
April 22, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NewPublicHealth is speaking with directors of health departments who recently were accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board. We spoke with Mary Selecky, director of the Washington State health department, about accreditation.