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Public Health and Spatial Inequality in Boston - Children
January 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A collection of maps visually present data on the health characteristics and experiences of children in Boston.
You Can Stop the Flu, Even with Your Hands Full
May 22, 2010 | Advertisement
Last fall, at the height of the H1N1 epidemic in the United States, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellow Lisa Davis, R.N., B.S.N., M.B.A. and Deborah Washington, R.N., Ph.D.c. (2007-2010 cohort) met for dinner. Since both are ...
Regionalization in Local Public Health Systems
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Case studies focused on regionalization of public health preparedness and response in the Washington metropolitan area, highlighted the lack of an official of regional public health structure and the challenge in integrating the federal government into the regionalization effort.
Massachusetts Ex-Smokers Rated Negative Ads as Most Effective
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
From February 1996 to August 1998, Lois Biener, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts at Boston Center for Survey Research examined the reactions of adult residents in Massachusetts to the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program.
It Takes a Community to Solve a Health Problem
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.