Mentoring Young People
January 1, 2008 | Book
This chapter examines the research on mentoring and Foundation-funded programs that encourage it.
Risky Behavior
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The National Health and Social Life Survey
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology describes the experience of fielding the National Health and Social Life Survey and discusses its key public health findings.
The Foundation and AIDS
January 1, 2002 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Ethan Bronner, the education editor of The New York Times, chronicles the way in which the Foundation responded to the AIDS crisis. It is a story of how one foundation dealt with an area of high sensitivity and, in the author's words, "how AIDS changed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [and] also, in an important sense, how AIDS changed the country."
Reclaiming Futures
January 1, 2010 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Sara Solovitch, a California-based freelance writer and former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, examines the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reclaiming Futures program.
The College Alcohol Study
January 1, 2010 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Lee Green, a California-based freelance writer and journalist, tells the story of the College Alcohol Study and of Henry Wechsler, the Harvard researcher who developed and conducted the series of surveys that make up the College Alcohol Study.
Reducing Youth Drinking
January 1, 2005 | Book
This chapter looks in detail at the history and rationale of two RWJF programs: A Matter of Degree: Reducing High-Risk Drinking Among College Students and Reducing Underage Drinking through Coalitions.
The Urban Health Initiative
January 1, 2008 | Book
The Urban Health Initiative, a major effort of the Foundation, aims to improve the health and safety of children living in five medium-size and large cities.