New Participants in RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program to Study Impact of Social Factors on Nation’s Health
April 10, 2013 | Story
The RWJF Health & Society Scholars program has announced its 2013–2015 participants.
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Class-Based Discrimination Harms Child Health
June 13, 2012 | Story
New evidence suggests discrimination is an important social determinant of health among White Americans.
RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program Marks 10 Years of Expanding Knowledge of the Social Determinants of Health
May 29, 2012 | Story
Program focuses on interdisciplinary research, looking beyond the clinic walls, to address population health problems.
Patients' Unmet Social Needs: Health Care's "Blind Side"
March 23, 2012 | Story
Nurses invited to join RWJF discussion on ways to integrate social needs into health care delivery.
Developing Healthy Communities
November 3, 2011 | Story
A partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Federal Reserve System explores how the community development and health sectors can work together to improve health and well-being.
Health Affairs November Issue Focuses on "Linking Community Development and Health"
November 1, 2011 | Story
Health Affairs issue builds on collaboration between the RWJF and the Federal Reserve System to pursue innovative new ideas and public and private partnerships.
Fresh Lens on Health Disparities Reveals Role of Accumulating Risks
October 5, 2011 | Story
RWJF Health & Society Scholar calls for closer examination of the interplay between various causes of race-based health disparities.
Strong Medicine for a Healthier America
December 20, 2010 | Journal Article/Story
American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement examines how social factors affect health and offers recommendations for action.
Meeting Patients on Their Own Terms
September 1, 2011 | Story
Study by RWJF scholar finds that, for U.S. adults, nonfinancial barriers to health care are more common than financial barriers.
Rethinking the Route to Improving Childhood Health and Educational Outcomes
July 22, 2011 | Story
Persuading physicians to focus on social risk factors. As a Health & Society Scholar, Jutte studied the interaction of biological and social risk factors in early childhood, and their relationship to long-term health and educational outcomes.