High-Quality Relationships Help Pregnant Women Stay Healthy
September 30, 2010 | Story
Links to family and friends may trump race and class when it comes to avoiding many pregnancy-related health risks.
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Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.
Health Status of People Undergoing Foreclosure in the Philadelphia Region
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Foreclosure affects already-vulnerable populations. Public health practitioners may be able to leverage current efforts to connect homeowners with mortgage counseling agencies to improve health care access.
The Role of Culture in the Context of School-Based BMI Screening
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Multiple studies have shown that parents of overweight or obese children often fail to correctly perceive their children as overweight. In this article, possible reasons for, and implications of, this misperception of child weight status among minority parents are explored within a cultural framework.
Interactive Food and Beverage Marketing
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This report, part of a supplement presenting a series of obesity-related studies, describes how food and beverage companies implement digital marketing strategies.
Health Disparities in the Latino Population
August 27, 2009 | Journal Article
Latino immigrants to the U.S. have lower mortality rates than subsequent, U.S. born generations. This article reviews existing evidence related to health disparities between Latinos and the general U.S. population and between foreign and U.S. born Latinos.
Systematic Review of Interventions to Increase Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in African-Americans
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A review of 43 studies of interventions that increased physical activity among African-American subjects found that differences in the methodologies of the studies limited the ability to make comparisons among the studies.
Human Capital News Roundup: Aging in place, unemployment’s link to heart attacks, AIDS support groups, and more.
November 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
Psychosocial Stress and Change in Weight Among US Adults
May 22, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study from 1995 and follow-up conducted in 2004. The authors examine effects of several types of psychosocial stress on weight gain and differences among men and women.
Breaking Through on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
May 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Breaking Through on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities An Approach to Message Translation