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February 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: You conducted interviews with hundreds of people across the country who live alone. Tell us about the trends you identified in the book. Klinenberg: When I looked more closely at the issue I learned that living alone had become incredibly commo ...
December 31, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A Doctor Delivers Multiple Acts of Human Kindness to Homeless Women. “She was just one more homeless woman who had been raped, a ‘nobody,’ just more paperwork,” blogged RWJF Community Health Leader Roseanne H. Means, MD, explaining why a woman in he ...
June 14, 2012 | Journal Article
The study's results shows social discrimination can be a chronic stressor, with a detrimental impact on physiological systems over time.
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Kathi Toepel with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
June 13, 2012 | Story
New evidence suggests discrimination is an important social determinant of health among White Americans.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Being culturally interconnected with others can be beneficial to a pregnant woman’s health and well-being.
April 18, 2011 | Story
LGB youth are 20 percent more likely to attempt suicide in a negative social environment than in a positive one, regardless of their individual risk factors, concludes study by RWJF Health & Society Scholar.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
After her mother is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, a journalist researches how to help find effective therapies for patients who get rare diseases.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Relationship between social participation and human health and well-being.
March 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, the news media is covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholars, fellows and grantees. Here are some examples. Nurse.com and Becker’s Hospital Review report on the launch of the Robert Wood Johnson F ...