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April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the adequacy of private insurance for adults and children. In response to increasing costs, private insurance programs have increased cost-sharing for their members, but little is known about changes to out-of-pocket spending at the national level.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Interfaith Health & Hope Coalition collaborated with the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority to improve access to health care for the uninsured and the underinsured in Metropolitan Detroit.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The root causes of poor health experienced by many who live in low-income neighborhoods are well documented, but often go beyond the scope of the health care delivery system.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
By enhancing the opportunities for good health in the places where we live, learn, work, play and worship, community development initiatives can be important drivers of improved health.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The community development "industry" draws on public subsidies and other financing to transform impoverished neighborhoods into better-functioning communities.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's President and CEO, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey introduces a supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that makes public the research of the Commission to Build a Healthier America.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A review of findings that support a citizen-centered approach to improving health behaviors argues that lasting change in individuals' health behaviors requires collaboration.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A review of the evidence from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America recommendations on the creation of healthy community environments affirmed the Commission's recommendations and identified steps to implement and expand upon them.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This editorial identifies different stages of employer involvement in health and outlines actions that businesses and public health organizations can undertake together.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article describes the work of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support research on the social determinants of health. The NIH is building a more robust social determinants research agenda through a broad range of research programs.