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Developing Insights into Disparities Harold Amos Scholar Lisa Cooper was named a 2007 MacArthur Fellow. Cooper works on improving the quality of medical care for minorities in the United States by analyzing and developing new approaches to patient-physician communication. | Grantee profiles | 11/19/2009 |
Foundation issues new report which finds poor, minority and middle-class Americans with less education live sicker and die younger; new opinion poll finds strong public support for action. | News releases | 11/17/2009 |
RWJF Launches Commission to Build a Healthier America The nonpartisan commission will will investigate how factors such as education, environment, income and housing shape and affect personal behavioral choices. | Video, President's Corner | 11/17/2009 |
Commission Seeks Ways to Foster Better Health Outcomes and Improve the Health of All Americans A range of social factors is keeping this country from being as healthy as it should be and hurting our nation's economy, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported report. | Stories and articles | 11/17/2009 |
Overcoming Obstacles to Health This report outlines in stark detail how a person's health and the likelihood of becoming sick and dying prematurely are greatly influenced by powerful social factors, such as levels of education, income and the quality of neighborhood environments. | Chart packs and books, Reports | 11/17/2009 |
America's Health Starts With Healthy Children This chartbook from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America focuses on the health of children across the United States. | Video, Chart packs and books, Reports | 11/13/2009 |
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted two pilot studies on the use of cell phones to gather detailed information about predictors of early child neglect among adolescent and adult mothers. | Grant Results Reports | 10/06/2009 |
This issue brief, prepared by the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America, examines why, across America and generations, people with more education live longer and experience better health outcomes. | Issue and policy briefs | 09/09/2009 |
Webinar: Creating Healthy Communities RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America hosts a webinar focused on creating healthier homes and communities by improving the built environment and integrating safety and wellness into all aspects of the community. | Stories and articles | 07/29/2009 |
Webinar: Starting Early on a Path Toward Good Health RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America hosts a webinar focused on early childhood programs, nutritional needs and K-12 physical activity. | Stories and articles | 07/15/2009 |