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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 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans

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 

Cell Phones Give Researchers a Window on Young Mothers' Parenting Practices - Leads to NIH Funded Study

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 

Education Matters for Health

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 

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