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Four Mayors and School Superintendent Honored for Exceptional Leadership in Preventing Childhood Obesity

Their approaches illustrate a wide variety of policies that can help prevent childhood obesity.

Video, Stories and articles 11/03/2009 

Kaiser Permanente "Biobank" Receives $25-Million Grant from National Institutes of Health

NIH awarded the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health and the University of California, San Francisco Institute for Human Genetics a $24.8-million grant to conduct an expansive genotyping project.

News releases 10/12/2009 

Getting Rid of the Poisonous Effects of Lead in Children's Homes

Community Health Leader Ruth Ann Norton is the executive director of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning.

Grantee profiles 03/09/2009 

Health Care Without Harm

With funding from RWJF, an international coalition is helping the health care sector become ecologically sustainable and reduce harm to public health and the environment.

Grantee stories video, Grantee profiles 03/01/2009 

Ultrafine Particles in the Air: The Harold Amos Scholar Behind the Discovery of this Cardiovascular Health Risk

The Problem: How does the changing environment impact one's health? Can the ultrafine particles that linger in the air from automobile combustion heighten a person's risk for cardiovascular disease? A new field of study called Environmental...

Grantee profiles 09/30/2008 

RWJF Announces New Grantees to Advance Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Team is pleased to announce 16 new grants to help advance the team's objective to drive fundamental improvements in the quality and impact of public health. A call for proposals (CFP) was issued in April 2007...

Stories and articles 02/07/2008 

Flooding from Hurricane Floyd Produced Negative Health Consequences from Farm Practices

North Carolina conducted a study to assess the extent to which bacteria, antibiotics-resistant bacteria, antibiotic residues and nitrates are released from animal-feeding operations into groundwater aquifers and drinking-water supplies.

Grant Results Reports 08/24/2007 

YES! Projects on Multiple Sclerosis and Teen Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Use Take Top Honors in National Science Competition

Megan Blewett from Madison High School in Madison, N.J., and William Slack from Decatur High School in Decatur, Ga., were awarded $50,000 college scholarships today for taking first-place honors in...

News releases 04/16/2007 

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Florida During the 2004 Hurricane Season

During natural disasters gasoline-powered electric generator use rises due to power outages. Generators are sources of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning when used in poorly ventilated spaces or too near inhabited buildings. Existing public prevention campaigns focus on...

Published In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Journal articles 04/01/2007 

Citizen Groups and Scientific Decisionmaking: Does Public Participation Influence Environmental Outcomes?

This paper addresses whether citizen groups have an impact on agency decision-making at hazard waste sites nationwide. Effects of two forms of public participation are examined: Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) and Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs). Specifically,...

Published In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Journal articles 03/09/2007 

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