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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), located in Princeton, N.J., is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. To get there, we must work ...
We work side-by-side with communities, practitioners, and institutions to achieve health equity faster and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. We ...
RWJF is committed to ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. To achieve this goal, we support research that examines the historical and systemic factors that ...
Report Mar-22-2023 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research 3-min read “NHPI data needs are present throughout the data life cycle,” the ...
The following comments were submitted by Richard Besser, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) President and CEO, in response to a request for information (RFI) from Ron Wyden, United States ...
PRINCETON—The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced nine communities chosen to receive the 2024 RWJF Culture of Health Prize. The Prize celebrates communities that have made incredible ...
On a grey, drizzly day in February at the Washington Neighborhood Center (WNC), a handful of Native elders offer guidance to teenagers who are rolling bits of rosemary, sage, and sweetgrass into ...
Federal policy changes could strain hospital finances and patient care. Hospitals and health systems may soon struggle to provide adequate patient care, as recent federal policy changes are expected ...
The more local the data, the more useful it is for pinpointing disparities and driving action. The first universal measure of health at a neighborhood level reveals gaps that may previously have gone ...
The Marketplace Pulse series provides expert insights on timely policy topics related to the health insurance marketplaces. The series, authored by RWJF Senior Policy Adviser Katherine Hempstead, ...
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits did not cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in 98% of U.S. counties last year. In the last quarter of 2023, a 53-cent gap remained ...