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Our newsletter, Advances®, reports on the key work of the Foundation through articles and interviews, lists of recent grants, reports on closed grants, summaries of RWJF-funded research and other news from the Foundation.

Advances September 2007

In this month's issue of Advances®, learn more about recent studies published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that indicate children are surrounded by unhealthy dietary options. Additionally, RWJF's Pioneer portfolio continues its exploration of competitions as a way to open-source the practice of grantmaking. Read about recent competition winners and a new idea competition that seeks to help kids become more active. Lastly, review several RWJF-supported reports on disparities in access and quality of care.

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Advances August 2007 RWJF Expands Healthy Schools Program with $20 Million Grant New Report Shows Obesity Rates Still on the Rise Childhood Obesity: What It Means for Physicians New Census Numbers Reinforce the Need to Safeguard and Strengthen SCHIP Opinion Poll: Nine in 10 Voters Want SCHIP Reauthorized Podcast on Health Courts New Study: Boosting Five Preventive Services Would Save 100,000 Lives Each Year Issue Brief Identifies Practical Strategies to Reduce Health Care Disparities Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Review of Recent State-Legislated Actions

Advances July 2007 Competition Seeks to Identify Ways Games Can Improve Health Young Adult Smokers Want to Quit, But Most Do Not Seek Proven Treatment Report Offers Review of Publicly Funded Integrated Programs Envisioning PHR Tools for Patients to Better Manage Their Health Connecting Active Living Research to Policy Solutions Foundation Offers Video Highlights of Transforming Care at Bedside® Let's Get America's Kids Covered Advertisements RWJF Appoints David C. Colby, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Evaluation

Advances June 2007 Healthier America Summit Grapples With Pressing Public Issues Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Community Catalyst Announce $12M Effort to Support Consumer Advocacy for Health Care Coverage Foundation Supports Launch of Web Site Dedicated to Pediatric Asthma Foundation-Supported Study Shows Hospital Care in America is Separate but Not Equal Foundation to Award Up to $2.2 Million in Second Round of Advancing Recovery Grants Foundation Awards Grant to the American Dental Education Association to Address Diversity and Access in Health Professions Education

Advances May 2007 A New Way to Heal the Medical Liability System When Big Tobacco Pushes Marketing, Teens Pay a Deadly Price A Little Disruption Can Be a Good Thing State Health Reform Program Launched RWJF Senior Vice President James Marks, M.D., M.P.H., Testifies Before House Subcommittee

Advances April 2007 Foundation Commits $500 Million to Reverse the Childhood Obesity Epidemic Cover the Uninsured Week 2007 is Under Way Foundation Recognizes and Rewards the Efforts of Two Young Disease Detectives RWJF Launches National Program for Preventing Psychotic Illness in Young People Common Good, RWJF to Build Support for State Health Court Pilots The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx): Process Improvement in Addiction Treatment

Advances March 2007 Taking the Wraps off Addiction Working Hard, but Losing Health Benefits $3-Million Ad Campaign Highlights Need to Provide Health Insurance to Children "Extending the Cure" Reframes the Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance and Needed Solutions Foundation Makes $115-Million Commitment to Improve Health Care in Communities Grantee Profile: Covering Kids & Families

Advances February 2007 Nearly 2 Million Uninsured Children Are Eligible for SCHIP Nationwide Campaign Launched in Conjunction With HBO's Show ADDICTION RWJF Senior VP James Marks, M.D., Calls for Increased Federal Funding for Prevention and Public Health Learning How Public Health Finance Affects Public Health Practice and Preparedness Congressional Staff Luncheon Briefing Focuses on Reducing the Diabetes Care Gap Overview Shows How Urban Health Initiatives Has Made a Difference

Advances January 2007 How States Expand Coverage ... and Plans to Cover Even More Online Competition to Showcase Innovative Domestic Violence Prevention Programs 2006: The Year in Research Can Health IT Enhance the Pace and Power of Research? Smoke-Free in Philadelphia

Advances Issue 2, 2005 Action Plan for Halting the Alarming Trend of Childhood Obesity Students Say YES to Epidemiology Research A Mission of Health Care for Homeless People Award Honors Sports Team’s Community Work Order Print Version

Advances Issue 1, 2005 Eliminating Disparities Using a Quality-Improvement Focus Creating Universal Symbols for Health Facilities Karel Honored by Grantmakers in Health Kean Named New Chair Of Board of Trustees Order Print Version

Advances Issue 4, 2004 Enviromental changes can reduce college binge drinking Improving quality and availablity of addiction treatment Quality advocate receives Lienhard award Order Print Version

Advances Issue 3, 2004 Better Data: The First Step in Reducing Disparities in Health Care 2004 Community Health Leaders Honored Improving Quality Through New Nursing Initiatives Disability From a Very Personal Perspective Order Print Version

Advances Issue 2, 2004 Help Heal Thyself: Engaging Patients in Their Health Care Defining and Promoting Quality Health Care Artist Helps Combat Substance Abuse PRISM Awards Announced Order Print Version

Advances Issue 1, 2004 Is America Prepared for Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Threats? Minority Faculty Program Expanded, Renamed Looking for Breakthrough Ideas One Step At a Time Order Print Version

Advances Issue 4, 2003 Sprawling Environments Contribute to Sprawling Waistlines A Tribute to Terrance Keenan Making the Suburbs Healthier Inside Tobacco Strategy Order Print Version

Advances Issue 3, 2003 Strengthening a Stress Point in the Health Care Safety Net Emergency Care in Crisis 2003 Community Health Leaders Honored Faith in Action Names Della Reese National Spokesperson Order Print Version

Advances Issue 2, 2003 Getting to Quality Using Health Care Performance Data Health Care Quality By Leaps Five Billionth Grant Dollar Awarded 2002 Annual Report Now Available Order Print Version

Advances Issue 1, 2003 RWJF President Details Transition, New Framework for Grantmaking Walking Toward Health in West Virginia New Tool for Providers of End-of-Life Care Students and Teachers Say YES to Epidemiology Order Print Version

Advances Issue 4, 2002 No "Best" Place to Die in the United States Schroeder's Extraordinary Contribution Breaking Through Death-Denying Culture Roll Call Ads Highlight Grantees' Work Order Print Version

Advances Issue 3, 2002 Lavizzo-Mourey to Take Helm of RWJF, Succeeding Schroeder as President "Quality Because of Choice, Not in Spite of it" Four Organizations Receive Circle of Life Awards Honoring Accurate Depiction of Substance Abuse in Entertainment Order Print Version

Advances Issue 2, 2002 The Sports Philanthropy Project: A Training Ground for Sports Foundations Grantee Helps Ground Zero Workers St. Louis Teams to Prevent Childhood Injuries Seniors Mentor Youngsters Through Experience Corps Order Print Version

Advances Issue 1, 2002 Warning: The State of Public Health in America Not So Healthy He Helped Give Programs "Wings" U.S. Public Health System Capable, but Underfunded Overcoming Barriers to Bring Health Care to Border Settlements Order Print Version

Advances Issue 4, 2001 RWJF and Grantees Respond to National Tragedy A Veteran Volunteer's Perspective New Edition of On Doctoring Anthology Health Care That Cares About Self-Respect

Advances Issue 3, 2001 America, Get Moving: A Call to Action Promoting Exercise to California Seniors 2001 RWJ Community Health Leaders Named Excellence In End-of-Life Care Honored Order Print Version

Advances Issue 2, 2001 Substance Abuse Prevention: What Works and What Doesn't New Home, New Phone, Old Address Fond Farewell To Visionary RWJF Senior VP Faith in Action Receives $100-Million Commitment Order Print Version

Advances Issue 1, 2001 "Covering Kids" Communications Campaign Uncovers Misconceptions and Boosts Inquiries Jeremiah Stamler, M.D., Honored with Rogers Award Changing Behavior Through Social Marketing Faces Show The Nobility of Aging Order Print Version

Advances Issue 4, 2000 Lessons from Workers' Compensation Burke Honored with Presidential Medal Protecting Confidentiality of Medical Records: What is at Stake Lee Named 15th Recipient of Lienhard Award Order Print Version

Advances Issue 3, 2000 Moyers PBS Series Looks at Dying in America Champion Award for Tobacco Control Social Networks Contribute to Health Community Health Leaders Chosen for 2000 Order Print Version

Advances Issue 2, 2000 Better Health Outcomes Possible Using Evidence-Based Medicine Physicians Talk to Congress Members About Uninsured Youth Rally Against Tobacco First Circle of Life Awards Made Order Print Version

Advances Issue 1, 2000 RWJF Steps Up Insurance Coverage Initiatives Philadelphia Grantee Sponsors Televised Town Meeting Helping States Cover More Kids With Health Insurance 3,000-Mile Trek Raises Awareness of Hunger Order Print Version

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