To build a future where all communities thrive, and health equity is a reality, we must learn how others around the globe are ...

Addressing health inequities to ensure that all pregnant people—regardless of skin color, income, or zip code—can have healthy pregnancies, healthy babies, and the ability to thrive.

We all have dreams for ourselves and our families. But we don’t all have the same opportunities to make those dreams come true. For too long, our social practices, laws, and policies have placed more ...

Within the U.S., health misinformation poses challenges for individuals trying to effectively navigate digital health information. In a recent U.S. survey, more than half the respondents were ...

Investing in infrastructure is key to making communities healthier, more equitable places to live. We all want to live in a community where everyone has access to safe drinking water, green parks, and ...

People established laws and practices that perpetuate barriers to health equity. We can reinvent them. We all want to live in a country where everyone—no matter their race, ethnicity, or class—has a ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, over 30 of the largest cities in the U.S. adopted “slow-street” or other public space projects. However, many communities with low incomes and people with physical ...

RWJF believes we can achieve health equity—faster and together—if we ground our work in the following principles: Explore the latest in reflection and research from subject matter experts at RWJF and ...

Our Vision Focus Areas Building Community Power to Advance Health Equity Community power is the ability of communities most impacted by inequity to act together to voice their needs and hopes for the ...

The U.S. lacks public funding for care. Medicaid and Medicare cover doctor’s visits, inpatient hospital care, and other medical services, but do not cover childcare or long-term home care. This places ...

The U.S. food system often optimizes for highly-processed food. Routine consumption of highly-processed food has been associated with increased risks of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and all-cause ...