Culture of Health Program

Rolling Submissions

Description

The National Academy of Medicine's Culture of Health Program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a multiyear collaborative effort to identify strategies to create and sustain conditions that support equitable good health for everyone in America. Individual health is shaped by many economic and social factors such as income, education, access to high-quality health care, geography, and race and ethnicity. Uneven access to conditions that are needed for good health across the United States has been well documented, a...

Eligible Applicants- Unrestricted

Additional Eligibility Information

Everyone in America is considered in the scope of creating equitable good health.

Funding TypeotherCategories of Funding Activity- Behavioral and Social Sciences- Health and Medicine

Grantor Contact InformationContact: Ivory ClarkeGrantor Emailiclarke@nas.eduOther Grantor InformationThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide independent, objective advice to inform policy with evidence, spark progress and innovation, and confront challenging issues for the benefit of society. They are comprised of three academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine. The organization convenes hundreds of conferences, workshops, and symposia annually, bringing together leading experts from academia, public, and private sectors. Their work focuses on providing high-quality, evidence-based consensus on complex scientific, engineering, and health-related challenges. They produce peer-reviewed reports, publish scientific journals, and serve as a trusted source of expert advice for policymaking. The National Academies mobilize approximately 6,000 top experts each year who volunteer their time and knowledge to conduct policy studies, workshops, and other activities aimed at addressing critical issues facing the nation and world.

Additional InformationThe program has conducted activities such as a community art project and a documentary series, and it aims to develop an online resource hub and additional public workshops. Additional URLs:

http://www.rwjf.org/

https://nam.edu/ongoing-consensus-studies-from-the-culture-of-health-program/

http://nam.edu/visualizehealthequity/

https://nam.edu/programs/culture-of-health/driving-health-equity/

http://nam.edu/programs/culture-of-health/

Supporting Linkhttps://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/culture-of-health-program