Health Affairs April 30, 2019
Susan B. Hassmiller

With research showing that social and economic factors—such as access to high-quality jobs, education, and housing—have a greater impact on health outcomes than does the medical care a person receives, philanthropy is increasingly funding initiatives that address these social determinants of health. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) committed itself in 2015 to a bold new vision: to work alongside others to build a national Culture of Health, which provides everyone in America a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being.

At nearly 4 million people strong, nurses in the United States are perfectly positioned to do just that—but they need the resources to address the social determinants of health.

The RWJF has commissioned The Future of Nursing 2020-2030,...

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