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| − | The '''Robert Wood Johnson Foundation''' "seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans," according to its mission statement. [http://www.rwjf.org/about/mission.jhtml] | + | The '''Robert Wood Johnson Foundation''' (RWJF) "seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans," according to its mission statement. [http://www.rwjf.org/about/mission.jhtml] |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds tobacco control and health projects. The tobacco industry has considered the RWJF an adversary and kept a close eye on projects funded by RWJF. In 1994 the tobacco industry lobby has opposed public health anti-smoking commercials commercials funded by the RWJF.[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/awc24c00][http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ytk64c00][http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pbu72f00] | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds tobacco control and health projects. The tobacco industry has considered the RWJF an adversary and kept a close eye on projects funded by RWJF. In 1994 the tobacco industry lobby has opposed public health anti-smoking commercials commercials funded by the RWJF.[http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/awc24c00][http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ytk64c00][http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pbu72f00] | ||
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| + | In 1999, RWJF awarded a two-month contract worth $51,844 to [[Home Front Communications]], for the "production and distribution of television messages to encourage enrollment in CHIP," the Children's Health Insurance Program. [http://www.rwjf.org/publications/publicationsPdfs/annual1999/contracts-access-1.html] Home Front is a broadcast public relations firm infamous for having produced two [[video news releases]] for the U.S. [[Department of Health and Human Services]] promoting the benefits of the controversial Medicare drug law. <ref>Robert Pear, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/15/politics/15VIDE.html U.S. Videos, for TV News, Come Under Scrutiny]", ''New York Times'', March 15, 2004.</ref> The [[Government Accountability Office]] later ruled that the VNRs had "violated the restriction on using appropriated funds for publicity or [[propaganda]] purposes." <ref>Government Accountability Office, "[http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/302710.htm Ruling: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- Video News Releases]," May 19, 2004.</ref> | ||
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| + | Other Home Front Communications work for RWJF, done in conjunction with the PR firm [[Burness Communications]] from 2003 through mid-September 2007, includes producing and distributing "86 broadcast material packets to television stations and/or radio stations highlighting health and health care issues important to RWJF and featuring RWJF grantees and their work," reaching "more than 684-million viewers." RWJF noted, "Much of the content was utilized by stations in the top 20 or 50 markets." <ref>"[http://www.rwjf.org/reports/grr/050707.htm Broadcast Health Series Highlights the Work of RWJF and its Grantees to Improve Health and Health Care: Grant Results]," Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 2007, accessed December 2007.</ref> | ||
==Board of Trustees== | ==Board of Trustees== | ||
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*See full [http://www.rwjf.org/about/leadership.jsp biographies] on RWJF website. | *See full [http://www.rwjf.org/about/leadership.jsp biographies] on RWJF website. | ||
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Revision as of 18:04, 3 December 2007
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This article is part of the Tobacco portal on Sourcewatch funded from 2006 - 2009 by the American Legacy Foundation. |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) "seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans," according to its mission statement. [1]
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds tobacco control and health projects. The tobacco industry has considered the RWJF an adversary and kept a close eye on projects funded by RWJF. In 1994 the tobacco industry lobby has opposed public health anti-smoking commercials commercials funded by the RWJF.[2][3][4]
Fake news
In 1999, RWJF awarded a two-month contract worth $51,844 to Home Front Communications, for the "production and distribution of television messages to encourage enrollment in CHIP," the Children's Health Insurance Program. [5] Home Front is a broadcast public relations firm infamous for having produced two video news releases for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services promoting the benefits of the controversial Medicare drug law. [1] The Government Accountability Office later ruled that the VNRs had "violated the restriction on using appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes." [2]
Other Home Front Communications work for RWJF, done in conjunction with the PR firm Burness Communications from 2003 through mid-September 2007, includes producing and distributing "86 broadcast material packets to television stations and/or radio stations highlighting health and health care issues important to RWJF and featuring RWJF grantees and their work," reaching "more than 684-million viewers." RWJF noted, "Much of the content was utilized by stations in the top 20 or 50 markets." [3]
Board of Trustees
- Thomas H. Kean, Chairman
- Robert E. Campbell, "retired vice chairman of the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson (J&J)"
- Nancy-Ann DeParle, "senior adviser at J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC"
- George S. Frazza, "counsel for Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler; "previously served Johnson & Johnson for more than 30 years in the roles of corporate secretary, vice president and general counsel, and was a member of the executive committee."
- Linda Griego, "president of Zapgo Entertainment Group"
- Wendy W. Hagen, "senior vice president of Porter Novelli International"
- Edward J. Hartnett, "retired company group chairman of Johnson & Johnson responsible for Ethicon Inc., and other international affiliates."
- Robert Wood Johnson IV, "chairman and CEO of the Johnson Company"
- Ralph S. Larsen, "former chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson (J&J)."
- Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., Foundation president and CEO
- Edward E. Matthews, "senior advisor and was formerly senior vice chair, Investments and Financial Services of American International Group, Inc. (AIG)"
- William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC); CEO, UNC Health Care System and "vice chancellor for medical affairs at UNC."
- Marla E. Salmon, Sc.D., R.N., "dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta."
- Gail L. Warden, former "president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System"
- Richard B. Worley, "managing director of Permit Capital Group, LLC"; retired "CEO and chief investment officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management."
- See full biographies on RWJF website.
Contact details
P.O. Box 2316
College Road East and Route 1
Princeton, NJ 08543
(888) 631-9989
URL: http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
Turning Point Program
SourceWatch resources
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- ↑ Robert Pear, "U.S. Videos, for TV News, Come Under Scrutiny", New York Times, March 15, 2004.
- ↑ Government Accountability Office, "Ruling: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- Video News Releases," May 19, 2004.
- ↑ "Broadcast Health Series Highlights the Work of RWJF and its Grantees to Improve Health and Health Care: Grant Results," Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 2007, accessed December 2007.
