Synopses & Reviews
'Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation\'s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, it provides funds for demonstration projects, educational and communications activities, training, policy analysis, and research. As part of the Foundation\'s efforts to inform the public,
To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public, the series offers useful lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.
The cases discussed in Volume VI of To Improve Health and Health Careprovide a critical analysis of the Foundation\'s activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the country\'s leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters on a variety of topics:
Reflections on Health, Philanthropy, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: An Interview with Steven A. Schroeder
- The Health Tracking Initiative
- Primary Care Development Strategies
- End-of-Life Programs
- Tobacco-Cessation Programs
- Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwest New Mexico
- Building Health Policy Research Capability in the Social Sciences
- The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program
- The Covering Kids Communication Campaign
- The Swing-Bed Program
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Review
"The book succeeds well in what it sets out to do..." (Doody's Review, September 2002)
Synopsis
Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, it provides funds for demonstration projects, educational and communications activities, training, policy analysis, and research. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public,
To Improve Health and Health Care, the fifth volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public, the series offers useful lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.
The cases discussed in To Improve Health and Health Care provide a critical analysis of the Foundation's activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the country's leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters on
- The Nurse Home Visitation Program
- Strategies to treat tuberculosis
- Health of Native Americans
- Service credit banking
- Consumer choice in long-term care
- The Health Policy Fellowships Program
- Recovery High School
- On Doctoring, an anthology of literature and medicine
- AIDS
- Program-related investments
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's grantmaking in New Jersey
About the Author
Stephen L. Isaacsis president of Health Policy Associates, San Francisco, California
James R. Knickmanis vice president for research and evaluation at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
Foreword (Steven A. Schroeder).
Editors Introduction: Strategies for Improving Access to Health CareObservations from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman).
Acknowledgments.
Part One: Programs.
1. The Nurse Home Visitation Program (Joseph Alper).
2. Tuberculosis: Old Disease, New Challenge (Carolyn Newbergh).
3. Programs to Improve the Health of Native Americans (Paul Brodeur).
4. Service Credit Banking (Susan Dentzer).
5. Consumer Choice in Long-term Care (A. E. Benjamin and Rani E. Snyder).
6. The Health Policy Fellowships Program (Richard S. Frank).
Part Two: A Closer Look.
7. Recovery High School (Digby Diehl).
8. On Doctoring: The Making of an Anthology of Literature and Medicine (Richard C. Reynolds and John Stone).
Part Three: A Look Back.
9. The Foundation and AIDS: Behind the Curve But Leading the Way (Ethan Bronner).
Part Four: Inside the Foundation.
10. Program-Related Investments (Marco Navarro and Peter Goodwin).
11. Tending Our Backyard: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundations Grantmaking in New Jersey (Pamela S. Dickson).
The Editors.
The Contributors.
Index.
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1997.
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1998 & 1999.
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2000.
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2001.