Synopses & Reviews
RESEARCH FOR OUR CHANGING HEALTH ENVIRONMENT
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, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, the eleventh volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, To Improve Health and Health Care, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.
The cases discussed in To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology, Volume XI 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
- Quality of care
Health services research
Reducing teenage pregnancy
The Smoke-Free Families program
Treating mental health and substance abuse
The Foundation's Active Living programs
The Urban Health Initiative
Mentoring young people
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's approach to evaluation
The Sports Philanthropy Project
Synopsis
To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the RWJF strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the on-going anthology of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners, the series offers valuable lessons for developing plans for the coming years.
Synopsis
Research For Our Changing Health Environment
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, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, the twelfth volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, To Improve Health and Health Care, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. This volume of the Anthology gives particular attention to the Foundation's efforts to expand health insurance coverage. The first three chapters examine the topic from different perspectives: policy, advocacy, and communications efforts to advance health care reform; research on health insurance coverage; and enrolling eligible children in the Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Written by the country's leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Volume XII, includes chapters on
Expanding health insurance coverage
Research on health insurance
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
The Catholic Social Services outreach project
Improving health care in rural America
Community-based dental education
Helping former prisoners reenter society
Pediatric asthma
Shaping public policy
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, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, the eleventh volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, To Improve Health and Health Care, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.
About the Author
Stephen L. Isaacs is a partner of Isaacs/Jellinek and president of Health Policy Associates in San Francisco, California.
David C. Colby is vice president for research and evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
Foreword (Risa Lavizzo-Mourey).
Editors’ Introduction (Stephen L. Isaacs and David C. Colby).
Acknowledgments.
Section One: Expanding Health Insurance Coverage 1.
1. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Politics of Health Care Reform: Communications, Advocacy, and Policy Development (James A. Morone).
2. Research on Health Insurance Coverage (Carolyn Newbergh).
3. Enrolling Eligible People in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Irene M. Wielawski).
Section Two: Philanthropy and Public Policy.
4. Shaping Public Policy as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Approach (James S. Marks and Joseph Alper).
Section Three: Programs.
5. Improving Health Care in Rural America (Lee Green).
6. The Catholic Social Services Outreach Project(Digby Diehl).
7. Helping Former Prisoners Reenter Society: The Health Link Project (Will Bunch).
8. Community-Based Dental Education: The Pipeline, Profession & Practice Program (Paul Brodeur).
9. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Efforts to Address Pediatric Asthma (Alexis D. Levy).
The Editors.
The Contributors.
Index.
Anthology Chapters by Topic, 1997 through Volume XI.