To Improve Health and Health Care The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology

by Isaacs, Stephen L.; Knickman, James R.

• ISBN13: 9780787963118
• ISBN10: 0787963119
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Stephen L. Isaacs is president of Health Policy Associates, San Francisco, California

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Steven A. Schroeder
Editors' Introduction	xi
Stephen L. Isaacs
James R. Knickman
Acknowledgments	xv
Section One: Reflections on Health, Philanthropy, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	1	(26)
A Conversation with Steven A. Schroeder	3	(24)
Renie Schapiro
Section Two: Improving Health Care	27	(72)
The Health Tracking Initiative	29	(22)
Carolyn Newbergh
Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies	51	(30)
Irene M. Wielawski
The Foundation's End-of-Life Programs: Changing the American Way of Death	81	(18)
Ethan Bronner
Section Three: Improving Health	99	(78)
The Center for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Tobacco-Settlement Negotiations	101	(24)
Digby Diehl
Helping Addicted Smokers Quit: The Foundation's Tobacco-Cessation Programs	125	(24)
C. Tracy Orleans
Joseph Alper
Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico: Gallup's Fighting Back and Healthy Nations Programs	149	(28)
Paul Brodeur
Section Four: Strengthening Human Capacity	177	(48)
Building Health Policy Research Capacity in the Social Sciences	179	(24)
David C. Colby
The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program	203	(22)
Paul Mantell
Section Five: Communications	225	(24)
The Covering Kids Communications Campaign	227	(22)
Susan B. Garland
Section Six: A Look Back	249	(22)
The Swing-Bed Program	251	(20)
Sharon Begley
The Editors	271	(2)
The Contributors	273	(6)
Index	279