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

by Isaacs, Stephen L.; Knickman, James R.; Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa

• ISBN13: 9780787983680
• ISBN10: 0787983683
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• 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, 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, To Improve Health and Health Care, the ninth volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, 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.

Author Biography

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

James R. Knickman 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: Still Swinging for the Philanthropic Fences? (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman).

Acknowledgments.

Section One: From the Foundation’s Vulnerable Populations Portfolio.

1 Free to Grow (Irene M. Wielawski).

2 Improving Health in an Aging Society (Robin E. Mockenhaupt, Jane Isaacs Lowe, and Geralyn Graf Magan).

Section Two: From the Foundation’s Targeted Portfolio.

3 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Efforts to Cover the Uninsured (Robert Rosenblatt).

4 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Safety Net Programs (James Bornemeier).

5 The Medicaid Managed Care Program (Marsha R. Gold, Justin S. White, and Erin Fries Taylor).

6 The Evolution of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Approach to Alcohol and Drug Addiction (Victor A. Capoccia).

Section Three: A Closer Look.

7 Students Run LA (Paul Brodeur).

Section Four: Profile.

8 Terrance Keenan: An Appreciation (Digby Diehl).

Section Five: Issues in Philanthropy.

9 Public Scrutiny of Foundations and Charities: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Response (Susan Krutt and David Morse).

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.

Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care Volume V.

Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care Volume VI.

Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care Volume VII.

Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care Volume VIII.