To Improve Health and Health Care Vol VII Vol. III : The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology

by Editor: Stephen L. Isaacs (Center for Health and Social Policy); Editor: James R. Knickman (The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

• ISBN13: 9780787968236
• ISBN10: 0787968234
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• 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 seventh 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 Fighting Back Program Join Together and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Containment of Health Care Costs The Teaching Nursing Home Program The Clinical Scholars Program Increasing Minorities in the Health Professions The National Health Policy Forum The Injury Free Coalition for Kids The Homeless Prenatal Program Response to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Editors' Introduction: Observations on Grantmaking from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series	xiii
Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman
Acknowledgments	xxix
Section One: Targeted Portfolio	1	(102)
1 The Fighting Back Program	3	(30)
Irene M. Wielawski
2 Join Together and CADCA: Backing Up the Front Line	33	(24)
Paul Jellinek and Renie Schapiro
3 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to Contain Health Care Costs	57	(24)
Carolyn Newbergh
4 The Teaching Nursing Home Program	81	(22)
Ethan Bronner
Section Two: Human Capital Portfolio	103	(66)
5 The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program	105	(20)
Jonathan Showstack, ArlyssAnderson Rothman, Laura C. Leviton, and Lewis G. Sandy
6 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commitment to Increasing Minorities in the Health Professions	125	(22)
Jane Isaacs Lowe and Constance M. Pechura
7 The National Health Policy Forum	147	(22)
Richard S. Frank
Section Three: Vulnerable Populations Portfolio	169	(52)
8 The Injury Free Coalition for Kids	171	(26)
Paul Brodeur
9 The Homeless Prenatal Program	197	(24)
Digby Diehl
Section Four: Pioneering Portfolio	221	(28)
10 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Response to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters	223	(26)
Stephen L. Isaacs
The Editors	249	(2)
The Contributors	251	(8)
Index	259