Isaacs / Colby To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume XVI

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology
16. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-119-00079-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Jossey-Bass Public Health/Health Services Text

The RWJF's biannual update on the latest developments in U.S.health care
To Improve Health and Health Care is the Robert WoodJohnson Foundation's biannual anthology, focusing on the pressinghealth and health care issues facing the country. This volumecovers some of the most important topics in public health,preventative medicine, and health services. Readers will find anin-depth look into the programs funded by the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation, providing policy makers, practitioners, and interestedmembers of the public a valuable perspective to inform strategy forthe coming years.
As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, thisongoing anthology of the RWJF provides an update on the latestdevelopments and advances taking place in the field of health,bringing readers up to speed on where we are, and where we stillneed to go.
* Understand the new developments in reducing childhoodobesity
* Examine innovations in health care delivery
* Learn how RWJF programs are making a difference to patients andproviders
Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been thenation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. Tofurther its mission of improving the health and health care of allAmericans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, developideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people todevote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. ToImprove Health and Health Care describes the latest outcomesand progress, for a complete overview of the American health caresystem.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Isaacs, Stephen L.

Colby, David C.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Crafting a New Vision for the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation vii
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Acknowledgments xiii
Section One: The Pioneer Portfolio 1
1. Where Do Ideas Come From? The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationExperience 3
David C. Colby, Stephen L. Isaacs, and Amy Woodrum
2. The Pioneer Portfolio 21
Tony Proscio
3. OpenNotes 49
Irene M. Wielawski
4. Using Video Games to Improve Health 93
Sara Solovitch
Section Two: Reducing Childhood Obesity 117
5. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to ReduceChildhood Obesity 119
Stephen L. Isaacs, David C. Colby, and Amy Woodrum
6. Building a Field of Childhood Obesity Research 131
Joe Alper
7. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Programs toImprove the Built Environment 159
Will Bunch
8. The Healthy Schools Program 185
Paul Jablow
9. The Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Program 207
Marissa Miley
Section Three: Local Initiatives 235
10. The 211 LA Developmental Screening and Care CoordinationProgram 237
Digby Diehl
The Editors 261
The Contributors 263
Index 269

Über Autor(innen)

STEPHEN L. ISAACS is managing partner of Isaacs/Jellinekand president of Health Policy Associates in San Francisco,California.
DAVID C. COLBY is vice president for policy at the RobertWood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.