The RWJF’s biannual update on the latest developments in U.S.
health care
To Improve Health and Health Care is the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation’s biannual anthology, focusing on the pressing
health and health care issues facing the country. This volume
covers some of the most important topics in public health,
preventative medicine, and health services. Readers will find an
in-depth look into the programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, providing policy makers, practitioners, and interested
members of the public a valuable perspective to inform strategy for
the coming years.
As part of the Foundation’s efforts to inform the public, this
ongoing anthology of the RWJF provides an update on the latest
developments and advances taking place in the field of health,
bringing readers up to speed on where we are, and where we still
need to go.
* Understand the new developments in reducing childhood
obesity
* Examine innovations in health care delivery
* Learn how RWJF programs are making a difference to patients and
providers
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. To
Improve Health and Health Care describes the latest outcomes
and progress, for a complete overview of the American health care
system.
Tabla de materias
Foreword: Crafting a New Vision for the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation vii
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Acknowledgments xiii
Section One: The Pioneer Portfolio 1
1. Where Do Ideas Come From? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Experience 3
David C. Colby, Stephen L. Isaacs, and Amy Woodrum
2. The Pioneer Portfolio 21
Tony Proscio
3. Open Notes 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 Reduce
Childhood 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 to
Improve 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 Coordination
Program 237
Digby Diehl
The Editors 261
The Contributors 263
Index 269
Sobre el autor
STEPHEN L. ISAACS is managing partner of Isaacs/Jellinek
and president of Health Policy Associates in San Francisco,
California.
DAVID C. COLBY is vice president for policy at the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.
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