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Product Description Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nations 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 Foundations efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the seventh volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an indepth 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 Foundations activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the countrys leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters onThe Fighting Back ProgramJoin Together and Community AntiDrug Coalitions of AmericaContainment of Health Care CostsThe Teaching Nursing Home ProgramThe Clinical Scholars ProgramIncreasing Minorities in the Health ProfessionsThe National Health Policy ForumThe Injury Free Coalition for KidsThe Homeless Prenatal ProgramResponse to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters From the Back Cover Research for Our Changing Health Care Environment Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nations 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 Foundations efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the seventh volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an indepth 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 Foundations activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the countrys leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters onThe Fighting Back ProgramJoin Together and Community AntiDrug Coalitions of AmericaContainment of Health Care CostsThe Teaching Nursing Home ProgramThe Clinical Scholars ProgramIncreasing Minorities in the Health ProfessionsThe National Health Policy ForumThe Injury Free Coalition for KidsThe Homeless Prenatal ProgramResponse to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters About the Author 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.
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Product Description Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nations 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 Foundations efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the seventh volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an indepth 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 Foundations activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the countrys leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters onThe Fighting Back ProgramJoin Together and Community AntiDrug Coalitions of AmericaContainment of Health Care CostsThe Teaching Nursing Home ProgramThe Clinical Scholars ProgramIncreasing Minorities in the Health ProfessionsThe National Health Policy ForumThe Injury Free Coalition for KidsThe Homeless Prenatal ProgramResponse to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters From the Back Cover Research for Our Changing Health Care Environment Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nations 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 Foundations efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the seventh volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an indepth 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 Foundations activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the countrys leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters onThe Fighting Back ProgramJoin Together and Community AntiDrug Coalitions of AmericaContainment of Health Care CostsThe Teaching Nursing Home ProgramThe Clinical Scholars ProgramIncreasing Minorities in the Health ProfessionsThe National Health Policy ForumThe Injury Free Coalition for KidsThe Homeless Prenatal ProgramResponse to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters About the Author 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.
