How We Work: Program Areas

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  Reversing Childhood Obesity

  Our goal is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by improving access to affordable healthy foods and increasing opportunities for physical activity in schools and communities across the nation.

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  Ensuring Coverage for the Uninsured

  We are working to ensure that nearly all Americans have stable, affordable health care coverage by 2020. To reach that goal, we are supporting implementation of the Affordable Care Act at the state level with technical assistance to states, support to consumer groups, and resources to monitor the effects of health reform.

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  Investing in People to Improve Health

  We prepare health professionals for leadership, support scholars in their research, and promote diversity in order to build a skilled health care workforce ready to address the health, cost and quality challenges facing the nation.

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  Fostering Pioneering Ideas

  We seek out and support innovation to accelerate progress and create transformative change. We support projects that use original, unconventional approaches and lead to breakthrough ideas that can shape the future of health and health care.

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  Improving the Public's Health

  We work to improve the nation's public health system, both governmental and non-governmental, through research, community partnerships and actions.

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  Advancing Health Care Quality

  We are committed to reducing health care disparities and improving the quality of health care for all Americans. We support groups of stakeholders--those who get care, give care and pay for car--in 16 targeted regions of the country though our Aligning Forces for Quality program.

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  Helping the Most Vulnerable Populations

  We seek and nurture game changing ideas for improving the health of persons whose social circumstances create the greatest challenges for living healthy, successful lives.

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