The Active Living Programs
January 1, 2008 | Book
As a consequence of sedentary lifestyles, obesity rates have climbed dramatically over the last half-century, leading to increases in diabetes, heart attacks and other illnesses.
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The Urban Health Initiative
January 1, 2008 | Book
The Urban Health Initiative, a major effort of the Foundation, aims to improve the health and safety of children living in five medium-size and large cities.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Evaluation
January 1, 2008 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has placed a high priority on program evaluation since its inception as a national philanthropy in 1972. In this chapter, two architects of the Foundation's evaluation system describe that system and examine its strengths and weaknesses.
The Sports Philanthropy Project
January 1, 2008 | Book
Through the Sports Philanthropy Project, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation worked with foundations established by professional sports teams, helping them develop their philanthropic skills to become more professional in their approach to grantmaking.
Improving Quality of Care
October 1, 2007 | Book
This chapter chronicles RWJF's efforts to improve the quality of medical care from the 1970s to present day.
Health, Health Care, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
January 1, 2007 | Book
To mark the 10th anniversary issue of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, the editors take a retrospective look at how health and health care have changed in the decade between 1996 and 2006 and how the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's approach to the issues has evolved during the same time period.
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
January 1, 2007 | Book
The Dartmouth Atlas Project began in 1993 as a study of health care markets in the United States, measuring variations in health care resources and their utilization by geographic area. More recently, the Dartmouth Atlas has expanded to report on resource use, utilization and spending among patients at specific hospitals. In offering comprehensive data for comparison and continuous information on spending, resource inputs, utilization and outcomes, the Atlas gives those who use, provide, pay for and make policy about America's health care system the opportunity to compare the efficiency of states, regions, individual hospitals and associated physicians in treating chronically ill patients.
Improving Chronic Illness Care
January 1, 2007 | Book
One of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's priorities is improving the quality of care delivered to people with chronic illnesses. In this chapter, freelance journalist Irene Wielawski, a frequent contributor to the Anthology series, explores a Foundation-supported initiative called Improving Chronic Illness Care, a pioneering effort spearheaded by Edward Wagner, M.D., of the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle to provide medical care for chronically ill people, whatever their condition.
Increasing Health Insurance Coverage at the Local Level
January 1, 2007 | Book
An overview of the Communities in Charge program which supported 14 communities' efforts to expand insurance coverage within their geographic area.
The Partnership for Long-Term Care
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Alper discusses the Foundation's Program to Promote Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly that allowed nursing home patients with state-approved private long-term care insurance policies to be eligible for Medicaid.