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November 10, 2011 | Issue Brief
This brief describes the potential for the community development sector to work more closely with the public health and related health-focused sectors; the potential impact of their efforts on health outcomes, and the challenges they may face.
National Program
Program to establish a technical assistance center to support the adoption of the New Jersey Policy Forums on Health and Medical Care project in up to eight states.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
The Texas Health Institute began in 1964 as a subsidiary of the Texas Hospital Association.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
In Kansas, the project director credited a forum on obesity in February 2003 for helping to "place the issue on the policy agenda." A couple of important changes resulted.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
In Massachusetts, the Commonwealth's many public health, health policy and medical graduate programs presented multifaceted opportunities for partnership and integration with forum activities.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
In March 2005, a teen gunman from the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota shot and killed nine people at Red Lake Senior High School before killing himself.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
When the anthrax attacks occurred in September 2001, shortly after the bombing of the World Trade Center Towers, the Texas Health Institute responded by rescheduling a forum planned on long-term care and replacing it with one on bioterrorism.
August 1, 2012 | Report
A broad overview of RWJF’s chronic illness-related programs--their outcomes and their impact on the systems of care for persons with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2000, the Washington law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft defined the implications of the Shelby Amendment, which requires that all data produced by federally supported scientists at nonprofit institutions be publicly available through the Freedom of Information Act.
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
In 2000 and 2001, Focus Project, Washington, collected and analyzed various data on barriers and incentives to participation by nonprofit organizations in the public policy process.