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October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Association of County and City Health Officials provided video streaming via the World Wide Web of seven sessions of its 2002 annual conference, "Working in a Changing World: Strengthening Public Health Preparedness."
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
A physician-scientist in the pediatric residency training program at Children's National Medical Center in Washington received a one-year fellowship to work in Washington, contributing to the development of health-related research and policy statements.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine worked to educate and promote communications among medical and public health professionals and policy-makers about bioterrorism, emerging infections and emergency preparedness.
September 1, 2011 | Report
Remembering 9/11 and Anthrax: Public Health’s Vital Role in National Defense, released by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), features more than 30 firsthand accounts of public health professionals who were dire ...
December 1, 2010 | Report
related websites Trust for America's Health In the eighth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, 14 states scored nine or higher on 10 key indicators of public health preparedness. Three states ...
January 1, 2005 | Book
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health was designed in a pre-September 11th world, between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in an effort to transform the nation's public health system. The author examines the concept behind Turning Point, in particular, the notion of public-private-nongovernmental collaboration which lies at the heart of the program's vision. He describes the various activities of the Turning Point grantees and highlights their work in five states. Implementation of the program was slow and not always smooth. There were cultural differences between the two foundations which had to be addressed. Concern about bioterrorism preparedness and the infusion of federal funds complicated the initiative, forcing states to deal with terrorism as a transforming event, even as they tried to be the forces that would transform public health. By 2004, Turning Point had reached a funding level of more than $40 million and represents the largest privately funded attempt to strengthen the public health system in the nation's history.
February 24, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Task Force for Child Survival and Development established the Public Health Informatics Institute to strengthen the information systems used in public health practice and to promote collaborative strategies for that effort.
June 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Staff and members of the American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Md., organized and held a conference in May 2003 entitled "Bridging the Digital Divide: Informatics and Vulnerable Populations."
May 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In 2002–03, the Asian American Federation of New York, a non-profit leadership organization, conducted a mental health needs assessment of Asian American World Trade Center victims' families as well as vulnerable populations in New York City's Chinatown district — namely, children, elders and dislocated workers — to document the mental health status, needs and actual service use following the September 11th...
June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Informatics Association held a three-day conference in Atlanta in May 2001 at which public health officials and specialists in public health informatics sought to develop recommendations for strengthening informatics in public health.