Main description:

As part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the on-going anthology of foundation, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, each volume in the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years. This volume of the anthology covers a number of timely topics including: Improving Quality of Care, Vulnerable Populations, Combating Substance Abuse, and other areas of concern.

Contents:

Foreword v Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Significant and Long-Lasting Change: Editors' Introduction vii Stephen L. Isaacs and David C. Colby Acknowledgments xiii Section One: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at Forty 1 Original Chapters Editors' Introduction to Section One 3 1. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at Forty 5 David C. Colby, Stephen L. Isaacs, and Sarah G. Pickell 2. A Conversation with Risa Lavizzo-Mourey 37 Stephen L. Isaacs Reprints from Past Anthologies 3. Terrance Keenan: An Appreciation (reprinted from Volume IX) 67 Digby Diehl 4. The Five Cs (reprinted from Volume IX) 95 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey 5. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Evaluation (reprinted from Volume XI) 101 James R. Knickman and Kelly A. Hunt 6. Communications at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Turning Up the Volume, Adjusting the Frequency (reprinted from Volume XIII) 125 Frederick G. Mann and David J. Morse 7. National Programs: Understanding the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Approach to Grantmaking (reprinted from Volume VIII) 155 Robert G. Hughes 8. Tending Our Backyard: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Grantmaking in New Jersey (reprinted from Volume V) 179 Pamela S. Dickson Section Two: Programs 201 9. Project ECHO: Bringing Specialists' Expertise to Underserved Rural Areas 203 Sara Solovitch 10. The Food Trust: Increasing the Availability of Healthy Food 225 Will Bunch 11. Populating Population Health: The Health & Society Scholars and the Young Epidemiology Scholars Programs 249 Tony Proscio 12. Child FIRST: A Program to Help Very Young At-Risk Children 279 Digby Diehl 13. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 307 Irene M. Wielawski The Editors 333 The Contributors 335 Index 339