Public Health

Today’s public health system faces many challenges as it struggles to provide essential public health services, meet emergency preparedness requirements, and tackle emerging diseases—all in an atmosphere of shrinking budgets and intense scrutiny. Foundations fund a variety of initiatives that address the heart of the issue: the infrastructure of people, systems, and organizations. GIH is uniquely positioned to help funders from across the country discuss this topic’s most important emerging issues.

What's New

• Kaiser Permanente Joins HBO and Other Leading Health Organizations for New Childhood Obesity Documentary
  May 2013
  Premiering this month on HBO, Kaiser Permanente is sponsoring a three-part film series, The Weight of the Nation for Kids. This film series features the efforts of America’s youth who are taking leading roles and making a difference to alter the food and physical activity environments in their communities.
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• A New Video, Superbugs Are Closer Than You Think, Chronicles the Rise of the Superbugs and How We Can Fight Back
  May 2013
  A new video produced by Extending the Cure and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation chronicles the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (referred to as “Superbugs”) and how it has become a serious public health problem.
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• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $8 million to Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
  April 2013
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently announced a new funding initiative to further efforts and progress made in reducing tobacco use in the United States. Through an $8 million grant to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, with backing from the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association, this three-year initiative will support evidence-based policy and programmatic efforts at the national, state, and local levels to reduce smoking among teenagers and adults and exposure to second-hand smoke.
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Spotlight on Public Health

• New Findings from the World Health Organization’s START Study on Suicide Trends
  May 2013
  A new study issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) compares suicide trends in select countries across the globe. The purpose of the START (Suicide Trends in At-Risk Territories) study is to identify the need for new research strategies and prevention efforts.
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Publications of Interest

• Giving Voice: The Power of Grassroots Advocacy in Shaping Public Policy
  November 2010
  By Billie Hall, President and CEO, Sunflower Foundation
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• Lights, Camera, Take Action: Spotlighting Public Health for the Next Generation
  October 2010
  By Thomas Aschenbrener, President, Northwest Health Foundation
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• It Takes Many Villages to Create a Public Health Improvement Plan
  June 2010
  By Chris J. Wiant, President and CEO, Caring for Colorado Foundation
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• Access
• Aging
• Behavioral Health
• Disparities
• Foundation Operations
• Health Reform
• Healthy Eating/Active Living
• Maternal and Child Health
• Oral Health
• Public Health
• Public Policy Strategies
• Quality
• Social Determinants of Health