Designing the Public Health System for a Healthier U.S.

November 19, 2004

by Bobbie Berkowitz, Turning Point National Program, and Susan Hassmiller, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Philanthropic organizations and others involved in supporting public health have begun to focus on ways to improve an ailing system so that it protects the people it serves. This View from the Field spotlights the national Turning Point initiative. Launched in 1997 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the initiative represents a community-based and collaborative approach to health status improvement.

• 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