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Join your grantmaking colleagues for a conversation on how ordinary people perceive public health and strategies to stimulate public discussion, identify the public’s health priorities, and advocate for policies that move the public health system closer to its stated vision.
GIH is seeking session proposals for our 2009 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy
Seeing the Future with 20/20 Vision, which will explore societal trends projected to dominate our future such as population changes, increasing economic inequalities, climate change, and growing health care expenditures. We will focus on how foundations can help alter, respond to, and mitigate the effects of these trends at 2020 and beyond, especially for vulnerable populations. Proposals must be received by
5:00PM EST, Friday, July 11, 2008.
This fall, Howard County, Maryland, will launch the
Healthy Howard Access Plan to bring affordable health care access to uninsured county residents. The plan will offer primary care services, discounted prescription drugs, hospital care, dental access, and specialty care services for 2,000 county residents. One of the most innovative elements of the plan is that it takes the personal responsibility debate head on by assigning a health coach to each of the plan’s participants. On this audioconference funders discussed a new local access model with the potential to
be replicated elsewhere and to influence the national health reform debate. A summary of the call will be posted shortly.
Grantmakers In Health’s upcoming Issue Dialogue
Connecting the Dots: Developing a Holistic Picture of Children’s Health, to be held on
June 12, 2008, will explore the numerous community- and government-based resources that influence child health and development. Participants will discuss promising approaches to integrating services for children, and explore how these efforts both contribute to children’s health improvements and serve as the foundation for broader health system reform. Particular attention will be given to innovative models that encourage cross-sectoral collaboration.
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) health information technology (HIT) Web portal, developed in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Resource Center for Health Information Technology, is designed to provide news, tools, and access to research on HIT for safety net providers. The Web site is a central resource for the safety net community on HIT planning, implementation, and evaluation.
With states leading the charge on several new efforts to meet the remaining need for children’s health insurance, grantmakers across the country are working to stay up-to-date on state action and share information on innovative policy proposals. On this audioconference grantmakers participated in a discussion of the
GIH Funders Network on Expanding Access for Kids, an informal collaborative of foundations supporting work related to children’s coverage and care. We reviewed advances and cutbacks in recent state legislative sessions and discussed where local, state, and national funders can best target their resources.
States are becoming practical and political testing grounds for new strategies to cover the uninsured and expand access. But as momentum builds toward health care reform, how equipped are states at addressing health equity? How can we ensure that efforts to address racial and ethnic health disparities are included in proposals to expand access? What specific policies and practices have been shown to improve health care access for communities of color? On this audioconference we heard about a new set of health equity benchmarks, discussed what states are doing to expand coverage and address equity, and explored opportunities for grantmakers. A summary of this call will be available shortly.
This special GIH meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cosponsored by the CDC Foundation, will highlight the CDC’s work on critical public health issues important to grantmakers, including overweight and obesity, health disparities, leadership development, and environmental health.
This GIH Issue Dialogue will bring together health grantmakers, public health practitioners, and experts from the field to examine strategies for building a public health system that can effectively assure the nation’s health.
Aware that health foundations with community advisory committees have particular expertise in engaging with their communities, GIH and Con Alma Health Foundation are convening representatives of such foundations to share strategies, learn from one another, and offer solutions that the larger world of philanthropy might borrow and benefit from.
Maternal depression is considered a risk factor for the social, emotional, and cognitive development of children and has impact on a family’s economic success. Please join your colleagues to learn more about the current status of research on this important topic as well as approaches funders can pursue to promote the mental health and well-being of families.
Save the date for GIH's 2008 annual meeting!
LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) individuals frequently encounter barriers to optimum health care.
On this audioconference, cosponsored by Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, funders discussed the health care needs of LGBTQ people as well as access and provider barriers that will have to be overcome in order to improve the quality of health care these individuals receive.
Health foundations play an important role in supporting the development and adoption of innovations that improve quality and save lives. Spreading best practices and implementing new ideas, however, can be difficult. This GIH audioconference will explore the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) new Innovations Exchange initiative and interactive Web site, which supports the sharing and adoption of innovations that improve health care quality.
Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk for mental health disorders, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder. Social service agencies around the country are struggling to identify and treat individuals and families. This audioconference discussed the latest research on veterans’ mental health and how communities are working to fill in the gaps.
Save the date for the GIH Fall Forum, the one time each year when we focus specifically on the intersection of policy and health philanthropy.
This audioconference provided a strategic overview of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's funding plans for its historic initiative to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 with an emphasis on opportunities for collaborative partnerships and community-level engagement projects that will improve access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity in schools and communities across the country.
