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Attend the 2009 GIH Fall Forum, the time each year when we focus on issues at the intersection of health policy and health philanthropy. The Fall Forum, which will take place November 5-6 in Washington, DC, gives grantmakers the opportunity to dig into issues in depth and learn from and interact with other funders, federal agency representatives, and the broader health policy community.
On this one-hour Webinar grantmakers learned about using maps to promote health equity and saw a demo of Map4Change, an innovative, interactive Web-based mapping tool that allows users to see which neighborhoods tend to have healthy residents, which do not, and why.
This year, H1N1 may cause a more dangerous flu season. As of September 2009, all states and the District of Columbia have reported cases of H1N1 influenza, resulting in more than 10,000 hospitalizations and 600 deaths.
Integrated care systematically coordinates physical and behavioral health services to address individual needs more fully. On this call, Dr. Jürgen Unützer, professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington, provided an overview of the rationale for integrated care, the evidence base around integration practices, and the main barriers to integration (clinical, financial, policy). We also heard from Mary Jo Dike of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Mary Rainwater of The California Endowment's Integrated Behavioral Health Project on their range of work surrounding integrated care.
Integrative medicine combines conventional and alternative approaches to address the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of health and illness. This meeting includes presentations by leading practitioners, facilitated open discussion, and a site visit to the Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine.
Over the past few years, a vast amount of resources has been dedicated to the prevention and reduction of childhood overweight and obesity. Despite our aging population, investment among adults has not kept up. Adult obesity rates continue to rise and the resulting economic- and health-related costs are immense. On this call, Jeffrey Levi of the Trust for America's Health will focus on the adult population as he discusses their recent report
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America.
GIH is seeking nominations for The Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy, awarded annually to an outstanding grantmaker whose leadership and thoughtful application of philanthropic resources have forged permanent improvements in health through innovation, risk taking, and boldness. Nominations must be received by
Friday, September 11, 2009.
GIH is seeking nominations for its board of directors for terms beginning immediately following its annual meeting in March 2010.
Health care, social service, and public health providers can be the most effective and persuasive advocates for vulnerable and under-served populations. Yet such grantees are often unfamiliar with the public policy process and may lack the training and resources commonly found among more traditional advocacy groups. This audioconference explored innovative approaches to helping nontraditional advocates have a voice in public policy decisionmaking.
In the United States, Asian Americans comprise a small, but rapidly growing, culturally and linguistically diverse population. Asian Americans, as a whole, have higher educational attainment rates, median household incomes, and lower poverty rates compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the country. These outcomes perpetuate the “Model Minority Myth,” which assumes that all Asian Americans are well educated, enjoy a high socioeconomic status, and are healthy. Various Asian-American communities, however, exhibit problems comparable to the most disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups.
Health funders are growing increasingly interested in how to help states implement federal health care reform, should it succeed in some form or another. On this one-hour audioconference grantmakers heard from NASHP and NGA about the capacity and expertise states would need to prepare for successful implementation of national health care reform. We also heard from funders in Maine and Massachusetts about how their funding strategies changed after reform legislation was enacted in their states.
While current law provides foundations a great deal of latitude to engage in and influence the public policy process, legal concerns are often cited as an important barrier to policy and advocacy work. This audioconference clarified the nature and extent of legal restrictions—and funding opportunities—for different types of philanthropic organizations and described more in-depth training available to foundations’ legal staff and outside counsel.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) invests heavily in health information technology as critical a tool for improving the health and health care of Americans. This audioconference call will provide an overview of how ARRA funds will flow through various agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In the United States, Latinos/Hispanics are the fastest growing racial/ethnic minority population. There is also a large amount of diversity in this racial/ethnic group. Unfortunately, some diseases and conditions have historically affected this population with greater frequency than others. Moreover, Latinos are a young population—with a median age of 27—and as the Latino population continues to age, new health concerns will emerge.
GIH is seeking session proposals for our 2010 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy
Taking Risks at a Critical Time, which will explore how grantmakers can sustain their roles as change agents while rethinking strategies and how grantmakers can demonstrate their true measure and impact. Proposals must be received by
5:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
As the Obama Administration and congressional leaders begin to outline their plan for health care reform, how are behavioral health advocates working to promote a reform package that meets the needs of persons with mental health and substance use disorders? This one-hour audioconference featured representatives from the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) and the Campaign for Mental Health Reform. This discussion focused on efforts to engage policymakers and push for legislation that embraces and integrates behavioral health services in the broader context of health reform.
On December 9, 2008, the National Research Council (NRC) and Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report
Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities, which explores adolescent health services in the United States. This webinar briefing will summarize the findings and recommendations in this report.
On this audioconference we heard from a leading researcher about evidence that can help 1) assess how far states are from reaching the full health potential of children and adults, 2) raise awareness about the need to address social factors in order to close the current gaps in health, and 3) stimulate discussion and debate within states and nationally about promising directions for closing those gaps.
Techniques to evaluate advocacy efforts and other types of public policy-related work continue to develop and advance. Yet some funders remain concerned about how to measure success and ensure accountability in advocacy and other policy-related activities. This audioconference considered the kinds of advocacy evaluation approaches currently in use and discussed the experiences of health funders in designing, implementing, and supporting the on-going development of advocacy evaluation.
Register by for the 2009
Art & Science of Health Grantmaking, which will bring grantmaking colleagues together for two days of hands-on professional development on foundation governance, finance and investments, grantmaking, evaluation, and communications. The meeting will also feature a site visit in East Baltimore.
