Georgia Health Initiative: September 2025
A new report, “Progress Towards Vitality: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis of Systems Focused Efforts to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia,” analyzes a subset of recommendations put forward by the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and the Georgia House Study Committee on Maternal Mortality to improve maternal mental health in the state.
Reducing the Risk of Exposure to Lead in Drinking Water
Ensuring access to sufficient, safe drinking water has been an essential function of water utilities, public health, and health care professionals around the world for more than a century. The public health community is often on the front lines, responding to elevated blood lead levels—and can speak to the need for prevention.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – June 2017
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
United Hospital Fund Report: June 2017
United Hospital Fund (UHF) and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (the Alliance) released a report titled, “I Can Take Care of Myself!”: Patients’ Refusals of Home Health Care Services, on the under-examined issue of patients who refuse home health care services when they are discharged from inpatient care.
Mat-Su Health Foundation Report: June 2017
The Mat-Su Health Foundation has published two new reports that give insight into the community’s health status. The “Mat-Su Senior Services Environmental Scan” highlights how it can support its community’s rapidly growing senior population.
Health Foundation for Western & Central New York Report: June 2017
The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York’s vision of improving health care for vulnerable older adults and young children impacted by poverty is reliant on the work of advocates in the community.