Reimagining Rural Health and Well-being
To inform positive change, Grantmakers in Health (GIH) and the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) are partnering to reimagine a unified vision for health and well-being in rural America. The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) was engaged to conduct a landscape analysis and facilitate listening sessions with rural health stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners
The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partnersi and Trust for America’s Health. Drawing on GIH’s policy priorities outlined in our policy agenda and our strategic objective of increasing our policy and advocacy presence, the Health Policy Update provides GIH Funding Partners with a range of federal health policy news.
Elisabeth Arenales to Be Honored with Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy
Elisabeth Arenales, Director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy’s Health Program, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2018 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.
Michael Brown to Be Honored with Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy
Michael Brown, Vice President, Community Programs of the Seattle Foundation, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s (GIH) 2018 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.
The Challenge of Community Leadership
As we prepare for the 2018 annual conference, Navigating Currents of Change, I have been thinking about foundations and community leadership.
Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
The bedrock of our immigration policy is exclusion. Anti-immigrant sentiment continues to run through our laws, from the rise of anti-immigrant policies of the 1990s to the overwhelmingly anti-immigrant rhetoric permeating our society today.
Care Partners: How Philanthropy Can Kick-Start Programs to Engage Community and Family Members to Improve Depression Care for Older Adults
Late-life depression is a pressing public health concern among an aging population facing increasing chronic health concerns. As many as 5 to 10 percent of older adults seen in a primary care health setting suffer from depression, which can last for months or even years, and is associated with both decreased quality of life and higher health care costs.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – March 2018
The latest on transitions from the field.