Collaboration Across Government and Philanthropy

This Georgetown University Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership report uses data from a recent Grantmakers In Health survey to examine how philanthropy is partnering with government to fill critical gaps.

Read More →

Selling Healthy Lifestyles: Using Social Marketing to Promote Change and Prevent Disease

Social marketing is increasingly being applied to the promotion of healthier behaviors and the prevention of chronic diseases. This 2 page Issue Focus describes how grantmakers can use social marketing techniques to help people quit smoking or never start, eat a healthier diet, and get more exercise.

Read More →

Taking Time for Board Engagement Strategies

This GIH Issue Focus examines various board engagement strategies.

Read More →

Early Childhood Development: The First Five Years

This GIH Issue Focus dives into child development services provided in the health care setting in the first five years of life.

Read More →

Medicare + Choice – New Health Plan Options Challenge Medicare Beneficiaries to Act as Informed Consumers: Is the System Ready?

This supplement to the GIH Bulletin outlined new health plan options that challenge medicare beneficiaries to act as informed consumers.

Read More →

Health Programs Get Funding Boost: New Federal Funds Available for Prevention, Treatment, and Research

This GIH Issue Focus highlights new federal funds available for prevention, treatment, and research, and shares additional policy developments relevant to funders.

Read More →

Outreach to Uninsured Children: Recent Foundation Initiatives

This GIH Issue Focus outlines what grantmakers are doing to reach uninsured children.

Read More →

Strengthening and Maintaining the Public Health Infrastructure

This Issue Focus article presents information on the issues facing the nation’s public health infrastructure and how health grantmakers help strengthen the system by partnering with federal, state, and local health departments, as well as with academic institutions and community groups that contribute to the public’s health.

Read More →