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Help All Children Grow Up at a Healthy Weight
Nearly a decade ago, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation set an ambitious goal for itself and for the nation: reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.
Fulfilling the Promise of Equality: Ensuring that “Health for All” Extends to Everyone
The Affordable Care Act is crucial toward fixing a health care system that has been broken for far too long. But ensuring that “health for all” extends to everyone will require policymakers and advocates to pursue a more inclusive approach to health care reform
Advancing Health Equity in Turbulent Times
With risk-taking and innovation as core values, the Consumer Health Foundation sought new ways to advance its work. This Views from the Field describes how the foundation applied a field-building approach to grantmaking and collaborative funding approaches to address health, economic, and racial equity priorities.
How Much Do Healthy Communities Cost?
Research links decent, affordable housing and high-quality education to a range of positive social outcomes—including improved health.
Health Equity and Social Justice: A Health Improvement Tool
Disparate health outcomes are a reality of the American health system and are a result of not only of inadequacies in health care, but also the failure to address the social determinants of health.
Kids and Drinking Water: A Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Increasing kids’ consumption of drinking water supports their health and learning. Yet most children do not drink enough. There are many challenges to achieving the goal of all children drinking the daily recommended amount of water. This Views from the Field article discusses the policy framework and ways funders can help ensure access to safe drinking water for all children in the United States.
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Behavioral Health Strategies
GIH conducted a survey in late 2024 on funder engagement in behavioral health. This fact sheet, based on a sample of 139 health funders, summarizes the current trends, gaps, successes and challenges for funders. It also highlights philanthropy’s continued commitment to behavioral health while also signaling concern about the upcoming funding environment.
2024 Health Equity Survey: Understanding the Changing Landscape
In 2024, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) surveyed its Funding Partners to understand how their health equity work has evolved. The survey consisted of 40 questions including demographic information, program focus areas, partner engagement, organizational strategy, priority population, successes, and challenges. This report summarizes findings from the Health Equity Survey titled, “Understanding the Changing Landscape.”
2023 Survey Summary: Climate Change Strategies
This infographic summarizes the responses to a Grantmakers In Health funder survey, conducted in May and June 2023, on how philanthropy is addressing climate change, and the barriers and opportunities that exist to support climate-related efforts.
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