Reducing Health Disparities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Americans

This audioconference highlighted recent developments in identifying and reducing health disparities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans.

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Health Literacy: Improving Health Information and Services in Vulnerable Communities

This webinar discussed how federal efforts through the National Action Plan are shaping health literacy work on the local, state and national level.

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Children and Integrative Medicine

On this webinar, Dr. Kathi J. Kemper, chair of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, discussed the intersection of children and integrative medicine treatments. 

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Update on Enroll America

This webinar discussed how foundations can relate to, and benefit from, Enroll America’s efforts.

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Update on Know Your Care

Participants joined this webinar to hear about Know Your Care’s progress and their plans through the rest of 2011 and beyond.

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Weaving Together Prevention, Health Care Delivery, and Community Change

Participants joined this audioconference to learn about a new model—the community-centered health home—in which community health centers are engaged as active change agents, even as they deliver high-quality medical services.

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Measuring the Impact of Grants and Initiatives: Examples in Oral Health

On this call, Clare Nolan, vice president of Harder+Company Community Research, shared methods for measuring the impact of grants and initiatives that aim to increase access to care and build health system capacity.

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The Impact of Health Reform on Behavioral Health Redesign

This call brought clarity to a foundation’s role in advancing behavioral health policy.

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Achieving Mission Through Impact Investing

On this audioconference, participants heard Lisa Richter of GPS Capital Partners, as well as Philip Belcher and Margaret Laws, who have used impact investing strategies as tools to help achieve their foundations’ missions.

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Grantmaking in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

On this webinar, we discussed the purpose and activities of the CAM Funders Network and review recent surveys related to in integrative medicine.

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Constructing Grantmaking Strategies in Challenging Times

On this audioconference, participants talked to their colleagues about ideas and efforts to construct short- and long-term grantmaking strategies in challenging times. The discussion was led by Kim VanPelt of St. Luke’s Health Initiatives, a Phoenix-based public foundation focused on Arizona health policy and strength-based community development.

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Exploring the Relationship Between Community Organizing and Health Advocacy

Who: Jim Keddy, The California Endowment Scott Reed, PICO National Network What: Community organizing and advocacy are often described as intrinsically related yet fundamentally distinct strategies to bring about societal change. While health funders are increasingly active in advocating for public policies that advance community health, investments in community organizing have been less widely pursued….

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The NPA: Supporting Collective Impact on Health Equity

This webinar provided an overview of the NPA, including discussions regarding how philanthropic organizations can engage with other entities and sectors through the NPA for greater collective impact on achieving health equity.

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Using Data to Improve Community Health

This webinar explored the Network of Care for Healthy Communities, an innovative, interactive, Web-based tool that uses local data to help residents, advocates, researchers, and policymakers understand how their community is doing on key health indicators, and connects them to an inventory of local resources, evidence-based practices from across the country, and pending state and federal legislation.

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Preventing Bullying: It Is Time to Take a Stand

On this webinar, participants learned more about bullying, including the effects and ramifications it has on the lives of the people it touches.

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The Relationship between Food Access, Food Insecurity, and Obesity

On this webinar, Christine Olson of the workshop’s planning committee examined the evidence connecting food insecurity and food access to obesity, and Allison Bauer shared information on The Boston Foundation’s work related to food access and offered recommendations for addressing food insecurity.

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Investing in Health Care Quality and Patient Safety

This webinar described the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “Partnership for Patients” Campaign and the Michigan Keystone Intensive Care Unit Project (recently evaluated in both the Archives of Internal Medicine and the British Medical Journal).

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Partnership for a Healthier America: A Briefing for Funders

This webinar reviewed the Partnership for a Healthier America’s activities to date, plans for moving forward, and ideas for engaging the private sector in your community.

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A Health Spending Cap: Implications for Medicaid, CHIP, & ACA Implementation

On this call, Robert Greenstein, President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, discussed the various budget plans before Congress, and their possible impact on Medicaid and other social programs.

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Upcoming Events on Health Equity and Social Justice

2025 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting

Grantmakers In Health (GIH), the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Rural Health Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Rural Health will co-host the 2025 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting, Enhancing Rural Health Across Lifespan through Collaboration and Partnership, welcoming foundations, federal entities, and other partners to discuss…

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CEO Working Group Webinar: December Convening

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors, or the highest-ranking health staff at multi-issue foundations.

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CEO Working Group Webinar: August Convening

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration. Experts will provide an overview of recent legislation, the impact on health and health care, and what foundation leaders can do to support communities and nonprofits in the next six months. Speakers include Joan Alker of Georgetown Children and Families and Sara Singleton of Leavitt Partners.

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