Why A Strong Public Sector is Important to Philanthropy

This webinar offered an in-depth examination of current public opinion on the role of government, specific examples of effective messaging, and a set of recommendations for how grantmakers can get involved.

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The Bravewell Report: How Integrative Medicine Is Being Practiced in Clinical Centers Across the US

This webinar discussed The Bravewell Collaborative, the report, and how philanthropy is investing in this emerging field.

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Critical Conversations: A Discussion with Don Berwick and Ellen Goodman About End-of-Life Planning

In this call former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Don Berwick and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman discussed The Conversation Project, a new campaign designed to help ensure that end-of-life wishes are expressed and respected.

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Building the Infant Mental Health Workforce

GIH Behavioral Health Funders Network When: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Central / 11:00 a.m. Mountain / 10:00 a.m. Pacific Who: Judith Meyers, Children’s Fund of Connecticut Deb Weatherston, Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health What: An incredible amount of development occurs during infancy, and what happens during this…

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Investing in Interprofessional Team-Based Education for Health Care Providers

In this webinar, participants discussed the importance of interprofessional team-based education in transforming the health care delivery system and learned more about funders already supporting this work.

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Visualizing The Farm Bill

On this webinar, we explored critical public health connections in the Farm Bill with the help of the Visualizer tool and discussed the growing role of food and tech efforts to communicate information and effect change.

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Returning the Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care

Returning the Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health and Primary Care was held on April 17, 2012.

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Addressing Obesity: Foundation Opportunities to Leverage The Weight of the Nation

This webinar discussed the Weight of the Nation project, which is designed to accelerate efforts to prevent and eliminate obesity across the United States.

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On the Road to Better Health: County Health Rankings and Roadmaps: Part Two

This webinar provided grantmakers with a deep dive into the 2012 County Health Rankings, which were released April 3, 2012.

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Inside National Health Reform: The Second Anniversary of the ACA

This webinar engaged John McDonough, a professor of practice at the Harvard School of Public Health and the author of Inside Health Reform, who between 2008 and 2010 served as senior advisor on national health reform to the U.S. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions where he worked on passage of the Affordable Care Act.

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Making Space for Healthy Communities

This webinar discussed different models for using foundation facilities to support healthy communities, best practices (and mistakes to avoid) in creating mission-enhancing shared spaces, and tools for successfully developing buildings that meet the specific health needs of particular communities.

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Promoting Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care: A Meeting of Public and Private Funders

Promoting Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care: A Meeting of Public and Private Funders was held on March 9, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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2012 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy

2012 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy was held from March 7-9, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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2012 GIH Annual Meeting Preconference Sessions

2012 GIH Annual Meeting Preconference Sessions were held on March 7, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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2012 GIH Annual Meeting Site Visits

The 2012 GIH Annual Meeting Site Visits were held from March 7-8, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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On the Road to Better Health: County Health Rankings and Roadmaps

This two-part webinar series examined the County Health Rankings and strategies for translating the rankings model and data into action that improves the health of communities.

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Funding the Big Idea: How to Build a Coalition to Effect Health System Change

This webinar focused on the development and administration of a new survey on the health of Connecticut residents, how it advances goals of health reform, and the ways funders can effectively collaborate to leverage investments.

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Using the Telenovela to Increase Latino Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP

This audioconference explored Encrucijada, and shared how funders could adapt and license the series for broadcast in their own community.

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Upcoming Events on Population Health

Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff

A growing number of health funders employ staff whose responsibilities focus exclusively or predominantly on public policy engagement. Do you lead your organization’s policy or government affairs work? Participants joined this informal roundtable discussion to connect with your peers, explore pressing issues, and share your experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities. Agenda forthcoming.

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Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff

A growing number of health funders employ staff whose responsibilities focus exclusively or predominantly on public policy engagement. Do you lead your organization’s policy or government affairs work? Join this informal roundtable discussion to connect with your peers, explore pressing issues, and share your experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities.

On this webinar, we will hear from Sean McCluskie, Former Chief of Staff at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), regarding his reflections on the current health policy environment, as well as his advice for funders engaging in policy.

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