Putting People First

This compilation of speeches from GIH’s 2004 annual meeting includes remarks from King Davis, Harvey Fineberg, David Gould, Pedro Greer, Lauren LeRoy, Mary Story, Jerome Williams, and Margo Wootan.

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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.

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Annual Report 2003

GIH’s 2003 Annual Report document’s the organization’s programmatic and financial activities.

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Taking Time for Board Engagement Strategies

This GIH Issue Focus examines various board engagement strategies.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Outreach to Uninsured Children: Recent Foundation Initiatives

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

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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.

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Protecting Safe Havens for the Nation’s Children

In the U.S., children continue to suffer from violence in environments that should be safe havens for them:  their schools and their homes.  This Issue Focus presents philanthropic strategies for transforming homes and schools into safe environments where children can thrive and reach their full potential.

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