Training the Health Workforce of Tomorrow

In 2001 GIH convened a group of grantmakers and national experts concerned about health workforce issues. This Issue Brief explores issues related to the supply, composition, and competency of the health workforce, and the role that these factors play in maintaining and improving the health status of individual patients and broader populations. Specifically, the report focuses on grantmaker activities in four areas: shifting the geographic distribution of the health workforce to ensure access in underserved areas; improving representation among racial and ethnic minorities; addressing the current shortage of nurses, particularly in inpatient settings; and improving health professionals’ competency in addressing the complex health care needs of the elderly.

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Assets for Health: Findings from the 2001 Survey of New Health Foundations

This GIH report shares findings from a 2001 survey of new health foundations.

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Collaboration: Building Relationships to Improve Health

This GIH Issue Focus on collaboration draws from President & CEO Lauren LeRoy’s remarks at GIH’s 2012 Meeting, Collaborating for Change: Exploring Health Partnerships That Work.

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Promoting Diversity in the Health Workforce

This GIH Issue Focus outlines steps that health grantmakers can take to improve diversity in the health workforce.

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Filling the Gap: Strategies for Improving Oral Health

Oral health is a critical component of overall health and well-being. Diseases of the mouth can reduce the quality of life for those who are afflicted and result in lost work and school days. This Issue Brief reviews the burden of oral disease for society’s most vulnerable populations, describes effective strategies for improving oral health, and highlights initiatives of foundations and corporate giving programs that are working to improve oral health.

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Early Childhood Development: Putting Knowledge Into Action

Positive early development is essential to the health and well-being of children, and to promoting their success now and in the future. This Issue Brief presents the latest research on early childhood development and explores strategies and opportunities for grantmakers interested in improving the quality and availability of services for young children and their families.

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Annual Report 2000

GIH’s 2000 Annual Report document’s the organization’s programmatic and financial activities.

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Advancing Quality Through Patient Safety

The Institute of Medicine estimates that between 44,000 and 98,000 lives are lost annually as a result of preventable medical errors. This Issue Brief examines the response to the medical errors crisis across the health care delivery system, as well as how grantmakers working at the national, state, and local levels can contribute to advancing quality through reductions in medical errors and improvements in patient safety.

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Filling the Gap: Strategies for Improving Oral Health

This GIH Issue Focus outlines factors affecting oral health, and provides suggestions on what health funders can do.

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Progress and Peril: Examining Antibiotic Resistance and Systemic Contaminants

This Issue Brief, based on an October 2000 Issue Dialogue, explores issues at the intersection of environment and health. It begins with a discussion of the increase in antibiotic resistance, likely factors that have contributed to this increase, and action by the public sector to limit this phenomenon. The report also provides an introduction to systemic contaminants, illustrating both their complexities and intervention strategies through case studies of well-known contaminants. Current grantmaker activities to address these issues are presented, as well as opportunities for future activities that cut across both of these broad issues.

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