{"product_id":"to-improve-health-and-health-care-isbn-9780787963118","title":"To Improve Health and Health Care","description":"Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, it provides funds for demonstration projects, educational and communications activities, training, policy analysis, and research. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public, the series offers useful lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.  Foreword (Steven A. Schroeder).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Editors' Introduction (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section One: Reflections on Health, Philanthropy, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. A Conversation with Steven A. Schroeder (Renie Schapiro).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section Two: Improving Health Care.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Health Tracking Initiative (Carolyn Newbergh).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies (Irene M. Wielawski).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Foundation's End-of-Life Programs: Changing the American Way of Death (Ethan Bronner).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section Three: Improving Health.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Center for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Tobacco-Settlement Negotiations (Digby Diehl).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Helping Addicted Smokers Quit: The Foundation's Tobacco-Cessation Programs (C. Tracy Orleans and Joseph Alper).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico: Gallup's Fighting Back and Healthy Nations Programs (Paul Brodeur).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section Four: Strengthening Human Capacity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Building Health Policy Research Capacity in the Social Sciences (David C. Colby).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program (Paul Mantell).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section Five: Communications.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. The Covering Kids Communications Campaign (Susan B. Garland).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section Six: A Look Back.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. The Swing-Bed Program (Sharon Begley).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Editors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1997.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1998-1999.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2000.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2001.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care Volume V.  Stephen L. Isaacs is president of Health Policy Associates, San Francisco, California\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e James R. Knickman is vice president for research and evaluation at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey.  Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, it provides funds for demonstration projects, educational and communications activities, training, policy analysis, and research. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, \u003ci\u003eTo Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e series provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public, the series offers useful lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years. \u003cbr\u003e  The cases discussed in Volume VI of \u003ci\u003eTo Improve Health and Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e provide a critical analysis of the Foundation's activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the country's leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from universities and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters on a variety of topics: \u003cbr\u003e  Reflections on Health, Philanthropy, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: An Interview with Steven A. Schroeder  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Health Tracking Initiative\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrimary Care Development Strategies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnd-of-Life Programs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTobacco-Cessation Programs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombating Alcohol Abuse in Northwest New Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuilding Health Policy Research Capability in the Social Sciences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Covering Kids Communication Campaign\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Swing-Bed Program\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990393438437,"sku":"NP9780787963118","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787963118.jpg?v=1761787647","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/to-improve-health-and-health-care-isbn-9780787963118","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}