{"product_id":"to-improve-health-and-health-care-volume-v-isbn-9780787959463","title":"To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume V","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 fifth volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. This volume includes chapters on:\u003cbr\u003e * The Nurse Home Visitation Program\u003cbr\u003e * Strategies to treat tuberculosis\u003cbr\u003e * Health of Native Americans\u003cbr\u003e * Service credit banking\u003cbr\u003e * Consumer choice in long-term care\u003cbr\u003e * The Health Policy Fellowships Program\u003cbr\u003e * Recovery High School\u003cbr\u003e * On Doctoring, an anthology of literature and medicineAIDS\u003cbr\u003e * Program-related investments\u003cbr\u003e * The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's grantmaking in New Jersey  Foreword (Steven A. Schroeder).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Editors Introduction: Strategies for Improving Access to Health Care Observations from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part One: Programs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Nurse Home Visitation Program (Joseph Alper).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Tuberculosis: Old Disease, New Challenge (Carolyn Newbergh).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Programs to Improve the Health of Native Americans (Paul Brodeur).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Service Credit Banking (Susan Dentzer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Consumer Choice in Long-term Care (A. E. Benjamin and Rani E. Snyder).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Health Policy Fellowships Program (Richard S. Frank).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: A Closer Look.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Recovery High School (Digby Diehl).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. On Doctoring: The Making of an Anthology of Literature and Medicine (Richard C. Reynolds and John Stone).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: A Look Back.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. The Foundation and AIDS: Behind the Curve But Leading the Way (Ethan Bronner).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Inside the Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Program-Related Investments (Marco Navarro and Peter Goodwin).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Tending Our Backyard: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation s Grantmaking in New Jersey (Pamela S. Dickson).\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. \"The book succeeds well in what it sets out to do...\" (Doody's Review, September 2002)  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\u003c\/i\u003e, the fifth volume in 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.  \u003cp\u003eThe cases discussed in \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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Nurse Home Visitation Program\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStrategies to treat tuberculosis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHealth of Native Americans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eService credit banking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsumer choice in long-term care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Health Policy Fellowships Program\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecovery High School\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOn Doctoring, an anthology of literature and medicine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAIDS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProgram-related investments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's grantmaking in New Jersey\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990393405669,"sku":"NP9780787959463","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787959463.jpg?v=1761787648","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/to-improve-health-and-health-care-volume-v-isbn-9780787959463","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}