To improve health and health care
Subtitle: the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation anthology
By: Stephen L. Isaacs and David C. Colby, editors ; foreword by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey ; contributors, Joe Alper [and nine others]
Edition: First edition.
Series: Jossey-Bass Public Health; Jossey-Bass Public Health
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781119000792; 9781119000785
Subjects: Social Security; Obesity in children; Endowments; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Public health; Research grants; Social Services & Welfare; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Medical care; Public Policy; Public Health; Prevention
Other titles: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation anthology
Description: The RWJF''s biannual update on the latest developments in U.S. health care To Improve Health and Health Care is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation''s biannual anthology, focusing on the pressing health and health care issues facing the country. This volume covers some of the most important topics in public health, preventative medicine, and health services. Readers will find an in-depth look into the programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, providing policy makers, practitioners, and interested members of the public a valuable perspective to inform strategy for the coming years.
Notes: Cataloged as a continuing resource by Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2014).
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Crafting a New Vision for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Acknowledgments; Section One: The Pioneer Portfolio; Chapter 1. Where Do Ideas Come From? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Experience; Finding Ideas 1: At the Beginning; Finding Ideas 2: The Traditional Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Approach; Finding Ideas 3: The Pioneer Way; Finding Ideas 4: The Present and Near Future; Notes; Chapter 2. The Pioneer Portfolio; Introduction; The Search for Innovation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; A Culture within a Culture.; title: Networking the NetworksHarnessing the Power of Data; Opening "Opportunity Spaces"; From Enabling to Breakthrough; "Pitch Us"; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3. OpenNotes; Introduction; A Timely Idea; To Share or Not to Share; Launching the Experiment; What Happened; Aftermath; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Chapter 4. Using Video Games to Improve Health; Introduction; The Potential of Games to Improve Health; Games for Health: Bringing the Health and Video Game Communities Together; Health Games Research: Building a Body of Knowledge; Face Station: A Game for Autistic Children.; title: A Burgeoning, Struggling FieldVideo Games for Health-An Oxymoron?; The Future: Promise and Frustration; Notes; Section Two: Reducing Childhood Obesity; Chapter 5. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation''s Efforts to Reduce Childhood Obesity; Notes; Chapter 6. Building a Field of Childhood Obesity Research; Introduction; Forging a Multipronged Research Agenda; Active Living Research; Healthy Eating Research; Bridging the Gap; The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; Salud America! The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children.; title: The African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN)Conclusion: An Eye to the Future; Notes; Chapter 7. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation''s Programs to Improve the Built Environment; Introduction; Notes; A Suite of Programs to Improve the Built Environment; A Tale of Three Cities; Other Communities; Conclusion; Chapter 8. The Healthy Schools Program; Introduction; Note; A Lesson Taken to Heart; Getting Started; How the Healthy Schools Program Works; The Healthy Schools Program in Practice; Conclusion; Note; Chapter 9. The Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Program.; title: IntroductionNotes; It Takes a Community; Jefferson County, Alabama; Charleston, West Virginia; Louisville, Kentucky; Conclusion; Notes; Section Three: Local Initiatives; Chapter 10. The 211 LA Developmental Screening and Care Coordination Program; Introduction; Notes; Bringing Developmental Screening to 211 LA; Early Intervention-the Stitch in Time; Developmental Screening; Neither Diagnosis Nor Prescription; Care Coordination-Active, Hands-On Referral; A Performance-Driven Organization; The Road Ahead; Conclusion; Notes; The Editors; The Contributors; Index; EULA.