To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology (Public Health Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology)

241 Pages·2005·1.48 MB·English

by  Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

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To Improve Health and Health Care
Volume VIII
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To Improve Health
and Health Care
Volume VIII
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Anthology
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Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Editors’ Introduction xi
Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman
Acknowledgments xvii
The Editors xix
The Contributors xxi
Section One: National Programs 1
1 Taking on Tobacco: The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Assault on Smoking 3
James Bornemeier
2 The SmokeLess States Program 29
Karen K. Gerlach and Michelle A. Larkin
3 Reducing Youth Drinking: The “A Matter of Degree”
and “Reducing Underage Drinking Through
Coalitions” Programs 47
Susan G. Parker
4 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s
Commitment to Nursing 73
Carolyn Newbergh
5 The Turning Point Initiative 99
Paul Brodeur
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Section Two: A Closer Look 125
6 The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention 127
Digby Diehl
Section Three: Inside The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation 153
7 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
The Early Years 155
Joel R. Gardner and Andrew R. Harrison
8 National Programs: Understanding The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation’s Approach to Grantmaking 177
Robert G. Hughes
Index 199
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care 1997 207
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care 1998–1999 208
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care 2000 209
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care 2001 210
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care Volume V 211
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care Volume VI 212
Table of Contents, To Improve Health
and Health Care Volume VII 213