Editors' Introduction
January 1, 1997 | Book
To Improve Health and Health Care, 1997 recounts how the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is attempting to meet the health and health care challenges our nation is currently facing.
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Reach Out
January 1, 1997 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Wielawski explains how the program Reach Out works, describes some of the innovations that have been implemented, and outlines the complexity of doing volunteer work in the emerging world of market-driven health care.
Improving the Health Care Workforce
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology is a rare instance of stepping back and looking at the entire body of the Foundation's efforts in one specific area. This overview provides a broad-based perspective of a strategy that has lasted nearly 25 years and offers insights.
Expertise Meets Politics
January 1, 1997 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Stevens and Brown explore the question of what effect the Foundation's investments have had on health policy at the state level.
The Media and Change in Health Systems
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology describes one experience with an ambitious effort to communicate research findings to a wider audience. The Local Media Education Project transmits to journalists the latest research on the changing health care system in their communities.
Unmet Need in the Community
January 1, 1997 | Book
This Anthology chapter presents findings from the Foundation's attempt to learn more about chronically ill people and the service arrangements for them. The study focuses on a single community, Springfield, Mass.
Unexpected Returns
January 1, 1997 | Book
The findings and lessons from a large, multiyear research and demonstration project that investigated the care provided to critically ill hospitalized patients at the end of life are presented in this chapter of the RWJF Anthology.
Developing Child Immunizations Registries
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology reviews a national program supported by the Foundation and other funders to use computer technology to design vaccination registries that facilitate the monitoring of childhood immunizations and allow outreach workers to get in touch with the families of children needing vaccinations.
The Homeless Families Program
January 1, 1997 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology the authors present findings from the formal evaluation of the Homeless Families Program. This chapter offers insights into the problems faced by homeless families as well as the obstacles faced by program managers trying to bring about system reform.
The National Health and Social Life Survey
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology describes the experience of fielding the National Health and Social Life Survey and discusses its key public health findings.