State Forums Partnership Program
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Program to establish a technical assistance center to support the adoption of the New Jersey Policy Forums on Health and Medical Care project in up to eight states.
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Modeling Health Care Policy Alternatives
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Researchers suggest specific improvements to data, as well as creation of a communications forum for modelers and policy-makers, to increase the utility of models that analyze health policy options, in this essay from Health Services Research in 2020.
How to Expand Programs Addressing America's Social Problems
November 24, 2010 | Program Result
The Council on Foundations and its consultants identified the lessons learned about successfully expanding programs that can be used to inform the structure of the national Social Innovation Fund.
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency: A History of Collaboration
February 11, 2009 | Program Result
The County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency is the public health department in this California county of 264,000 residents that blends urban, rural and agricultural communities.
Texas Health Institute: A Long-Term Commitment to Health Policy Research
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
The Texas Health Institute began in 1964 as a subsidiary of the Texas Hospital Association.
Putting Obesity on the Agenda in Kansas and Texas
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
In Kansas, the project director credited a forum on obesity in February 2003 for helping to "place the issue on the policy agenda." A couple of important changes resulted.
Bringing Students into the Policy Conversation in Massachusetts
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
In Massachusetts, the Commonwealth's many public health, health policy and medical graduate programs presented multifaceted opportunities for partnership and integration with forum activities.
Responding to Tragedy in North Dakota
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
In March 2005, a teen gunman from the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota shot and killed nine people at Red Lake Senior High School before killing himself.
Making Security the Focus in Texas: A Forum on Bioterrorism
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
When the anthrax attacks occurred in September 2001, shortly after the bombing of the World Trade Center Towers, the Texas Health Institute responded by rescheduling a forum planned on long-term care and replacing it with one on bioterrorism.
State Forums Partnership Program
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
The State Forums Partnership Program provided timely, nonpartisan information and analysis to help state policy-makers make informed decisions about complex health care issues affecting their states.