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Each year the Foundation and our grantees produce materials that reflect our philanthropic investments. Below is a sampling—books, book chapters, journal articles, reports, audiovisuals and newsletters—produced in 2004. Copies may not be available throughthe Foundation.

Hearne S, Segal L, et al. Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism 2004. Washington: Trust for America’s Health, 2004. Available at: http://healthyamericans.org/reports/bioterror04/BioTerror04Report.pdf.

A new report from Trust for America’s Health examines—three years after September 11th and subsequent anthrax attacks—progress in our nation’s bioterrorism preparedness efforts, our ability to respond to other public health emergencies and the vulnerabilities that remain.

Landrum LB and Baker SL. “Managing Complex Systems: Performance Management in Public Health.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 10(1): 13–18, 2004.

This article provides a summary of the Performance Management National Excellence Collaborative model and the evidence used to refine it, along with examples that illustrate the model in practice.

Turning Point. States of Changes: Turning Point State Stories. Seattle: Turning Point, 2004. Available at: www.turningpointprogram.org/Pages/tp_storybook.pdf.

This report showcases successes in the 21 Turning Point states.

Turnock B. Public Health Preparedness at a Price: Illinois. New York: The Century Foundation, 2004. Available at: www.tcf.org/Publications/HomelandSecurity/Turnock.pdf.

In response to the anthrax attacks of fall 2001, the federal government sent $1.6 billion in increased public health funding to state and local governments to enhance preparedness for such emergencies. But is the country better prepared for a terrorist attack now than it was in 2001? How have states and cities used their additional funding? Are the federal dollars adequate? Can we prepare for bioterrorism without neglecting other critical public health functions, such as vaccinating children? This report addresses these critical questions.

Whitman S, Williams C, et al. Improving Community Health Survey Report. Chicago: Sinai Health System, 2004. Available at: www.sinai.org/urban/originalresearch/rwj/Improving_Community_Health_Survey_Report_1.pdf.

This report presents key findings from a large door-to-door, community health survey carried out in Chicago. It provides steps that serve as a starting point for a more thoughtful and collaborative process to improve health—including policy initiatives, ways of improving medical care, changing individual behaviors, and developing a wider context for understanding societal factors that influence our health.