Home Visiting: Giving Parents and Children an Early Boost
Thousands of children are born each year to parents who struggle to adequately care for them or who lack traditional support networks. As a result, many of these children are at risk for abuse, neglect, or other negative outcomes.
GIH Bulletin: November 2010
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (Owings Mills, MD) awarded a $50,000 grant to the Independent College Fund of Maryland (I-Fund) (Baltimore) as part of a regional initiative aimed at increasing college graduation among students with a financial need who are majoring in the health and life science fields.
GIH Bulletin: October 2010
Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) announced nearly $2 million in grants to 16 California-based organizations that support the needs of the state’s aging population.
GIH Bulletin: September 2010
Connecticut Health Foundation (New Britain) announced intended funding to support the development of systems that will identify low-income pregnant women or women contemplating pregnancy, promote their oral health, and provide pathways to establish ongoing dental homes for their continued care.
Implementing Health Care Reform: Funders and Advocates Respond to the Challenge
With provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act set to take effect over the next four years, grantmakers and advocacy groups have been developing activities to address the early stages of health care reform implementation. This report is based on over 40 interviews with national and state grantmakers and advocacy organizations about their initial work around implementation.
GIH Bulletin: August 2010
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit) awarded a $92,318 grant to the State of Michigan Department of Community Health (Lansing) to supplement the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, which was established to promote research on prostate health throughout Michigan.
Improving Diversity in the Health Professions
Why do many disadvantaged groups in the United States, including people of color and low-income populations, still lack reliable access to highquality, affordable health care? Why are these groups also among the most affected by persistent and ever-widening disparities in health and health care?
Comparative Effectiveness Research: Informing Decisions and Improving Quality
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is the study of methods to “prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care” (IOM 2009). Its purpose is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policymakers in making informed decisions that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels (IOM 2009).
GIH Bulletin: July 2010
Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) announced the approval of 14 grants for more than $1 million to California-based organizations that address the
needs of older adults.
Annual Report 2009
This annual report looks back on 2009 and briefly summarizes highlights of the year and key facts about GIH’s operations and governance.