The RWJF's biannual update on the latest developments in U.S.health care
To Improve Health and Health Care is the Robert WoodJohnson Foundation's biannual anthology, focusing on the pressinghealth and health care issues facing the country. This volumecovers some of the most important topics in public health,preventative medicine, and health services. Readers will find anin-depth look into the programs funded by the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation, providing policy makers, practitioners, and interestedmembers of the public a valuable perspective to inform strategy forthe coming years.
As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, thisongoing anthology of the RWJF provides an update on the latestdevelopments and advances taking place in the field of health,bringing readers up to speed on where we are, and where we stillneed to go.
* Understand the new developments in reducing childhoodobesity
* Examine innovations in health care delivery
* Learn how RWJF programs are making a difference to patients andproviders
Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been thenation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. Tofurther its mission of improving the health and health care of allAmericans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, developideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people todevote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. ToImprove Health and Health Care describes the latest outcomesand progress, for a complete overview of the American health caresystem.

STEPHEN L. ISAACS is managing partner of Isaacs/Jellinekand president of Health Policy Associates in San Francisco,California.
DAVID C. COLBY is vice president for policy at the RobertWood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.

Foreword: Crafting a New Vision for the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation viiRisa Lavizzo-MoureyAcknowledgments xiiiSection One: The Pioneer Portfolio 11. Where Do Ideas Come From? The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationExperience 3David C. Colby, Stephen L. Isaacs, and Amy Woodrum2. The Pioneer Portfolio 21Tony Proscio3. OpenNotes 49Irene M. Wielawski4. Using Video Games to Improve Health 93Sara SolovitchSection Two: Reducing Childhood Obesity 1175. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to ReduceChildhood Obesity 119Stephen L. Isaacs, David C. Colby, and Amy Woodrum6. Building a Field of Childhood Obesity Research 131Joe Alper7. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Programs toImprove the Built Environment 159Will Bunch8. The Healthy Schools Program 185Paul Jablow9. The Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Program 207Marissa MileySection Three: Local Initiatives 23510. The 211 LA Developmental Screening and Care CoordinationProgram 237Digby DiehlThe Editors 261The Contributors 263Index 269