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Goals for Programs Addressing Special Populations Enhance the possibilities that children will develop normally and be able to reach their full potential by expanding the availability of excellent child development information and services for families with children from birth to age 3; enhancing the accessibility, quality, and efficiency of health services for young children; adopting new standards of professional well-child care practice; and encouraging states to leverage their funding for child health care to improve child development services and preventive care. Foster the growth of the knowledge, leadership, and capacity needed to address the health care needs of a growing minority population by training leaders and by identifying policies and practices that will promote equitable health outcomes for minority, low-income, and other underserved populations, eliminate existing disparities in care, and enhance the performance of safety net systems of care. Transform institutional long-term care and the quality of life of elderly Americans in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities by identifying, evaluating, and promoting the adoption of resident-centered care and enhancing long-term care system performance; equipping the professional leaders of long-term care organizations to lead transformational change; and identifying state and federal policy, payment, and quality initiatives that will support the industry's adoption of resident-centered care. Goals for the International Program Promote international exchange on health care policy and practice by preparing future leaders committed to cross-national analysis of health policy and practice; sustaining a growing international network of policy-oriented health care researchers and practitioners; encouraging cross-national comparative research to identify international examples of high-performing health care systems and organizations; helping keep policymakers in the United States informed of developments in, and transferable lessons from, other industrialized societies; and fostering the development of international collaborative programs to improve care, including opportunities to learn from variations in performance by or within countries. Goals for Communications/Dissemination Augment the Fund's leadership in disseminating credible, authoritative information about policy options and innovative approaches to moving the United States toward a high performing health care system, particularly for the most vulnerable due to income, minority status, health, or age, through the use of electronic publishing and other communication tools.     Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next   Previous Article | Next Article