PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 70: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Kaiser Family Foundation
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Health association, and others: consumer groups philanthropic foundations, rockefeller foundation, robert wood johnson foundation, pew charitable trusts, kaiser family foundation, commonwealth fund, bill and melinda gates foundation. Discussion question 1: choose a specific health problem. How might federal, state, and local levels of government divide responsibility for addressing it: example: lung cancer etc . Discussion question 2: choose a federal public health agency and visit its web site. Identify an issue it is currently dealing with and describe reasons for current concern. Discuss any controversies that may be involved in actions the agency may have taken or need to take: www. epa. gov. Discussion question 3: why is it important for nongovernmental organizations to be involved in public health activities, http://www. diabetes. org/ Discussion question 4: find the web site of one of the philanthropic foundations listed in slide 11 and visit the site to learn more about the foundation"s activities, http://www. gatesfoundation. org/pages/hom e. aspx. A major part of public health"s assessment function.
