Child health: Fertile ground for philanthropic investment

Health Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 253-260

  Schwartz, Anne L ^a   LeRoy, Lauren ^a  

^a Grantmakers in Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; FUND RAISING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4744368665     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.5.253     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. S. Lawrence, "The Foundation Center's 2002 Children and Youth Funding Update" (New York: Foundation Center, 2002).
2. I b i d.
3. The Foundation Center's data may not fully capture the impact of the downturn in the economy on philanthropic giving over the past several years. This is because the payout of private foundations is based on a five-year rolling average, with some pre-downturn years still reflected in the average. Nonetheless, substantial resources continue to be devoted to health, and the relative priority placed on children has remained unchanged. More recent improvements in the stock market again point to the potential for increased funding for children in the years ahead.
4. J. Atienza and L. Marino, Foundation Giving Trends: Update on Funding Priorities (New York: Foundation Center, 2004).
5. The GIH database is a useful tool for funders to learn what their colleagues are doing. However, it cannot be used to analyze trends in giving because it does not systematically capture all of the work of those organizations funding in health or even all of the work of those organizations that define themselves primarily as health funders.
6. National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2003, Pub. no. 2003-1232 (Hyattsville, Md.: NCHS, 2003). Overweight and obesity are measured by body mass index (BMI), which takes into account both height and weight. For adults, a BMI of 25 is considered overweight; a BMI of 30 is considered obese. For children, a BMI above the ninety-fifth percentile for age and sex is considered overweight. Because the BMI for children is supposed to increase as they grow, there is no accepted definition of obesity that is distinct from overweight.
7. I b i d.
8. Grantmakers In Health, Weighing In on Obesity: America's Growing Health Epidemic, Issue Brief no. 11 (Washington: GIH, 2002).
9. NCHS, Health, United States, 2003.
10. American Legacy Foundation, Getting to the Truth: Assessing Youth's Reactions to the Truth and "Think. Don't Smoke" Tobacco Countermarketing Campaigns, First Look Report no. 9 (Washington: American Legacy Foundation, June 2002).
11. U.S. Public Health Service, Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda (Washington: DHHS, 2000).
12. California Wellness Foundation, "Foster Youth Receive Support during Transitions to Independent Lives," Portfolio (Spring 2003).
13. World Health Organization Constitution (Preamble), 1948, wwwwho.int/about/definition/en (19 July 2004).
14. GIH, Positive Youth Development: A Pathway to Healthy Teens, Issue Brief no. 15 (Washington: GIH, 2002)
15. Ibid., for additional discussion of funders' activities to promote positive youth development.