The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
A bipartisan group of state health policymakers from both the executive and legislative branches who are focused on improving population health.
Supporting networks of state officials, advocates, and others aiming to invest in and transform primary care.
Advancing state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
A leadership development program for early and mid-career state government officials who are committed to improving the health of all people in their communities.
A leadership program for senior state government officials who are committed to improving population health.
The Fund focuses on creating an affordable health care system built on strong primary care and partnerships that improve health outcomes for all.
Improving state leaders ability to enact and implement evidence-based health policies.
Advancing policies that create a more prevention- and primary care-oriented health system.
Improving population health through policies that contain health care cost growth.
Our state health policy resources provide relevant data analysis and best practices.
The Fund publishes reports, issues briefs, and case studies on state health policy issues.
Short takes on health policy issues from Milbank staff and guest authors.
Insights from Milbank President Debra Lubar on state health policymaking.
Reported articles and Q&As on timely health policy issues, as well as foundation updates.
Upcoming and past Milbank Memorial Fund and Milbank Quarterly webinars featuring state health policymakers and researchers.
Updates and expert contact information for reporters.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is a private foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
Melissa Sweet is a freelance health writer and journalist in Australia. She holds honorary positions as an adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney and as an adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Medicine of the Sydney Campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia. Sweet has been writing about the promises and pitfalls of evidence-informed health care for more than a decade. Together with Judy and Les Irwig, she published Smart Health Choices: How to Make Informed Health Decisions (Allen and Unwin, 1999), which gives readers some tools for critically assessing health information. Sweet recently published Inside Madness (Pan Macmillan, 2006), which combines a number of nonfiction stories, including that of murdered psychiatrist Margaret Tobin, the difficulties of achieving change in complex health systems, and a history of mental health in Australia. Her latest book is The Big Fat Conspiracy: How to Protect Your Family’s Health (ABC Books, 2007), which attempts to reframe obesity as an environmental health issue and gives families, communities, and other groups some tips for promoting healthier environments for children. November 2008
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