Over the past six years, Healthcare Georgia Foundation has ardently supported organizations that provide critical health and health care services to underserved individuals and communities. In 2007, we maintained our sharp focus on the state’s health safety net providers by awarding 19 grants totaling $1,867,500 in support of their work. Additional highlights from 2007 also include support for a statewide trauma care system, distance learning, addressing childhood overweight and capacity building for nonprofit health organizations.

Recommended Citation: 2007 Annual Report, Georgia’s Health Safety Net: In Pursuit of Health Equity, Publication #29, October 2008

Trauma Care in Georgia: Georgians are Willing to Pay for a Statewide System For the second year, a statewide survey shows that Georgians overwhelmingly favor building a statewide trauma system that would save as many as 700 lives each year – and that they are willing to pay for the system. This issue of HealthVoices summarizes the findings of the December 2007 poll by the Survey Research Center at the University of Georgia which found that two-thirds of Georgians are willing to pay $25 or more a year for a statewide trauma system.

The Follow-Up Report and Trauma Data can be found here. 

OP ED: Trauma care worth it to voters  (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 03/05/08)

Gary D. Nelson, PhD
President
Healthcare Georgia Foundation

Recommended Citation: HealthVoices: "Trauma Care in Georgia: Georgians are Willing to Pay for Statewide System," Healthcare Georgia Foundation,Publication #23, February 2008

Catalyst is a semi-annual online newsletter designed to Advance people and organizations that produce positive change, Promote programs and policies that improve health and healthcare, and Connect people, programs and resources across Georgia. Catalyst amplifies the voice of nonprofit health organizations and efforts to promote better health and health care in Georgia.

Features of this issue include: Surviving and Thriving in a Down Economy, the 2007 Annual Report - Georgia's Health Safety Net: In Pursuit of Health Equity, Unequal Access and Unequal Outcomes, the Georgia Childhood Asthma Management Program, and HealthTecdl Distance Learning Programming updates.

Recommended Citation: Recommended Citation: Recommended Citation: Catalyst Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #30, October 2008

This summary report, Health Profile of Georgia’s Children and Youth, is an effort to compile notable data related to the health of Georgia’s children and youth. Data are grouped under six major areas: 1) Demographics; 2) Health insurance coverage and access; 3) Health behaviors; 4) Teen pregnancy; 5) Child health status; and 6) Infant outcomes. Snapshots of 18 health indicators are shown using graphics, maps and statistics.

Recommended Citation: Health Profile of Georgia's Children and Youth, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #22, September 2007

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 1.6 million Georgians are uninsured; many more are underinsured, leaving a significant portion of our state’s population with little to no access to health care. Across the state, community leaders, organizations, and individuals are collaborating to create health care safety nets to help those seeking affordable health care services.

A Case for Health: Community Health Mission is the first in a series of Healthcare Georgia Foundation publications addressing the importance of the health safety net in Georgia. It highlights the important work of Community Health Mission and the unique attributes of the Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council, which have resulted in the delivery of coordinated, productive health care services.

Recommended Citation: A Case for Health: Community Health Mission, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #28, June 2008

In a series of one-on-one interviews, business and community leaders, elected officials and health providers across the state revealed that health care costs, access to quality health care and lack of consumer health education are major health concerns for Georgians.

Health Matters: Voices of Georgia's Leadership focuses on the perspectives of state leaders on health policy issues including funding strategies, long-term health solutions and challenges to improving health of residents.

The various perspectives highlight that there are many players who both shape and are affected by the health of the state. The responsibility for developing solutions to Georgia's health care challenges does not rest with one group alone – it is collective leadership focused on meaningful reforms that will ensure that our communities and families are healthier.

Recommended Citation: Health Matters: Voices of Georgia's Leadership, Porter Novelli, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Publication #11, April 2006