Open AccessChild Health: Fertile Ground For Philanthropic Investment
Author(s) -
Anne Schwartz,
Lauren LeRoy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
health affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.837
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 2694-233X
pISSN - 0278-2715
DOI - 10.1377/hlthaff.23.5.253
Subject(s) - mental health , investment (military) , child health , health care , economic growth , population , business , health policy , political science , medicine , environmental health , family medicine , economics , psychiatry , politics , law
Children and youth are the focus for many foundations and corporate-giving programs working in the health field. Total foundation giving targeted to children and youth more than doubled during the late 1990s; in 2000, health accounted for 25 percent of philanthropic dollars invested in this population. This funding covers a broad range of child health issues but clusters in four key areas-promoting healthy behavior, improving access to care and expanding insurance coverage, strengthening mental health services, and addressing the broader determinants of health.