Trust for America's Health (TFAH) is a
Washington, D.C.
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-based health policy organization. The organization's website calls the group "a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority."
TFAH was founded in 2001. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., former U.S. Senator and Governor of Connecticut, was the organization’s founding president.
TFAH’s mission focuses on addressing the antecedents of poor health and on prevention. It’s work helps advance evidence-based national and state policies and programs that support optimal health within all communities. TFAH develops reports, leads initiatives, participates in coalitions, and recommends policies all designed to ensure a public health system equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
TFAH reports focus on
public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...
topics including obesity,
emergency preparedness
Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actua ...
, substance misuse and suicide prevention, public health funding, healthy aging, and the health impacts of environmental threats and extreme weather.
Areas of Advocacy
TFAH’s work is rooted in aggregating, analyzing, and reporting health data to help identify, track, and solve the nation’s most pressing health issues. In addition, TFAH works with partners to help pilot health promoting programs and polices that if successful can be scaled to help more people enjoy optional health and safeguard communities during emergencies.
* Public Health Funding
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Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition, considered by multiple organizations to be a disease, in which excess Adipose tissue, body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health. People are classifi ...
/Chronic Disease
* Substance Misuse and Mental Health
* Public Health Preparedness
* Infectious Disease
* Climate Impact and Environmental Health
* Health Equity/
Social Determinants of Health
The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status. They are the health promoting factors found in one's living and working conditions (such as the dist ...
* Prevention and Public Health Policy
* Child and School Health
* Age-Friendly Public Health
Core Reports
* State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America – annual report that tracks U.S. obesity rates by state, race, gender, and age and offers policy solutions.
* Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism – provides an annual assessment of states' level of readiness to protect the public's health during emergencies.
* Pain in the Nation: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths – report series tracks levels of alcohol, drug, and suicide deaths nationally and for population groups.
* Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System – examines federal, state and local public health funding trends and recommends investments and policy actions.
* Pathway to a Healthier America: A Blueprint for Strengthening Public Health for the New Administration and Congress – published every four years to provide incoming presidential administration and Congress a “policy roadmap” for improving the nation’s health, economy, and national security.
Funders
TFAH is funded by private philanthropy only. It does not accept government or industry funding.
* Bloomberg Health Initiative, Johns Hopkins University
* The California Endowment
* The John A. Hartford Foundation
* Dawn Hill Fund
* Millstream Fund
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation
References
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External links
Official website
Medical and health organizations based in Washington, D.C.
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.