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GOALS FOR PROGRAMS ADDRESSING SPECIAL POPULATIONS Enhance the possibility that children will develop normally and reach their full potential by expanding the availability of developmental services and information about development to families with children age 3 and under; enhancing the accessibility, quality, and efficiency of preventive services for young children; adopting new standards of professional well-child care practice; and encouraging states to leverage their funding for child health care to improve developmental services and preventive care. Foster growth of the knowledge, leadership, and capacity necessary to address the health care needs of a growing minority population by training leaders and identifying policies and practices that will promote equitable health outcomes for minority, low-income, and other underserved populations, eliminate existing disparities in care, and enhance the performance of safety net providers of care. Transform institutional long-term care and the quality of life experienced by elderly Americans in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities by identifying, evaluating, and promoting the adoption of resident-centered care and enhancing long-term care system performance; equipping the professional leaders of long-term care organizations to lead transformational change; and identifying state and federal policy, payment, and quality initiatives that will support the long-term care industry's adoption of resident-centered care. GOALS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM Promote the international exchange of ideas and information on health care policy and practice by preparing future leaders who are dedicated to learning from the experiences of other countries; sustaining a growing international network of policy-oriented health care researchers and practitioners; encouraging comparative research on international examples of high-performing health care systems and organizations; keeping U.S. policymakers informed of developments in, and transferable lessons from, other industrialized societies; and fostering the development of international collaborative programs to improve care. GOALS FOR COMMUNICATIONS/DISSEMINATION Augment the Fund's leadership in effectively and broadly disseminating credible, authoritative information, through the use of electronic publishing and other communications tools, about policy options and innovative approaches to moving the United States toward a high performing health care system.     Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next   Previous Article | Next Article