The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Business Research Methods

Yves Goedschalk

Florida National University

Dr. Ernesto Gonzalez

October 19th  2015

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U.S.-based non-profit, non-partisan, private operating foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It focuses on major health care issues facing the nation, as well as U.S. role in global health policy. The Foundation states that it is a "non-partisan source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public." The Foundation is no longer affiliated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.

History

        The Foundation was established in 1948 by Henry J. Kaiser. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) was originally set up in Oakland, the same city that was the headquarters for Kaiser Permanente. Later KFF moved to its current location in Menlo Park, California about 50 miles away.

Global Health Policy

In chapter 21 we learned about oral presentations and the way you can use oral presentations to present findings of a case. For the case of global health care policy it will be important to be

Prepared. Preporation is the key to giving an effective presentation and to controlling your nervousness.  Know your topic well. Good preparation and the realization that you are the expert will boost your self-confidence (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). 

In this case it would start the oral presentation with the fact that United Nations General Assembly will discuss and adopt a plan for international development for the next 15 years. This new plan, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could have important implications for global health policy(Cooper & Schindler, 2011).

         I would also stateThe health of mothers and children is interrelated and affected by multiple factors. Millions of pregnant women, new mothers, and children experience severe illness or death each year, largely from preventable or treatable causes.Almost all maternal and child deaths (99%) occur in the developing world, with Africa being the hardest hit region. Attention to maternal and child health (MCH) has been growing, and improving MCH is seen as critical to fostering economic development. As the goal date of 2015 approaches, the two Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that address MCH – MDG 4 (reduce child mortality) and MDG 5 (improve maternal health) –are at risk of not being met, though child and maternal mortality have been falling. Despite the availability of effective interventions, lack of funding and limited access to services have hampered progress, particularly on maternal health. Of all eight MDGs, countries have made the least progress towards MDG 5 (Cooper & Schindler, 2011).