On March 22, 2012, IAF released Community Health Centers Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health, funded by the Kresge Foundation. The report, a database of cases, case studies, and other materials are available here.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Vulnerability 2030 Scenarios
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Explore the Future of Vulnerability in the U.S.
IAF has developed a set of scenarios to describe the alternative futures of vulnerability in the U.S. IAF has also developed a “scenario toolkit” to help policy-makers and nonprofits use these scenarios in their own planning.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Explore the Future of Vulnerability in the U.S.
IAF has developed a set of scenarios to describe the alternative futures of vulnerability in the U.S. IAF has also developed a “scenario toolkit” to help policy-makers and nonprofits use these scenarios in their own planning.
The Future of Primary Care
Kresge Foundation Grant to Explore Primary Care in 2025
With funding from the Kresge Foundation, IAF has explored the likely and preferable futures for primary care and developed a set of scenarios to describe primary care in the year 2025.
Kresge Foundation Grant to Explore Primary Care in 2025
With funding from the Kresge Foundation, IAF has explored the likely and preferable futures for primary care and developed a set of scenarios to describe primary care in the year 2025.
Diabetes 2025
Novo Nordisk Project to Forecast Diabetes Prevalence and Cost
IAF has conducted a study to provide detailed diabetes prevalence and cost forecasts for each of the 50 states, including demographic breakdowns. The study was commissioned by the global diabetes care company Novo Nordisk to provide insights into how this growing epidemic could affect local economies.
Novo Nordisk Project to Forecast Diabetes Prevalence and Cost
IAF has conducted a study to provide detailed diabetes prevalence and cost forecasts for each of the 50 states, including demographic breakdowns. The study was commissioned by the global diabetes care company Novo Nordisk to provide insights into how this growing epidemic could affect local economies.
Pro-Poor Foresight
Foresight to Accelerate and Enhance Pro-Poor Development Opportunities
In March 2009, IAF facilitated a Rockefeller Foundation conference on how futures tools can be used on behalf of the world’s poor. This is just part of IAF’s ongoing efforts to use foresight to identify opportunities to accelerate global development.
Foresight to Accelerate and Enhance Pro-Poor Development Opportunities
In March 2009, IAF facilitated a Rockefeller Foundation conference on how futures tools can be used on behalf of the world’s poor. This is just part of IAF’s ongoing efforts to use foresight to identify opportunities to accelerate global development.
Health Disparities
IAF’s Disparity Reducing Advances (DRA) Project
The Disparity Reducing Advances Project (the DRA Project) is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder project to identify the most promising advances for bringing health gains to the poor and underserved and accelerating the development and deployment of these advances to reduce disparities.
IAF’s Disparity Reducing Advances (DRA) Project
The Disparity Reducing Advances Project (the DRA Project) is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder project to identify the most promising advances for bringing health gains to the poor and underserved and accelerating the development and deployment of these advances to reduce disparities.
ABOUT US
The Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) is a leader in the creation of preferred futures. Since its founding in 1977 by Clement Bezold, Alvin Toffler and James Dator, IAF has helped organizations monitor trends, explore future possibilities and create the futures they prefer. IAF draws on a robust selection of futures methodologies, such as environmental scans, forecasts, scenarios, visioning and its own "aspirational futures" technique. Past clients include the World Health Organization, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, AARP, and the American Cancer Society. IAF is a 501(c)3 non-profit research and education organization. IAF has also worked with a wide range of leading multinational corporations through its for-profit subsidiary, Alternative Futures, Associates (AFA). View our brochure here and for more information, write to futurist@altfutures.org or call us at 703.684.5880.
NEWS & EVENTS
IAF Releases Community Health Centers Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health
IAF Releases Primary Care 2025: A Scenario Exploration
On January 23, 2012, IAF released Primary Care 2025: A Scenario Exploration, funded by the Kresge Foundation. The link includes a toolkit for using the scenarios within your organization.
