One in seven adolescents still doesn't have health insurance
...ts," said Paul Newacheck, DrPH, professor ofhealth policy and pediatrics at the University of California, Sa...hildren aged 10 to 18, thanks in part to a federal policy opening upMedicaid to additional children when it previously had been available only tothe very poor...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
...investigators. It offers insights for health-care policy and cost containmentat a time when more hospitals are converting to for-profit status, they note. Comparing spending for Medicare beneficiaries over a six-year period, theDartmouth researchers found that per capita spending was greater and rose faste...National Cancer Institute to support statewide UNC-CH colon cancer study
...e; Sally C. Stearns, associate professor of health policy and healthadministration; and Boyd R. Switzer, associate professor of nutrition. The new project will piggyback on the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study,which Sandler already has started, Campbell said. Investigators are interviewingpeople in...Many Virginians would increase taxes for K-12 education, study finds
...ation the highest rankings. Several school policy questions were added to this year's survey. Onetha...ncharge, and 71 percent say that a national health policy is needed -- although12 percent strongly disagree with each of these statements. Virginians conti...UCSF Center for Health and Community receives over $11 million for infertility treatment research
...uld be advised to receive treatment, and to inform policy makersabout policies that may help in the area of infertility treatment, such asinsurance coverage. In addition to Adler, the principal investigators of the studies are MaryCroughan-Minihane, PhD, UCSF associate professor of family and communitymedic...Cholesterol guidelines can reduce recurrent heart problems
...therlands; Paula Goldman, MPH,department of health policy and management, Harvard School of Public Health;An...al; andMilton Weinstein, PhD, department of health policy and management, HarvardSchool of Public Health....Health plays a crucial role in California labor market, according to UCSF researchers
...dward Yelin, PhD, professor of medicine and health policy in the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. "This study shows that it is in fact both." People who reported health problems in the first year of the survey (1998) were more than twice as likely to lose their jobs in the following year as those...Poor health is a major factor for early retirement, according to UCSF researchers
...ible for Medicare, is a major concern and a public policy issuethat needs to be addressed at state and national levels," said Dorothy Rice,ScD, professor emeritus, UCSF Institute for Health and Aging and principalinvestigator of the survey. The survey, a supplement of the 1999 California Work and Health Sur...UCSF to attack HIV at molecular level with new center and $7 million in state funds
...e, treatment approaches,prevention strategies, and policy issues. Greenspan and Volberding are two UCSF faculty who have been with the UCSF AIDSprogram from its earliest days when the first patients were diagnosed, and theyboth emphasized that they "plan to be here not only to help the epidemic end,but also...Early discharge appears safe for Medicaid newborns
...eonatologist Uma Kotagal, M.D., director of health policy andclinical effectiveness at Cincinnati Children's and the study's main author. "In fact, rehospitalizations for Medicaid newborns decreased 23 percent duringthis period, perhaps because of better post-discharge coordination of care." The study inv...Study: foreign-trained physicians vital to poor, under-served patients
...th-care safety net providers and may haveimportant policy implications, the authors said. "Many policy-makers want to reduce the number of foreign-trainedphysicians coming into the United States," said Baer, a doctoral candidate ingeography at UNC-CH. "The question now becomes:what are the conseque...Is a one child policy worldwide the solution to human population growth?
... US Department of State is policing the population policy lockstep This week's BMJ is a theme issue devote...ansitional period there must even be a "one child" policy worldwide. It also advocates that if the developing world is to constrain its fertility then the de...Suicide is higher among socially fragmented rather than deprived populations
...gmentation, in order to assist those making social policy decisions relating to these issues....International study provides important benchmark for countries still using leaded gasoline
... says Thomas, "this study can be usedas a guide by policy makers in countries still using lead in gasoline, allowingthem to estimate roughly the effects of eliminating leaded gasoline."...Hostility, coercion, sexism among causes of harassment in military
...personnel and suggest the wisdom of reframing both policy debates and interventions," wrote Fitzgerald, Drasgow and then-graduate students Vicki J. Magley and Craig R. Waldo in one study. "The results clearly indicate that the problems faced by women in the military have far more to do with hostility than ...... Danziger, U-M professor of social work and public policy and director of the Center for Poverty, Risk and Mental Health; Rukmalie Jayakody, assistant professor of human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University; and Diane Steffick, a U-M doctoral student in economics. The study is bas...The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists releases latest findings at Annual Meeting
...ince the American Medical Association reversed its policy regarding direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA). To measure the impact of DTCA, University of Mississippi researchers polled physicians regarding how pharmaceutical ads influenced patient requests for advertised prescriptions. A few of their findin...American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists tapped to manage PQRI
..., industryand academia is to produce science-based policy that ensures quality reviews without unnecessary testing. The Institute's recommendations are expected to speed new drug approvals and reduce the industry's cost for pharmaceuticaldevelopment. Ultimately, the public will benefit because of lower cos...... of research information and its implementation in policy and practice. Fact sheets on health effects of drugs of abuse and other topics can be ordered free of charge in English and Spanish, by calling NIDA Infofax at 1-888-NIH-NIDA (-644-6432) or 1-888-TTY-NIDA (-889-6432) for the deaf. These fact sheets a......pproval in recent years may be attributable to the policy debate that has been raging in the country. Also, a number of states have conducted anti-smoking ad campaigns aimed at young people. Availability of Cigarettes While the great majority of young teens feel that they could get cigarettes "fairly...