"Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care: Lessons from a Study of Eleven States" - a new report from the Center for Health and Health Care Services - exposes barriers and opportunities for children's mental health under expansion of the Affordable Care Act.
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February 8, 2007 | Program Result Report
In 2001, the New Mexico Community Foundation placed nurses in eight family service agencies to increase child immunization rates and refer families for tobacco and alcohol addiction treatment.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center created the Center for Professional Health, which provides a program for health professionals who overprescribe painkillers or other controlled drugs.
March 31, 2007 | Program Result Report
In 2002, the Kapi'olani Health Foundation created the Child At-Risk Evaluation (CARE) program, a pediatric specialty clinic specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of child abuse.
April 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.
May 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Fighting Back program was a $87.9 million national program to assist communities of 100,000 to 250,000 people to implement a variety of anti-drug strategies. It ran until the fall of 2003.
September 10, 2007 | Program Result Report
Native Americans suffer disproportionately compared with other groups in the United States from diseases and death due to alcohol, drugs and substance abuse.
November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The American Public Health Association subcontracted with Spitfire Strategies, a communications firm, to support the media launch of National Public Health Week 2005.
April 17, 2008 | Story
"Disruptive innovations are technologies, processes or business models that bring to market products or services that are more affordable and simpler to use than what is currently available."
May 6, 2008 | Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.
June 4, 2008 | Story
To improve the efficiency and decrease the waiting time in the ED, Grady Health System implemented a "Fast Track" service to allow patients with acute but non-life-threatening conditions to be treated more quickly and then released.