April 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
The Chronic Illness and Disability Medicaid Working Group at Boston University School of Public Health developed and implemented pilot projects designed to help states develop cost-effective managed care models for chronically ill people with disabilities.
April 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
The National Health Council (NHC) commissioned papers investigating the future role of voluntary health agencies (VHAs) and a conference for leaders of VHAs.
April 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, N.J., and the People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. co-sponsored a 1994 conference on ensuring universal health coverage and published papers on the conference topics and findings.
March 31, 2000
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Program Result Report
From January 1994 to September 1997, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., evaluated the role of the media in the health care reform debate and created an archive directory of the coverage that took place during that debate.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
Uneven distribution of primary care physicians, as well as inadequate use of mid-level providers - physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives - creates barriers to access for many rural and inner city residents.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
In 1998-1999, the National Commission Against Drunk Driving developed a message aimed at teenagers for a pilot public education campaign about the "zero tolerance" law in Texas, which makes it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drive with a measurable amount of alcohol in his or her system.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
In 1993 and 1994, Maine developed a five-part strategy to improve the distribution of primary care providers in underserved areas.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
The Child Welfare League of America, Inc., researched, produced, and disseminated two practical guidebooks for those who care for and work on behalf of children in the foster care system.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
A team led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health sought to identify modifiable factors in workplaces that could affect alcohol problems.