Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Assessing the Level of Public Health Partner Spending Using the Funding Formula Analysis Tool
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Public health partners can circumvent the political system when it lacks the will to pursue critical public health goals. Public health partners are nongovernmental organizations, including private nonprofit community health centers and networks tha ...
Modeling Health Care Policy Alternatives
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Researchers suggest specific improvements to data, as well as creation of a communications forum for modelers and policy-makers, to increase the utility of models that analyze health policy options, in this essay from Health Services Research in 2020.
What are the Respective Roles of the Public and Private Sectors in Pharmaceutical Innovation?
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
What are the respective roles of the public and private sectors in drug development? This question is at the heart of some policy proposals, such as those that would give the government a share of profits from drugs at least partly developed with federal research dollars.
A Private/Public Partnership for National Health Insurance
October 31, 2003 | Report
Establishment of purchasing pools in every state through which households with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level would be eligible for no-cost or reduced-cost coverage on a sliding-scale basis automatic plan enrollment for lowest income households.
Reshaping the Food System for Ecological Public Health
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Food policies created in the mid 20th century to deal with undersupply are ill suited to address today's challenges of over, under and mal-consumption and the gross inequalities that exist within and between nations. The ecological public health approach proposed in this article could help provide vision for 21st century policy on food systems.
Economies of Size in Production Agriculture
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Economies of size exist in production agriculture but these economies are dissipated much sooner than is realized. The emphasis on economies of size has also produced many undesirable consequences, which threaten both health and food security.
Places to Intervene to Make Complex Food Systems More Healthy, Green, Fair, and Affordable
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines papers presented at a conference in April 2009 that focused on food systems and public health. By analyzing statements in these papers by theme and intervention level, the authors provide a profile of the level and type of problems being discussed.
Research and Action Priorities for Linking Public Health, Food Systems, and Sustainable Agriculture
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article provides an overview of the Airlie Conference on the linkages between the food system and public health. The conference focused on how to create communities by making the food system more healthy, fair, affordable and environmentally sustainable.
Can Private Companies Contribute to Public Programs' Outreach Efforts?
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This article describes an innovative outreach effort in California, which trains and certifies community organizations to help complete Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) applications.
Public-Private Sector Forum Creates Action Plan to Improve Community Health
March 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Hospital Educational Research Trust, Chicago, co-sponsored two Leadership Action Forums designed to foster effective collaboration between the public and private sectors that would result in improved community health.