Topic :: Health Care Access & Utilization
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- This monograph describes the environment in which children live and presents diverse measures of wellbeing, as well as traditional measures of health. Topics addressed include demographic characteristics, school environment, health care access and utilization, dental health, mental health, obesity and victimization. The document aims to inform professionals, program directors and policymakers concerned with the health and well-being of the middle…
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- This summary synthesizes the proceedings of an expert meeting to begin developing a national health agenda for middle childhood. Meeting participants representing diverse disciplines and stakeholders discussed a range of issues, including the role of families, schools, communities, business and the health care system in promoting the health of this population. With guidance from the participants, Policy Center staff identified…
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- This article was part of supplement based on the 1998 Health Futures II meeting that created a comprehensive set of recommendations for adolescent health. This article reviews the historical trends and current status of the health of America’s adolescents. An abstract of the article is available here: Irwin, C. E., Jr., Burg, S. J., & Cart, C. U. (2002). America’s…
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- NAHIC researchers led a review of national reports on adolescent health published over the past decade and created report that serves as a collective assessment of the state-of-the-art science and a resulting national research agenda for adolescent health. Published in 2000, this report remains one of the sites most “popular” downloads. The report presents the following: critical research questions in…
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- After health care legislation is enacted, attention to implementation is needed to ensure that new programs help all intended beneficiaries. This is especially true for adolescents, whose have unique health care needs. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP), launched in 1998, aims the benefit the entire pediatric population. NAHIC, in partnership with AMCHP, wrote a report to…
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- In 1998, NAHIC researchers led a review of more than 1,000 adolescent health policy recommendations developed by government agencies, private foundations, and various task forces and commissions. The resulting report: synthesizes recommendations into an adolescent health agenda that is still relevant for current efforts to improve adolescent health. advances the field beyond the recommendation, the report also delineates barriers that…
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- This classic report has its roots in efforts to reform health care in 1993. NAHIC coordinated a meeting of experts to recommend how health care reform could best address the needs of adolescents. The meeting, convened with support from the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Services and Resources Administration, led to this report that addresses benefits, financing, special…
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