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113January 15, 2010
  • News You Can Use. FEMA ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS TO “RESOLVE TO BE READY”;
  • Data. The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007; MEPS HC-114: MEPS Panel 11 Longitudinal Data File; 2007 Expenditures by Health Care Service; 2007 Expenditures by Medical Condition; 2007 Quality of Care; 2007 Access to Care; Statistical Brief #276: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children (5-17): Use and Expenditures, 2007; Statistical Brief #274: Variations in Perceived Need and Access to Specialist Care among Adults in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007; Statistical Brief #273: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Employees of State and Local Governments, by Census Division, 2008; Statistical Brief #272: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007; Statistical Brief #271: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Thyroid Drugs Purchases and Expenditures for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1996 and 2007; Statistical Brief #270: Trends in Antiparkinson Agents Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1996 and 2007;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: GENE MUTATIONS REVEAL POTENTIAL NEW TARGETS FOR TREATING A TYPE OF NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA; Tobacco: Tobacco Regulation Grand Rounds; Tobacco Control Law; Smokefree Housing Model Ordinance;
  • Adolescent Health. NATIONAL SURVEY TRACKS RATES OF COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG AMERICAN YOUTH; TEEN METHAMPHETAMINE USE, CIGARETTE SMOKING AT LOWEST LEVELS IN NIDA'S 2009 MONITORING THE FUTURE SURVEY; ADOLESCENTS' USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AFTER SCHOOL-BASED SUICIDE SCREENING;
  • Child Health. WEB SITE OFFERS PEDIATRIC HEALTH INFORMATION FOR PARENTS;
  • Environmental Health. State Laws Related to Healthy Homes; “Millions in U.S. drink dirty water, records show”;
  • Epidemiology. EXTENSIVE VARIABILITY OF TERMINOLOGY AND CRITERIA FOR LEVELS OF NEONATAL CARE SERVICES;
  • Genomics. POTENTIAL GENETIC LINKS TO LUNG DISEASE RISK;
  • Healthcare Quality. Failure to Order Needed Tests a Leading Cause of Diagnostic Errors;
  • Healthcare Services. Hospital Costs for Bone Marrow Transplants, Other Common Procedures Up Sharply;
  • Health Literacy. AHRQ Released New Health Literacy Tool;
  • Minority Health. RISK FACTORS FOR ANTENATAL DEPRESSION AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN;
  • Obesity. OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY PREVALENCE AMONG CHILDREN FROM 2003 TO 2007; ASSOCIATIONS OF TELEVISION CONTENT TYPE AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN;
  • Women's Health. Non-surgical Method for Diagnosing Breast Cancer Safe, Nearly as Effective as Surgical Biopsy;
114February 15, 2010
  • News You Can Use: SURGEON GENERAL RELEASES REPORT TO HELP AMERICANS LEAD HEALTHIER LIVES;
  • Data. From KFF: Unemployment; Food Stamp Program; State Fiscal Distress (NEW);State Budgets;Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Tobacco Dependence Treatment under Medicaid; Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Practices and Premiums (NEW); State Medicaid Spending; Medicare Advantage Plan Quality (NEW); High Risk Pools (NEW); Family Planning and Perinatal Services Under Medicaid (NEW); Abortions;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: THE CANCER GENOME ATLAS IDENTIFIES DISTINCT SUBTYPES OF DEADLY BRAIN CANCER THAT MAY LEAD TO NEW TREATMENT STRATEGIES; PANEL CALLS FOR REDUCING COLORECTAL CANCER DEATHS BY STRIKING DOWN BARRIERS TO SCREENING;
  • Adolescent Health. FIRST NATIONAL SURVEY OF YOUTH IN CUSTODY PROVIDES ESTIMATES OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; THE ROLE OF DELINQUENCY IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; HEALTH PLANS' ROLE IN SUPPORTING ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCREENING IN PRIMARY CARE;
  • AIDS/HIV. NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY FEBRUARY 7, 2010;
  • Child Health. PREDICTORS OF BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS;
  • Epidemiology. A Guide for Using Cultural and Linguistic Competence Organizational Assessment Instrument for Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Programs; IMPACT OF PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION ON STILLBIRTH AND NEONATAL MORTALITY;
  • Fitness. CDC LAUNCHES TOOLKIT TO ACCOMPANY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES;
  • Genomics. RESEARCHERS DISCOVER FIRST GENES FOR STUTTERING; NEWLY IDENTIFIED GENES INFLUENCE INSULIN AND GLUCOSE REGULATION;
  • Maternal Child Health. NIH SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY MATERNAL AND FETAL GENES THAT INCREASE PRETERM BIRTH RISK; SIDS LINKED TO LOW LEVELS OF SEROTONIN; QUALITY AND VALUE IN MATERNITY CARE; RESOURCES FROM NEWBORN SCREENING E-SUMMIT; PROMISING PRACTICES FOR ADDRESSING SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH; CONTRIBUTIONS OF MATERNAL AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION LEVELS IN DETERMINING PEDIATRIC OUTCOMES;
  • Obesity. PREVALENCE OF HIGH BODY MASS INDEX AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents;
  • Oral Health. NEW EDITION OF ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • Senior Health. NIA FUNDS CENTERS TO STUDY DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING;
  • Technology. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE LAUNCHES MOBILE MEDLINEPLUS TO MEET THE HEALTH INFORMATION NEEDS OF AN ON-THE-GO PUBLIC;
  • Women's Health. EVEN WITH HEART DISEASE AWARENESS ON THE RISE, PREVENTION REMAINS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR AMERICAN WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE PHYSICIANS RELEASE OPINION ON SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL DESCRIBES INTERVENTION THAT DECREASES RATES OF MATERNAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE;
115March 15, 2010
  • News You Can Use. National Nutrition Month; New Credit Card Rules;
  • Data. New WISQARSTM Fatal Injury Mapping Module; 2007 Hospital Emergency Department Data; new additions at Statefactsonline.org; NEW SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOCUSES ON MEDICATIONS AND VACCINES AND PREGNANCY; NEW RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STATES' EFFORTS TO USE CHILD HEALTH DATA EFFECTIVELY; RISKS OF FORMULA USE RATHER THAN THE BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Colorectal Cancer Screening Use. Cardiovascular Disease: SCIENTISTS FIND NEW FORM OF PRION DISEASE THAT DAMAGES BRAIN ARTERIES; LANDMARK NIH CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARING TWO STROKE PREVENTION PROCEDURES SHOWS SURGERY AND STENTING EQUALLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. Tobacco: Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; NEED TO ASSURE AND COORDINATE DISSEMINATION AND USE OF EFFECTIVE TOBACCO-CESSATION TREATMENTS AND POLICIES;
  • Adolescent Health. CORRELATES OF WHOLE-GRAIN INTAKE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS; ADOLESCENTS' PERCEIVED RISK OF DYING;
    • Child Health. CHILDHOOD ASTHMA TREATMENT: NOT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL; DYNAMICS OF CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS AMONG CHILDREN: ONLINE MODULE FOCUSES ON SIDS IN CHILD CARE;
  • Consumer Health. Prescription Drug Costs;
  • Genomics. SCIENTISTS MAP GENETIC REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR THE HEART;
  • Health Care Economics. Medicare Appeals Process brochure; Updated Medicare Primer;
  • Health Care Reform. Health Reform Side-by-Side and Calculator;
  • Health Services. More Than Half of All Hospital Procedures Are Done Outpatient;
  • Maternal Child Health. MORE COMPLETE DATA ON INFANTS' HEARING SCREENING, DIAGNOSTIC, AND INTERVENTION STATUS; NATIONAL TRENDS IN SELF-REPORTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN; MATERNAL AND FETAL OUTCOMES AMONG WOMEN WITH DEPRESSION AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY;
  • Mental Health. A PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH;
  • Minority Health. Reference Library: Immigrants - Coverage & Access to Care;
  • Nutrition. FOOD ALLERGY-RELATED DISORDER LINKED TO MASTER ALLERGY GENE; FOOD ENVIRONMENTS OF U.S. COUNTIES;
  • Obesity. Addressing Childhood Obesity through Agricultural Policy; THE CHALLENGE OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY; NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS, BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY;
  • Oral Health. SCHOOL-BASED AND SCHOOL-LINKED ORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • School Health. “A federal effort to push junk food out of schools";
  • Senior Health. INFORMATION ON LIFE AFTER CANCER;
  • Women's Health. WHI STUDY DATA CONFIRM SHORT-TERM HEART DISEASE RISKS OF COMBINATION HORMONE THERAPY FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN.
116April 15, 2010
  • Data. From Statefactsonline: Children of Immigrants (NEW); Taxes (NEW); State or Federal Inmates; Union Workers; Food Stamp Program; Unemployment; State Fiscal Distress; Newborn Screening; Child and Teen Death Rates; Violent Crime Offenses and Occupational Fatalities; Disability Prevalence; Cancer; Public Place Smoking Bans (NEW); Health Insurance Status by Income Level (New); Per-Capita Clawback Rates under ARRA (NEW); Tobacco Settlement (NEW); Rural Health Clinics; Medical School Graduates; Medical School Graduates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION RATES, MORE THAN BIOLOGY, IN COLORECTAL CANCER DISPARITIES. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: SLEEP APNEA TIED TO INCREASED RISK OF STROKE, Even Mild Sleep Apnea Puts Men in Danger. Tobacco: Final Tobacco Rule; Interactive Tobacco Policy Map;
  • Adolescent Health. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND PAST-YEAR REPORTS OF BULLYING AMONG YOUTH; HEALTHY TEEN NETWORK LAUNCHES RESOURCE CENTER TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS; ADOLESCENTS' HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; The Teen Suicide Prevention Campaign; KNOWLEDGE PATH ON HEALTH INSURANCE AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Child Health. State Children's Health Legislation Report; STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING FAMILY-PROVIDER PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CHILD MALTREATMENT;
  • Drug Abuse. Unintentional Drug Poisoning in the United States;
  • Genomics. ADDITIONAL GENES ASSOCIATED WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION IDENTIFIED;
  • Health Care Economics. Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007;
  • Health Services. Patients Admitted to Hospitals on a Weekend Wait for Major Procedures; “Reinventing care for poor means relying less on ER”;
  • Influenza. 1918 AND 2009 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA VIRUSES LACK A SUGAR TOPPING, Finding Could Aid Vaccine Design;
  • Maternal Child Health. VITAMIN C AND E SUPPLEMENTS DO NOT REDUCE RISK FOR BLOOD PRESSURE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY; Vaginal Birth after Cesarean is Safe for Most Women; ACTION TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES; PROGRESS AND CHALLENGE IN RESPIRATORY CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY; SLEEP-RELATED RISK FACTORS FOR INFANT DEATH IN NEW YORK CITY;
  • Minority Health. HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS AMONG CHILDREN IN VARIOUS ASIAN SUBGROUPS;
  • Nutrition. Soda Tax and Better Health; “Food politics in L.A.: Hungry for change”;
  • Obesity. Task Force Releases Screening Recommendations for Obesity in Kids and Teens; RISK OF NEWBORN HEART DEFECTS INCREASES WITH MATERNAL OBESITY;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. ONLINE VERSION OF SIDS CURRICULUM FOR NURSES;
  • Public Health Practice. Pennsylvania Legal Preparedness Toolkit; Oregon Isolation and Quarantine Bench Book;
  • Senior Health. TARGETING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER MAY DELAY PROGRESSION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
117May 15, 2010
  • Data Sources. DATA ON PRIORITY HEALTH ISSUES OF ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT HEALTH;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: TRENDS SUGGEST INCREASE IN CANCERS OF THE LOWER STOMACH FOR YOUNGER WHITES IN U.S. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: ADDING CORONARY CALCIUM SCORE TO TRADITIONAL RISK FACTORS IMPROVES RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HEART DISEASE. Diabetes: COMPARATIVE-EFFECTIVENESS STUDY CONFIRMS NEW TREATMENT FOR DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA. Tobacco: TOBACCO MARKETING PRACTICES IN NEIGHBORHOODS BY INCOME AND MINORITY COMPOSITION; FDA Tobacco Rules;
  • AIDS/HIV. NATIONAL ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY MAY 19, 2010;
  • Adolescent Health. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND PROBLEM ALCOHOL USE;
  • Child Health. TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD;
  • Family Health. IN INFANTS WITH EGG OR MILK ALLERGY, CAN FUTURE PEANUT ALLERGY BE PREDICTED?; NEIGHBORHOODS, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, PARENTING, AND CHILD OUTCOMES;
  • Fitness. KNOWLEDGE PATH ABOUT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • Genomics. SCIENTISTS FIND GENES THAT INFLUENCE BRAIN WAVE PATTERNS;
  • Health Disparities. DISPARITIES IN POTENTIALLY TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION;
  • Maternal Child Health. TRADITIONAL 'HEEL STICK' TEST IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE SCREENING TOOL FOR CMV IN NEWBORNS;
  • Minority Health. SICKLE CELL DISEASE MAY AFFECT BRAIN FUNCTION IN ADULTS; U.S. LATINOS HAVE HIGH RATES OF DEVELOPING VISION LOSS AND CERTAIN EYE CONDITIONS; AGGREGATE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTHY FOODS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS;
  • Nutrition. FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK 2010;
  • Obesity. GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN CHILDHOOD OBESITY OVER TIME;
  • Senior Health. INFORMATION ON GUM DISEASE NOW AVAILABLE ON NIHSENIORHEALTH.GOV;
  • Women's Health. MOST YOUNG WOMEN WITH MENOPAUSE-LIKE CONDITION RETAIN STORE OF EGGS DISCOVERY MAY LEAD TO TREATMENTS TO RESTORE FERTILITY; Comparative Effectiveness of Core-Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions.
118June 15, 2010
  • News You Can use. The Future of Sex Education (FoSE);
  • Data Sources. CDC RELEASES 2009 DATA ON HEALTH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG YOUTH; MEPS HC-116: 2008 Jobs File; 2008 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File; State-Level Medical Expenditure Tables for 2007; Statistical Brief #282: Percentage of Persons Unable to Get or Delayed in Getting Needed Medical Care, Dental Care, or Prescription Medicines: United States , 2007; Statistical Brief #281: Health Insurance Status of Low Income, Non-Elderly Persons by Demographic Characteristics, 2007; Statistical Brief #280: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Medicare Beneficiaries, Age 65 and Older, 2007; Statistical Brief #279: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Adults Age 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007; Statistical Brief #278: The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2006-2007; Statistical Brief #277: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Gastrointestinal Agents Purchases and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1997 and 2007; New Report Compares Child Care Quality Rating Systems; SHIFTS IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. MOTHERS IN THE PAST TWO DECADES; INFANT MORTALITY DATA; INFANT DEATH AMONG OHIO INFANTS BORN AT 32 TO 41 WEEKS' GESTATION;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes. OVERWEIGHT GIRLS WHO LOSE WEIGHT REDUCE ADULT DIABETES RISK;
  • Adolescent Health. CO-OCCURRENCE OF FIVE SUBTYPES OF PEER VICTIMIZATION; THE RISK OF STILLBIRTH AND PRENATAL CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS;
  • Continuing Education. Tutorial: Conducting Research with Online Query Tools;
  • Evaluation. STAR METRICS: NEW WAY TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH;
  • Fitness. CREATING A NATIONAL CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS PHYSICALLY ACTIVE LIFESTYLES;
  • Health Disparities. SNAPSHOTS OF STATE EFFORTS TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES;
  • Health Literacy. NATIONAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR CREATING A HEALTH-LITERATE SOCIETY;
  • Infectious Disease. NEW STEPS IN SPREAD OF MALARIA PARASITE THROUGH BLOODSTREAM;
  • Maternal Child Health. INFANTS CAPABLE OF LEARNING WHILE ASLEEP; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS TASK FORCE ON MENTAL HEALTH CARE; SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN NUTRITION AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS; Multimedia Featured Resource: The National Sudden Unexpected Infant-Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource Center's Web site; EVIDENCE ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FETAL LOSS AND THE RISK OF RELATIONSHIP DISSOLUTION;
  • Obesity. STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR ADDRESSING CHILDHOOD OBESITY ON A NATIONAL SCALE; RACE DISPARITIES IN OBESITY AMONG WOMEN;
  • School Health. GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTING CHANGE IN SCHOOL SETTINGS;
  • Women's Health. MARKERS ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS LINKED TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN AGGRESSIVE, BUT LESS COMMON FORM OF BREAST CANCER.
119July 15, 2010
  • Updates. Get the latest update on what gets posted on the Public Health Blog twitter.com/bettycjung;
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  • Second mailing of Request for Feedback Survey;
  • Data Sources. AHRQ Quality Indicators for Windows Version 4.1a and SAS Version 4.1a; Multimedia Featured Resource: History, Highlights and Hope: Shattering the U.S. Infant Mortality Glass Ceiling; The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health Web site; Updates on Statehealthfacts.org;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: CDC Vital signs; VITAMIN D STATUS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH RISK FOR LESS COMMON CANCERS. Diabetes: NIH-SUPPORTED ACCORD EYE STUDY FINDS TWO THERAPIES SLOW DIABETIC EYE DISEASE PROGRESSION; AIMING FOR NEAR-NORMAL BLOOD SUGAR DID NOT DELAY COMBINED RISK OF DIABETIC DAMAGE FOR PEOPLE WITH LONG-STANDING DIABETES. Tobacco: “Cigarette makers and retailers sue to block rule requiring antismoking posters”; CIGARETTE PRICES HIT $11 PER PACK IN NEW YORK CITY; HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES TV SPOT TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO TOBACCO INDUSTRY’S COLOR CODING OF CIGARETTE PACKS;
  • Adolescent Health. NEW EDITION OF KNOWLEDGE PATH ABOUT ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE PREVENTION; PARENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE IDEAL HEALTH CARE SITE FOR ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. ANTIBODIES THAT PREVENT MOST HIV STRAINS FROM INFECTING HUMAN CELLS; NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY JUNE 27, 2010;
  • Child Health. Ready For Kindergarten? A Review of State Practices; DISPARITIES IN CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE BY ADULTS WITH CHRONIC PEDIATRIC DISORDERS;
  • Drug Abuse. Sharp Increase in Emergency Department Visits for Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs;
  • Environmental Health. “Supes back posting of cell phone emission levels”;
  • Health Education. Health Literacy Online: A Guide to Writing and Designing Easy-to-Use Health Web Sites;
  • Health Care Finance. New Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan;
  • Health Services.Lapses in Infection Control Practices at Ambulatory Surgical Centers;
  • Maternal Child Health. THE IMPACT OF MISCARRIAGE HISTORY ON PRENATAL DISTRESS DURING A SUBSEQUENT PREGNANCY; PERCENTAGE OF INFANT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO PRENATAL SMOKING; OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF MATERNAL DEPRESSION; ANALYSIS OF HEALTH REFORM FOCUSES ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR STATE MCH PROGRAMS;
  • Men's Health. ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS REPORTED IN TESTOSTERONE TRIAL IN OLDER MEN;
  • Minority Health. AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHERS' BELIEFS AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SIDS; RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAPON-CARRYING AMONG URBAN AMERICAN-INDIAN ADOLESCENTS;
  • Obesity. INTERVENTION LOWERED OBESITY RATE IN YOUTH AT HIGH DIABETES RISK;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. “'ACE Inhibitors' and 'ARBs' To Protect Your Heart?,”; “Adding ACEIs and/or ARBs to Standard Therapy for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Benefits and Harms;
  • Public Health Law. Evidence-Based Public Health Law; Local Public Health Ordinance and Regulation Resources; “Complete Guide for Local Public Health Ordinances”; Preemption Factsheets. The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN);
  • School Health. A SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTION TO REDUCE DIABETES RISK.
120August 15, 2010
  • News You Can Use. AHRQ's Consumer guides;
  • Data Sources. AHRQ State Snapshots Expanded to Include New Data on Health Insurance Coverage;PORTAL TO PROVIDE DATA ABOUT MEDICAL HOMES; updates from Statehealthfacts.org;
  • Top Killers. Heart Disease: NIH GENOMIC MAPPING STUDY FINDS LARGEST SET OF GENES RELATED TO MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR HEART DISEASE; Technical Brief: Percutaneous Heart Valve Replacement. Tobacco: Smoking in Public Housing; CIGARETTE USE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS;
  • Adolescent Health. ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • AIDS/HIV. EARLY HAART DURING TB TREATMENT BOOSTS SURVIVAL RATE IN PEOPLE CO-INFECTED WITH HIV AND TB; HIV/AIDS TREATMENT CURBS SPREAD OF HIV AMONG DRUG USERS;
  • Bone Health. NEW NIH WEBSITE OFFERS EASY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON BONE HEALTH;
  • Child Health. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S DIETARY INTAKES;
  • Drug Abuse.Synthetic marijuana spurs state bans;
  • Environmental Health. FDA is sued for failing to regulate bisphenol A; Federal tan tax burns some badly but keeps everybody in the dark;
  • Epidemiology. COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING INFANT MORTALITY;
  • Eye Health. What big eyes you have, dear, but are those contacts risky?;
  • Genomics. NIHSENIORHEALTH SITE OFFERS TIPS ON CREATING A FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY;
  • Health Care Finance. AHRQ News and Numbers;
  • Health Care Quality. AHRQ Guide to Aid Hospital Quality Reporting;
  • Health Services. Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital;
  • Infectious Disease. H1N1 Policy Barriers;
  • Maternal Child Health. MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STATE HOME VISITING SYSTEMS; CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANNED AND UNPLANNED HOME BIRTHS; Fact Sheet on Emergency Contraception;
  • Men's Health. AHRQ’s New Healthy Men Web Site;
  • Mental Health. PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF ANTEPARTUM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS;
  • Minority Health. IMPROVING THE PLACES WHERE BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY;
  • Musculoskeletal Health. REGENERATING TISSUE TO REPLACE JOINTS;
  • Nutrition. Federal Menu Labeling; NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES NEW EFFORT TO WEAN NEW YORKERS FROM SUGARY BEVERAGES;
  • Obesity. http://www.bettycjung.net/Obesity.htm (Obesity Resources on the Net);
  • Senior Health. Hot summer weather can pose special health risks to older adults;HEALTH AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF OLDER AMERICANS; NIHSENIORHEALTH SITE OFFERS INFORMATION ABOUT OLDER ADULTS AND ALCOHOL USE;
  • Women's Health. WOMEN'S CHOLESTEROL LEVELS VARY WITH PHASE OF MENSTRUAL CYCLE; STRESS MAY DELAY WOMEN GETTING PREGNANT;
121September 15, 2010
  • Data Sources:SMART BRFSS (Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) 2002 through 2009; MEPS HC-118H: 2008 Home Health File; MEPS HC-118C: 2008 Other Medical Expenses; MEPS HC-118B: 2008 Dental Visits; MEPS HC-117: 2009 P13R3/P14R1 Population Characteristics; MEPS Tabular Data: Update to Expenditures by Medical Condition Tables, 1996-2007; Tables of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2009 MEPS Insurance Component Survey; Tables of Health Insurance Coverage Series for First Half of 2009, MEPS Household Component Survey; Tables of Health Insurance Coverage Series for all of 2008, MEPS Household Component Survey; Analytical Tools: 2009 MEPSnet/Insurance Component Data; Survey Instruments: 2008 Adult Self Administered Questionnaire (SAQ) and Diabetes Care Survey (DCS); 2009 MEPS Insurance Component Survey Questionnaires (Forms); Statistical Brief #292: Trends in Select Reported Chronic Conditions for Persons under Age 40 in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1997 and 2007; Statistical Brief #291: The Uninsured in America , First Half of 2009: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #290: The Uninsured in America , 1996-2009: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #289: Back Problems: Use and Expenditures for the U.S. Adult Population, 2007; Statistical Brief #288: Average Outpatient Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for the Top Five Most Expensive Prescription Drugs for Adults Age 65 and over: 2005 and 2006; Statistical Brief #287: Offer Rates, Enrollment Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for Employer -Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2009; Statistical Brief #286: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2009; Statistical Brief #285: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2009; Statistical Brief #284: Getting Routine Care, U.S. Adult Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007; Statistical Brief #283: Enrollment in High Premium Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, Private Industry, 2008; From Statefacts Online - numerous updated pages;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes: U.S. hospitals spent $83 billion in 2008 caring for people with diabetes; NIH STUDY SHOWS HOW INSULIN STIMULATES FAT CELLS TO TAKE IN GLUCOSE. Heart Disease: Technical Brief: Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque. Tobacco: Tobacco Control Legal Update;
  • AIDS/HIV. NIH STATEMENT ON NATIONAL HIV/AIDS AND AGING AWARENESS DAY SEPT. 18, 2010;
  • Child Health. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD, CADMIUM AND DELAYED PUBERTY IN GIRLS;
  • Drug Abuse. NIDA AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO LAUNCH NATIONAL DRUG FACTS WEEK - November Awareness Week Promotes Scientific Facts about Drugs for Teens;
  • Genomics. THIRD GENERATION MAP OF HUMAN GENETIC VARIATION PUBLISHED; NIH EXPANDS KEY PHARMACOGENOMICS RESOURCE;
  • Health Care Finance. Health Reform: How Will Medicaid Change?; Health Reform: A Retrospective; Tutorial: Health Reform and Medicare: Overview of Key Provisions; Summary of New Health Reform Law;Summary of Coverage Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
  • Health Care Quality. AHRQ Quality Indicators software for Windows Version 4.1b and SAS Version 4.1b for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI), Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) and Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDI) modules; Summary of changes made in the WinQI 4.1b and SAS 4.1b versions of the software; Summary of changes from Windows Version 4.1a to 4.1b; Summary of changes from SAS Version 4.1a to 4.1b;
  • Infectious Disease. CDC's Antibiotic and Antimicrobial Resistance web portal
  • Maternal Child Health. NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS OFFER NEW RESOURCES TO RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF INFANT MORTALITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS' AWARENESS OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN INFANT MORTALITY RATES AND RELATED RISK FACTORS;
  • Men's Health. MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT MORE COMMON IN OLDER MEN THAN OLDER WOMEN;
  • Minority Health. LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE GOAL BENEFITS AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, PROTEIN IN THE URINE; AHRQ Releases New Spanish-Language Guides for Patients;
  • Nutrition. Federal Menu Labeling Requirements; “Restaurants grading begins in New York”;
  • Obesity. Obesity Resources on the Internet (new) http://www.bettycjung.net/Obesity.htm ; NIH-FUNDED STUDIES AIM TO PREVENT, TREAT CHILDHOOD OBESITY;
  • Women's Health. PRIOR STRESS COULD WORSEN PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS, NIH STUDY FINDS; “British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws”.
122October 15, 2010
  • Data Sources. Release of AHRQ Quality Indicators for Windows Version 4.2 and SAS Version 4.2; CHARTBOOK FEATURES STATE AND NATIONAL DATA ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: ADDITION OF IMMUNOTHERAPY BOOSTS PEDIATRIC CANCER SURVIVAL. Diabetes: LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION IMPROVES RISK FACTORS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN GESTATIONAL DIABETES. Tobacco: TREATING TOBACCO ADDICTION; E-Cigarette Regulation;
  • AIDS/HIV. NIH STATEMENT ON NATIONAL LATINO AIDS AWARENESS DAY; STRUCTURE OF POTENTIAL TARGET FOR HIV AND CANCER DRUGS; NIH STATEMENT ON NATIONAL GAY MEN'S HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY; UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT TO SEEK, TEST, AND TREAT INMATES WITH HIV; NIH SCIENTISTS FIND MORE HEALTH BENEFITS FROM STARTING HIV TREATMENT EARLY;
  • Adolescent Health. OBESITY, BODY DISSATISFACTION, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING IN EARLY AND LATE ADOLESCENCE; DIFFERENCES IN ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND FORMS OF BULLYING; PRECONCEPTION COUNSELING DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE; DEPRESSION HIGH AMONG YOUTH VICTIMS OF SCHOOL CYBER BULLYING; POTENTIAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACCESS COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS AS KEY ASPECT OF NEW LAW;
  • Child Health. NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON USING INTERNATIONAL GROWTH STANDARDS FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE 2; LEAD POISONING: PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND MANAGEMENT;
  • Genomics. NCBI LAUNCHES THE DATABASE OF GENOMIC STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS;
  • Health Care Quality. Second Edition of Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide;
  • Health Services. Adults who developed health care-associated infections (HAIs) due to medical or surgical care while in the hospital in 2007 had to stay an average of 19 days longer than adults who didn't develop an infection, (24 days versus 5 days);
  • Infectious Disease. HOW DENGUE VIRUS INFECTS CELLS; HOW SALMONELLA BACTERIA SPREAD IN HUMANS;
  • Maternal Child Health. ASPECTS OF PARENTING BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH DOMAINS OF CHILDREN'S SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING; SPANISH-LANGUAGE BOOKLETS OFFER GUIDANCE TO WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR WHO ARE ANTICIPATING PREGNANCY;
  • Minority Health. NIH ANNOUNCES INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES; CHILDREN, MALES AND BLACKS ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR FOOD ALLERGIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF LAY HEALTH ADVISOR MODEL AMONG LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES;
  • Nutrition. Healthy Food Access;
  • Obesity. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME SLEEP DURATION AND SUBSEQUENT OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS;
  • School Health. BARRIERS TO AND FACILITATORS OF HEALTHFUL EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS.
123November 15, 2010
  • Data Sources. MCHB RELEASES ANNUAL REPORTS ON CHILD HEALTH AND WOMEN'S HEALTH; 2008 HCUP Facts and Figures Report Released – Provides Statistics on Hospital Visits; MEPS HC-119: 2008 Person Round Plan File; MEPS HC-118G: 2008 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File; MEPS HC-118A: 2008 Prescribed Medicines File; MEPS HC-118F: 2008 Outpatient Visits File Release Date: September 2010; MEPS HC-118E: 2008 Emergency Room Visits File; MEPS HC-118D: 2008 Hospital Inpatient Stays File Release Date: September 2010; MEPS 2009 Household Component Survey Questionnaires; Statistical Brief #296: Early Retiree Health Insurance, 2007; Statistical Brief #295: Dental Coverage of Adults Ages 21 to 64, United States, 1997 and 2007; Statistical Brief #294: The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2005-2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65; Statistical Brief #293: Trends in Pharmaceutical Treatment of Diabetes: A Comparison of Utilization and Expenditures, 1997 to 2007;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: American men with prostate cancer were 25 percent less likely to die from the disease in 2006 than they were in 1999. Diabetes: GENETIC ELEMENTS INFLUENCING THE RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES; NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH, WORLD DIABETES DAY. Heart Disease: Hospital charges for the most expensive patient stays at U.S. hospitals in 2008 averaged about $18,000 per day; FIRST LADIES JOIN THE HEART TRUTH TO RAISE WOMEN'S HEART DISEASE AWARENESS. Stroke: Between 2000 and 2007, the death rate for men treated in hospitals for stroke tumbled by 29 percent compared to a 24 percent decline for women. Tobacco: FDA Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Labels;
  • Adolescent Health. STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COLLEGE DRINKING; MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS' VIEWS ON HEALTH;
  • Child Health. INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG SLEEP, CULTURE, AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN CHILDREN; IMPROVING MOTHERS' LITERACY SKILLS MAY BE BEST WAY TO BOOST CHILDREN'S ACHIEVEMENT; PROGRAM PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES; DESIGN TO EVALUATE A WEB-BASED INTERVENTION TO INCREASE VISION SCREENING AT WELL CHILD VISITS;
  • Drug Abuse. Hospitalizations for Medication and Illicit Drug-Related Conditions on the Rise Among Americans Ages 45 and Older;INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO HELP PROFESSIONALS HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE;
  • Genomics. KEY MUTATION IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; 1000 GENOMES PROJECT PUBLISHES ANALYSIS OF COMPLETED PILOT PHASE;
  • Health Services. New Guide Helps Patients Take Care of Themselves After Hospital Discharge;
  • Immunity. SECRETS OF HELPER T CELLS INVOLVED IN AUTOIMMUNITY;
  • Kidney Health. NIH VIDEOS HELP HEALTH PROVIDERS ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT DIALYSIS;
  • Maternal Child Health. PARENTS' ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS A RISK FACTOR FOR SIDS; OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN PREGNANCY AND FAMILY HEALTH; NIH ALERTS CAREGIVERS TO INCREASE IN SIDS RISK DURING COLD WEATHER;
  • Men's Health. New AHRQ Website Shows Men How to Stay Healthy;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. “Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility”;“Rural Health Clinic” Publication Revised; “Counseling to Prevent Tobacco Use”; National Diabetes Awareness Month and Diabetic Eye Disease Month;
  • Respiratory Health. GAINS IN COPD AWARENESS;
  • Senior Health. Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) seeks volunteers; SEVERE SEPSIS ASSOCIATED WITH LATER COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL DECLINE;
  • Women's Health. BRIGHT FUTURES INITIATIVE RELEASES NEW SPANISH TOOLS ON EMOTIONAL HEALTH IN WOMEN;
124December 15, 2010
  • Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy 2011 to You and Yours!
  • Data Sources.THE NATIONAL DATABASE FOR AUTISM RESEARCH ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST DATA RELEASE; PREGNANCY-RELATED MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES; NATIONAL PILOT PROJECT EXAMINES STATE INFANT DEATH CERTIFICATION PRACTICES; EFFECT OF MEDICAID AND SCHIP EXPANSIONS ON CHILD MORTALITY;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Relationship of Alcohol Consumption to Breast and Colorectal Cancer. Kidney Disease:DAILY HEMODIALYSIS HELPS PROTECT KIDNEY PATIENTS' HEARTS. Stroke: death rate for men treated in hospitals for stroke tumbled by 29 percent compared to a 24 percent decline for women. Tobacco: HHS Tobacco Control Strategy; Tobacco Control Legal Update;
  • Adolescent Health. ADOLESCENT RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND RISK DOMAINS; IMPROVING CLINICAL PREVENTIVE CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the INSTI™ HIV-1 Antibody Test; VIRAL COUNTS NECESSARY FOR GAUGING HEALTH OF CHILDREN WITH HIV;
  • Child Health. TODDLERS WITH AUTISM SHOW IMPROVED SOCIAL SKILLS FOLLOWING TARGETED INTERVENTION; VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT DOWN SYNDROME INFANTS AT HIGH RISK FOR HEART, LUNG DISORDERS; IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND LIFE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS;
  • Complementary Medicine. AHRQ Evidence Report on Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back and Neck Pain;
  • Consumer Health. CONSISTENCY IN DOSING DIRECTIONS AND MEASURING DEVICES AMONG OVER-THE-COUNTER PRODUCTS;
  • Drug Abuse. Hospitalizations for Medication and Illicit Drug-Related Conditions on the Rise Among Americans Ages 45 and Older;
  • Genomics. “U.S. says genes should not be eligible for patents”; ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INFANT DEATH AND A GENETIC VARIANT;
  • Health Finances. Variations in How States Review Proposed Health Insurance Rates;
  • Health Services. The number of people admitted to the hospital because of dog bites increased by 86 percent; Four Million Hospital Admissions Potentially Unnecessary;
  • Healthy People 2020. DHHS LAUNCHES 10-YEAR AGENDA FOR IMPROVING THE NATION’S HEALTH;
  • Infectious Diseases. EARLY DETECTION IS POSSIBLE FOR PRION DISEASES;
  • Maternal Child Health. BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENT IN PREGNANCY: LESS DISTRESS TO BABIES; PATTERNS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES;“Contraception could be free under health care law”; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASPIRATION, CHOKING, AND SIDS; DATA FROM CHILD FATALITY REVIEW;
  • Nutrition. IOM Report on Nutrition Labeling; NIH-SPONSORED PANEL ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE U.S. FOOD ALLERGY GUIDELINES;
  • Obesity. TRIALS USE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP YOUNG ADULTS ACHIEVE HEALTHY WEIGHTS; International Obesity Legal Issues; RISK OF SEVERE OBESITY IN ADULTHOOD BY ADOLESCENT WEIGHT STATUS;
  • Senior Health. NIHSENIORHEALTH.GOV OFFERS INFO ON ANXIETY DISORDERS IN OLDER ADULTS; IMPAIRED CLEARANCE, NOT OVERPRODUCTION OF TOXIC PROTEINS, MAY UNDERLIE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE;
  • Women's Health. Health Reform: Impact on Women’s Health Coverage and Access to Care Tutorial.
125January 15, 2011
  • Data Sources. MEPS HC-122: MEPS Panel 12 Longitudinal Data File; MEPS HC-036BRR: MEPS 1996-2008 Replicates for Calculating Variances File; MEPS HC-036: MEPS 1996-2008 Pooled Estimation Linkage File; MEPS HC-121: 2008 Full Year Consolidated Data File; MEPS HC-120: 2008 Medical Conditions File; MEPS HC-118I: Appendix to MEPS 2008 Event Files;2008 Access to Care Tables; 2008 Expenditures by Health Care Service Tables; 2008 Expenditures by Medical Condition Tables; 2008 Quality of Care Tables; Tables of Insurance Component National-Level Summary for Series III and IV from the 2009 MEPS Insurance Component Survey; Statistical Brief #309: The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2007-2008; Statistical Brief #308: Main Reason for Not Having a Usual Source of Care: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, Income, and Insurance Status, 2007; Statistical Brief #307: Preventive Care Use by Insurance Status among the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Adult Population, Ages 18-64, 2008; Statistical Brief #306: Average Annual Health Care Use and Expenditures for Kidney Disease among Adults 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003-2007; Statistical Brief #305: Health Insurance Status of Young Adults, Ages 22-26, 2008; Statistical Brief #304: Trends in Use and Expenditures for Diabetes among Adults 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1996 and 2007; Statistical Brief #303: Anxiety and Mood Disorders: Use and Expenditures for Adults 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007; Statistical Brief #302: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Employees of State and Local Governments, by Census Division, 2009; Statistical Brief #301: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2008; Statistical Brief #300: Restricted-Activity Days, 2007: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, Ages 16-64; Statistical Brief #299: Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2007; Statistical Brief #298: Prescription Drug Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2007; Statistical Brief #297: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2007. From Statehealthfacts.org - many updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: CANCER COSTS PROJECTED TO REACH AT LEAST $158 BILLION IN 2020; NIH RESEARCHERS LINK RARE CANCER TO CELL OXYGEN DEFICIENCY. Diabetes: More than a quarter million women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2008 had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during their pregnancy - a condition called gestational diabetes. Tobacco: THE OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL PUBLISHES RESOURCES ON THE SCIENCE OF TOBACCO AND DISEASE; Health Department Launches New Ad Campaign Alerting Parents to the Dangers that Secondhand Smoke Poses to Children;
  • AIDS/HIV. Vital Signs: HIV Testing in the United States;
  • Child Health. Child Safety Recall List; THE ROLE OF STATES IN ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION;
  • Determinants of Health. PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATIONS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEATH;
  • Drug Abuse. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND MARIJUANA USE;
  • Genomics. GENETIC VARIANT THAT CAN LEAD TO SEVERE IMPULSIVITY; POSSIBLE GENE TARGET FOR TREATING A FORM OF LYMPHOMA;
  • Health Care Services. More than One in Five Hospital Patients in 2008 Were Born in 1933 or Earlier';
  • Health Policy. Legal and Programmatic Resources on CDC “Winnable Battles”;
  • Health Services. HHS Issues New Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions;
  • Maternal Child Health. SPANISH-LANGUAGE BROCHURE ON INFANT SAFE SLEEP; A PROJECT TO REDUCE INFANT DEATH BY CHANGING NURSES' ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES; THE IMPACT OF INCOME AND INCOME INEQUALITY ON INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES IN THE PAST DECADE;
  • Neurological Health. BRAIN ACTIVITY PATTERN SIGNALS ABILITY TO COMPENSATE FOR DYSLEXIA;
  • Nutrition. California: Fast food meals with toys must meet nutritional standards;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. Tutorial: Economics and Global Health;
  • Public Health Practice. NACCO Chronic Disease Roadmap;
  • Senior Health. STUDY TIES BLOOD PROTEIN TO ALZHEIMER'S BRAIN ABNORMALITIES; More than One in Five Hospital Patients in 2008 Were Born in 1933 or Earlier;
  • Workplace Wellness. U.S. workers took an average of 14 sick days in 2007 due to their own illness or injury, or to care for a sick child or other family member.
126February 15, 2011
  • Data Sources. CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report—United States, 2011; ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS DATA; THE IMPACT OF URBAN DISTRESS ON CHILD MORTALITY OUTCOMES; RISK FOR FETAL-INFANT MORTALITY;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: LEVEL OF TUMOR PROTEIN INDICATES CHANCES CANCER WILL SPREAD. Cardiovascular Disease: NIH RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY GENETIC CAUSE OF NEW VASCULAR DISEASE; SHOCKABLE CARDIAC ARRESTS ARE MORE COMMON IN PUBLIC THAN HOME. Diabetes: AHRQ Report on Women at Risk for Diabetes. Stroke: LARGE NIH-FUNDED REHABILITATION STUDY LOOKS AT GETTING STROKE PATIENTS BACK ON THEIR FEET. Tobacco: “Firms told to divulge all changes to tobacco”;
  • Child Health. NEW CHILD HEALTH RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS;
  • Child Welfare. RESOURCES FOR IMPROVING CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS OF CARE; PARENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON CHILD CARE AND EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES; THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FOODS SOLD IN SCHOOL VENDING MACHINES AND STUDENTS' DIETARY BEHAVIORS
  • Communications. IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;
  • Epidemiology. DISPARITIES IN SELECTED SOCIAL AND HEALTH INDICATORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE CAPACITY IN MCH PROGRAMS;
  • Genomics. USE OF GENE THERAPY TO TREAT A SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; GENE VARIANTS PREDICT TREATMENT SUCCESS FOR ALCOHOLISM MEDICATION;
  • Health Care Finances. Roughly 60 million people – 1 in 5 Americans – have no usual source of medical care;
  • Maternal Child Health. SURGERY ON FETUS REDUCES COMPLICATIONS OF SPINA BIFIDA; sURGEON GENERAL URGES SOCIETAL APPROACH TO IMPROVE BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES;
  • Mental Health. EMOTIONAL LITERACY TOOLS;
  • Neurological Health. NEW TECHNOLOGY TO PEEK DEEP INTO THE BRAIN;
  • Nutrition. USDA AND DHHS ANNOUNCE NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES; NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF ADVERTISED CHILDREN'S FOODS;
  • Obesity. GUIDANCE ON PROVIDING CHILDHOOD OBESITY TREATMENT AND WEIGHT-MANAGEMENT SERVICES;
  • Oral Health. NEW EDITION OF ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE PATH;
  • School Health. USDA National School Lunch and Breakfast Nutrition Standards;
  • Senior Health. NIH STUDY FINDS TWO PESTICIDES ASSOCIATED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE;
  • Women's Health. Screening for Osteoporosis.
127March 15, 2011
  • Data Sources.State Fiscal Distress;State Budgets; State or Federal Inmates; Union Employees; Cigarette Excise Tax;Childhood Obesity and Firearm Safety; Public Place Smoking Bans;Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility; Co-Payments and Premiums for Children in Medicaid/CHIP; Children’s Health Insurance Program; Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA); Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS); State Medicaid Spending; Medicare Drug Benefit; Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs); Medicare Advantage; Medicare Service Use; Medical Malpractice; Medical School Graduates; Medical School Graduates; Syringe Exchange Programs; Federal Lawsuit; SUPPLEMENT EXPLORES THE PROMISE OF CHILD DEATH REVIEW IN INJURY PREVENTION;
  • Top Killers. Cardiovascular Disease. NIH-FUNDED STUDY FINDS NEW POSSIBLE RISK FACTOR OF HEART DISEASE;NEW NIH COOKBOOK ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO EAT HEALTHFULLY. Diabetes. CDC Releases 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet. Tobacco. “Hospitals shift smoking bans to smoker ban”;
  • Adolescent Health. FACT SHEETS HIGHLIGHT PROGRAMS THAT WORK (OR NOT) TO PROMOTE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO CONNECT ADOLESCENTS TO SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES;
  • AIDS/HIV. BEST TIME FOR HEALTHY HIV-INFECTED PEOPLE TO BEGIN ANTIRETROVIRALS; HIV Screening and Access to Care; SIX-MONTH DRUG REGIMEN CUTS HIV RISK FOR BREASTFEEDING INFANTS, NIH STUDY FINDS; NEW DRUG REGIMENS CUT HIV SPREAD FROM MOTHER TO INFANT;
  • Consumer Health.Insurers and consumers spent $52.2 billion on prescription drugs in 2008 for outpatient treatment of metabolic conditions such as diabetes and elevated cholestero;
  • Determinants of Health.2011 Poverty Guidelines;
  • Environmental Health. Clean Indoor Air Factsheets;NEW ROBOT SYSTEM TO TEST 10,000 CHEMICALS FOR TOXICITY;
  • Epidemiology. NEW RACE CATEGORIES FOR POPULATION-LEVEL MCH INDICATORS;
  • Health Care Finances.State Reports on Federal Health Reform;
  • Health Disparities. Health Care Quality Still Improving Slowly, But Disparities and Gaps in Access to Care Persist;INDEX TO GUIDE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS AIMED AT ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES;
  • Kidney Health. Overall, an average of 3.7 million adults in the United States were treated for kidney disease each year between 2003 and 2007;
  • Lung Disease. Patients' Income and Where They Live Influence Hospitalization for Chronic Lung Disease;
  • Maternal Child Health. Helping Babies, Healing Families: A Program Manual and Trainer's Guide; Addressing Racial Disparities in Infant Sleep Practice;
  • Mental Health. RARE GENE GLITCH MAY HOLD CLUES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA;
  • Nutrition. New Dietary Guidelines;
  • Obesity. NATIONAL TRENDS IN IMMIGRANT AND SOCIAL CLASS INEQUALITIES IN THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT;
  • PH Continuing Ed. Tutorial: A Global Perspective on Women’s Health; Issue Module: Health Information Technology;
  • Public Health Practice. Law and Policy Drafting Checklists;
  • School Health. UPDATED NDEP GUIDE HELPS KEEP CHILDREN WITH DIABETES SAFE AT SCHOOL;
  • Senior Health. 2009 Progress Report on Alzheimer’s Disease: Translating New Knowledge; Elders Living in Poverty;
  • Sustance Abuse. “Officials: ‘bath salts’ are growing drug problem”;
  • Women's Health. “Trafficking of Chinese women on the rise”.
128April 15, 2011
  • Data Sources: Design and Operations Report for the 2007 SLAITS Survey of Adult Transition and Health (SATH); Statehealthfacts updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: HIGHER CANCER RISK CONTINUES AFTER CHERNOBYL; Richer White Women More Prone to Melanoma. Diabetes: NIH ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC PLAN TO COMBAT DIABETES. Hypertension: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE LINKED TO STEEPER DECLINE IN WALKING SPEEDS IN SENIORS. Tobacco: Tobacco Control Legal Update; “Fla. ruling big tobacco won comes back to bite it”;
  • Adolescent Health. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sexual Risk Behaviors and STDs during Young Men’s Transition to Adulthood; EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTHY START PROGRAM IN REDUCING ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES; UNDERSTANDING AND DISCUSSING ISSUES CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FACE ONLINE;
  • AIDS/HIV. An Epidemic in Evolution: The Need for New Models of HIV Care in the Chronic Disease Era;
  • Consumer Health. “Tattoos as Makeup? Read the fine print”;
  • Epidemiology. GLOBAL MORTALITY TRENDS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;
  • Genomics. LINK BETWEEN DNA DAMAGE AND IMMUNITY;
  • Health Behaviors. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Exercise and Dietary Behaviors of Middle-Aged and Older Adults;
  • Health Services. The number of patients who needed home health care after being discharged from hospitals surged by about 70 percent (2.3 million to 4 million) from 1997 to 2008; Hospital stays for uninsured patients jumped 21 percent between 2003 and 2008;
  • Healthy People 2020. IOM RELEASES REPORT TO HELP FOCUS ACTION AIMED AT ACHIEVING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 GOALS;
  • Infectious Disease. WORLD TB DAY;
  • Maternal Child Health. Black Babies at Twice Risk of Whites; PRENATAL HOME VISITING STUDIES; USE OF COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH TO REDUCE PERINATAL HEALTH DISPARITIES;
  • Men's Health. Screening for Testicular Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation;
  • Minority Health. Tribal Leaders Say Prescription Drug Abuse is Epidemic; Hmong Shamans Learn Western Medicine Practices; Immigrants Living in N.J. Healthier than Their Native Counterparts;
  • Obesity. Obesity Prevention for City Attorneys;
  • PH Continuing Ed. Tutorial on Children’s Health Globally;
  • Public Health Law. “Justices reject suit faulting a vaccine”;
  • Senior Health.New Guide Helps Retirement Community Staff to Implement an Evidence-based Exercise Program for Seniors;
  • Women's Health. Breast Cancer May Not Change Lifespan for Older Women.
129May 15, 2011
  • In collaboration with the National Women's Health Week celebration, for the whole month of May I am covering women's health issues on my blog. http://www.bettycjung.net/Blog2011.htm
  • Data Sources. Comprehensive Chartbook on Women’s Health Care. Updates from Statefacts.org; LANCET RELEASES SERIES ON STILLBIRTHS; WISCONSIN STUDY COMBINES FEATURES OF EXISTING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS FOR STILLBIRTH; LIFE-COURSE PERSPECTIVE TO UNDERSTAND DETERMINANTS OF INFANT MORTALITY AMONG CHINESE AMERICANS;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: DISTRIBUTION OF CANCERS IN THE HIV/AIDS POPULATION IS SHIFTING. Tobacco: MODERATE LEVELS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE DELIVER NICOTINE TO THE BRAIN; Tobacco Control Legal Update;
  • AIDS/HIV.TREATING HIV-INFECTED PEOPLE WITH ANTIRETROVIRALS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES TRANSMISSION TO PARTNERS;
  • Autism. 5-MINUTE SCREEN IDENTIFIES SUBTLE SIGNS OF AUTISM IN 1-YEAR OLDS;
  • Consumer Health. NIH LAUNCHES WEB RESOURCE ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE;
  • Drug Abuse. ANALYSIS OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES FINDS AREAS OF CONCERN;
  • Emergency Preparedness.Public Health Preparedness Capabilities;
  • Genomics. GENETIC CLUES TO MAJOR CAUSE OF KIDNEY DISEASE WORLDWIDE; GENE THAT COULD HOLD THE KEY TO MUSCLE REPAIR; COMMON GENETIC VARIANT LINKED TO PULMONARY FIBROSIS RISK;
  • Health Services. Visits to physicians in hospital outpatient departments comprised about 5 percent of all ambulatory physician visits in the U.S. in 2008;vThe number of people treated in U.S. hospitals for illnesses and injuries from taking medicines jumped 52 percent between 2004 and 2008;vvMore than 3 million Americans went to hospital emergency rooms seeking relief from headaches;
  • Infectious Disease. NIH STATEMENT ON WORLD MALARIA DAY;
  • Maternal Child Health. LESSONS LEARNED FROM STATES WORKING TO IMPROVE PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH;
  • Obesity. VITAMIN E HELPS DIMINISH A TYPE OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN CHILDREN; ASSESSMENT SEEKS TO INFORM CHANGES IN CHILD CARE REGULATIONS RELEVANT TO CHILDHOOD-OBESITY PREVENTION;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. Tutorial: Public Opinion and Health Policy; Tutorial: Conducting Research with Online Data Query Tools; Tutorial: Health Reform - An Overview;
  • School Health. TOOLKIT ADDRESSES SUICIDE IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY;
  • Senior Health. LONG-TERM CARE IS NEWEST TOPIC ON NIHSENIORHEALTH SITE; ALZHEIMER'S DIAGNOSTIC GUIDELINES UPDATED FOR FIRST TIME IN DECADES;
  • Vision Health. HEALTHY VISION MONTH, MAY 2011;
  • Women's Health. Chartbook Provides Comprehensive Look at Women’s Health Care in the U.S.; Satisfaction With Health Care Costs and Quality Among Uninsured; THE IMPACT OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON EMPLOYMENT STABILITY.
130June 15, 2011
  • On June 23, 2011, Public Health E-News will celebrate its 10th year! Thanks for subscribing, and hope this newsletter has kept you as informed as it has for me!
  • Data Sources. NOVEL INTERNET-BASED RESOURCE MAPS HIV AND AIDS; Health Care Quality Gaps and Disparities Persist in Every State; Road Safety Fact Sheets; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN PERIOD OF TERM GESTATION AND MORTALITY RISK;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: NEW SUBSTANCES ADDED TO HHS REPORT ON CARCINOGENS; BREAST CANCER RISK CALCULATOR UPDATED FOR ASIAN-AMERICANS. High Cholesterol: NIH STOPS CLINICAL TRIAL ON COMBINATION CHOLESTEROL TREATMENT. High Blood Pressure/Hypertension: 19 PERCENT OF YOUNG ADULTS HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Kidney Disease. NEW MARKER TO PREDICT PROGRESSIVE KIDNEY FAILURE, DEATH;
  • Adolescent Health. ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENT MOTHERS; CHALLENGES TO ENSURING CONFIDENTIAL CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST REPORTED CASES OF AIDS;
  • Autism. AUTISM BLURS DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN BRAIN REGIONS;
  • Child Health. THE STATE OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE;INSURANCE DISPARITIES AND ACROSS-STATE VARIATIONS IN HEALTH PROBLEMS AND QUALITY OF CARE AMONG U.S. CHILDREN;PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT;
  • Children with Special Needs. TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AMONG U.S. CHILDREN;
  • Consumer Health. AHRQ Releases Tool to Help Consumers Reduce Medication Errors;
  • Emergency Preparedness. New Resources to Care for Community-Dwelling Patients During Emergency Events; Social Media for Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse;
  • Gastrointestinal Health. The Bowel Control Awareness Campaign;
  • Genomics. NEW CLUES ABOUT AGING; ORIGINS OF XMRV DECIPHERED, UNDERMINING CLAIMS FOR A ROLE IN HUMAN DISEASE;
  • Health Services. Hospital Preparedness;
  • Infectious Disease. Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli O104 (STEC O104:H4) Infections in U.S. Travelers Returning from Germany;
  • Maternal Child Health. SALIVA IS EFFECTIVE IN SCREENING FOR CMV INFECTION IN NEWBORNS; Over 9 out of every 10 women giving birth in the United States had some complication in 2008; CLIENT-LEVEL HEALTH CARE DATA ON PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH; RESEARCH IN ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STATE ACTIONS TO CREATE COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEMS; THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN UNINTENDED PREGNANCY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS;
  • Mental Health. MCH LIBRARY RELEASES RESOURCE GUIDES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH;
  • Minority Health. RESEARCH ON MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO REACH AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE PARENTS;
  • Nutrition. MyPlate and ChooseMyPlate.gov; CONCERNS ABOUT HIGH FOLATE LEVELS;
  • Obesity. CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOD INSECURITY, OVERWEIGHT, AND OBESITY;
  • Oral Health. ORAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR HEAD START AND SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS;
  • PH Continuing Education. State Level Pediatric Emergency Preparedness Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals; New Online Patient Safety Training Resources for Clinicians and Patient Advocates;
  • Physical Activity. Make NYC Your GYM;
  • Public Health History. EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF CORE PUBLIC HEALTH TOOLS;
  • Radiation. Technical Brief on Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy;
  • School Health. About 39,000 school-age children were treated for sports-related concussions at hospital emergency departments in 2008 – approximately 90 percent of all emergency visits for that condition; MEXICAN FLU PANDEMIC STUDY SUPPORTS SOCIAL DISTANCING; School Vaccination Law;
  • Traumatic Brain Injuries. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY-RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES;
  • Women's Health. PROGRAMS AND TOOLS ON ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND INFORMATION FOR WOMEN.
131July 15, 2011
  • Data Sources. GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN IN YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 10-24; DROP IN ADOLESCENT BIRTH RATE; State Fiscal Distress; Taxes; Public Sector Pension Funding; Veterans; Occupational Fatalities; State Smoking Bans; Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP); Medicare Advantage (MA); Hospital Expenses; High Risk Pools; Protections in Small Group and Individual Markets; Hospitals; Nurse Practitioners; Nurses; Physicians; Abortion Policy; AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP);Health Insurance Exchange Establishment Grants; Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP); Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Gap Discounts; Dual Eligible Demonstration Funding;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Rates of new cases and deaths from colorectal cancer are decreasing and more adults are being screened; REDUCTION IN DEATH FOR MEN WITH INTERMEDIATE-GRADE PROSTATE CANCER; THE CANCER GENOME ATLAS COMPLETES DETAILED OVARIAN CANCER ANALYSIS; 20 PERCENT REDUCTION IN LUNG CANCER MORTALITY WITH LOW-DOSE CT COMPARED TO CHEST X-RAY. Diabetes: NEW VIDEOS, WEBSITE OFFER IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DIABETES. Tobacco: Tobacco Control Legal Update;
  • Adolescent Health. INFLUENCE OF ONLINE PLATFORMS ON SUICIDE IDEATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS;
  • AIDS/HIV. HIV/AIDS at 30: A Public Opinion Perspective;
  • Autism. BALANCE TIPS TOWARD ENVIRONMENT AS HERITABILITY EBBS IN AUTISM?
  • Child Health. REVISED GUIDELINES ADDRESS HEALTH AND SAFETY AS AN INTEGRATED COMPONENT OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION;
  • Consumer Health. NIH STATEMENT ON THE NEW CRIB SAFETY STANDARDS;
  • Emergency Preparedness. Public Health Emergency Declaration;
  • Healthcare Economics. Report and Video Profile Medicare Family Budgets and Health Care Spending;
  • Health Policy. Tutorial on Congress’ Role in Health Policy; Tutorial: Health Reform: An Overview;
  • Infectious Disease. KEY STEP IDENTIFIED IN LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE INFECTION PROCESS;
  • Influenza. LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2009 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A (H1N1);
  • Maternal Child Health. NEW TOOL FOR PROMOTING HEALTH IN CHILD CARE; CO-MORBIDITIES DURING PREGNANCY AND BIRTH OUTCOMES; THE EFFECTS OF BREASTFEEDING ON SIDS RISK; NEW AND IMPROVED CRIB SAFETY STANDARDS;
  • Mental Health. THINKING GLOBALLY TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH;
  • Obesity. CONTENT OF NEWS STORIES ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY;
  • Public Health Law. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law website; Privacy Rule and Disclosure of Records;
  • Public Health History. Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- Worldwide, 2001-2010;
  • School Health. SCHOOL-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; “Despite state law, teens miss out on PE”;
  • Women's Health. WOMEN SOUGHT FOR NIH STUDY OF INFERTILITY DISORDER.
132August 15, 2011
  • Data Sources. Data Points Report on Prevalence and Medicare Reimbursement by Recurrent International Classification of Diseases Categories, 2006-2009; NATIONAL FETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY REVIEW AS A NATIONAL MODEL OF COLLABORATION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING NATIONAL DATA ON CHILD FATALITIES; ROLE OF PEDIATRICIANS IN DEFINING AND REPORTING PERINATAL DEATHS; EFFECT OF MARITAL STATUS ON RISK FOR PREMATURITY, STILLBIRTH, INFANT DEATH, AND SIDS; State Budget Shortfalls; Gross State Product; Smoking and Obesity; Life Expectancy; Cell Phone and Texting Laws; Private Sector Coverage; Annual CHIP Enrollment; Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Beneficiaries; Medicare Beneficiaries; Employer-Based Health Premiums; Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs); Access to Care; Dentists; Malpractice; Women’s Preventive Health; AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP); HIV Testing; Health Insurance Exchanges; Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIP); Medical Loss Ratio Adjustments; School-Based Health Center Grants; 2009 HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database; FEDERAL INTERAGENCY FORUM RELEASES DATA ON KEY INDICATORS OF CHILD WELL-BEING; Track State Exchange Actions on State Health Facts;
  • Top Killers. Diabetes. Effective Health Care Guides on Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes; Tobacco: FDA Graphic Cigarette Warnings;
  • Adolescent Health. PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING 21 CRITICAL HEALTH MEASURES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE;
  • Autism. AHRQ Effective Health Care Guides on Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Autism;
  • Child Health. Black children were four times more likely than white children to be hospitalized for a severe asthma attack in 2007; RESEARCH EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN RURAL SETTINGS;
  • Child Welfare. POLICY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING; EFFECTS OF RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES ON PARTICIPANT RETENTION;
  • Healthcare Economics. IMPACT OF OREGON'S MEDICAID LOTTERY;
  • Healthcare Quality. AHRQ has released Version 2.0 of MONAHRQ, its unique, desktop, Windows ®-based software application for developing Web sites for hospital quality public reporting or research use;
  • Health Services. Nationwide, private-sector employees with single coverage contributed 21 percent of the cost of their health insurance and employees with family coverage paid 27 percent; Toolkit Helps Medical Practices Examine the Impact of Health IT on Workflow; Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care;
  • Maternal Child Health. WELL-CHILD CARE AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE FROM BIRTH TO AGE 6; U.S. MATERNITY PRACTICES RELATED TO BREASTFEEDING; CHALLENGES IN TRACKING CLINICAL GENETIC SERVICES FOR NEWBORNS;
  • Obesity. GENERAL HEALTH STATUS AND OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN IN HAWAI'I; IMPACT OF FOOD PRICES ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY;
  • Oral Health. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN STATE MEDICAID FEES AND CHILDREN'S RECEIPT OF ORAL HEALTH CARE;
  • Public Health Law. IOM Report on Revitalizing Law and Policy for Public Health;
  • Senior Health. NIH TIPS FOR OLDER ADULTS TO COMBAT HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES;
  • Sleep Health. Nighttime-Breathing Treatments Backed by Strongest Evidence Among Options to Treat Sleep Apnea;
  • Women's Health. NEW METHOD TO PREDICT FERTILITY RATES; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE EXAMINES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WOMEN'S PREVENTIVE SERVICES.
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  • Data Sources. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY;
  • Public Health Software. Correction to Software Instructions for AHRQ Quality Indicators for Windows Version 4.3 and SAS Version 4.3;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: GENETIC LINK TO MESOTHELIOMA. Stroke: NIH STROKE PREVENTION TRIAL; BRAIN ATTACK COALITION UPDATES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIMARY STROKE CENTERS. Tobacco: Needs and Recommendations for Research on Thirdhand Smoke; Smokers are smoking less; Progress in Eliminating State Laws that Preempt Local Tobacco Control Law; CIGARETTE SMOKING IMPLICATED IN HALF OF BLADDER CANCERS IN WOMEN;
  • AIDS/HIV. Poverty is a High Risk Factor for AIDS; HIV Infections in U.S. Stable but Still Disparities Exist; HIV NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES;
  • Emergency Preparedness. New Public Health Emergency Response Guide;
  • Fitness. NIH RESEARCH MODEL PREDICTS WEIGHT WITH VARYING DIET, EXERCISE CHANGES;
  • Genomics. COMPUTATIONAL METHOD PREDICTS NEW USES FOR EXISTING MEDICINES;
  • Healthcare Economics. Comprehensive 50-State Survey on Medicaid Managed Care Programs; “Appeals court strikes down health overhaul requirement that most Americans must buy insurance”;
  • Hispanic Health. New Spanish-language Guides;
  • Injury Prevention. Hospital emergency departments treated over 20,000 injuries due to air and paintball guns in 2008;
  • Neurological Health. POTENTIAL THERAPY FOR TUMOR-ASSOCIATED EPILEPSY;
  • Nutrition. Healthful Diet May Be Too Costly For Some Americans;
  • Obesity. Regional and State Differences in Meeting Recommendations for Obesogenic Behaviors; Clinical Pediatric Weight-Management and Practice Improvement; Obesity Disparities in Preventive Care: Findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2005 – 2007; As Americans’ Debt Has Soared, So Has Obesity;
  • Public Health Continuing Education. Tutorial: Global Health 101; Online Tutorials to Help Service Providers Assist Children and Their Families;
  • Public Health Law. Public Health Law Training Resource;
  • Public Health Research. NIH RELEASES BEST PRACTICES FOR COMBINING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; HHS TIGHTENS FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES FOR RESEARCHERS; Apology issued for U.S.’s illegal syphilis research practices in Guatemala;
  • Public Health Software. Release of the AHRQ Quality Indicators software for Windows and SAS Version 4.3 for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI), Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) and Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDI) modules;
  • School Health. Asthma Management; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs; Diabetes; Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Challenges; Nutrition Education and School Meals; Oral Health; Overweight and Obesity; Physical Activity and Physical Education; School-Based and School-Linked Health Care; School Violence Prevention; Sexuality Education; Social and Emotional Development;
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Infections. NIH STUDY FINDS TWO DOSES OF HPV VACCINE MAY BE AS PROTECTIVE AS FULL COURSE;
  • Women's Health. “Insurance coverage for contraception is required;
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  • Data Sources. 2006-2010 NSFG data files; “Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth”; Racial and Ethnic Differences in Infant Mortality; Data Systems and Social Determinants of Health; Rate Review; Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP); Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP); Nursing Workforce Development Grants; Unemployment; Food Stamp Program; State Fiscal Distress; Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP);Savings on Prescription Drug Costs; Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI); Individual Health Premiums; Prescription Drugs; Breastfeeding Rates; Abortion Policy; Sex and HIV Education Policy;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: Lung cancer rates decline nationwide; Heart Disease: People Who Live in Poorer Areas May be at More Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest;
  • Adolescent Health. Resources on Adolescent Health;
  • Alcohol Abuse. DOCTORS MISS MANY ALCOHOL SCREENING OPPORTUNITIES;
  • Alternative Medicine. SAW PALMETTO NO MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PLACEBO FOR URINARY SYMPTOMS;
  • Child Health. Toolkit Designed to Foster Successful Child Health Systems; Saving Our Nation's Babies: The Impact of the Federal Healthy Start; Social Emotional Development of Young Children: Resource Guide for Healthy Start Staff focuses on the influence of early childhood; How Health Professionals Can Influence Environments to Improve Child Health; COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE OCCUR EARLIER IN CHILDREN;
  • Children with Special Health Needs. Updated Chartbook Addresses Coverage and Financing of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs;
  • College Health. SOCIAL MEDIA MAY HELP IDENTIFY COLLEGE DRINKING PROBLEMS;
  • Consumer Health. Get Vaccinated;
  • Drug Abuse. HOSPITALIZATIONS INCREASE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG OVERDOSES;
  • Environmental Health. INEFFICIENT DEVELOPING WORLD STOVES CONTRIBUTE TO 2 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR; HEALTH EFFECTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE;
  • Eye Health. NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE URGES OLDER AMERICANS TO PROTECT THEIR VISION;
  • Healthcare Economics."The Uninsured: A Primer," "Five Facts About the Uninsured," "The Uninsured and The Difference Health Insurance Makes," "The Uninsured and Their Health Care Needs: How Have They Changed Since The Recession?," For patients age 40 and over with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hospital readmissions within 30 days of initial treatment were 30 percent higher among blacks;
  • Immunology. APPROACH TO ENHANCE AND PROLONG IMMUNE ATTACK AGAINST TUMOR CELLS;
  • Maternal Child Health. VIOLENCE DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO REDUCED BIRTH WEIGHT; Relationship Between Bed Sharing and Sudden Infant Death; Rural-Urban Differences in Birth Outcomes;
  • Mental Health.PRESCRIBED STIMULANT USE FOR ADHD CONTINUES TO RISE STEADILY;
  • Men's Health. INCREASED PROSTATE CANCER RISK FROM VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTS;
  • Minority Health. Minority Organ Donations Insufficient to Meet Transplant Need;
  • Obesity. Early Life Course Pathways to Child Overweight;
  • School Health. Framework for Schools to Address Healthy Eating and Physical Activity;
  • Women's Health. WOMEN EXPOSED TO DES IN THE WOMB FACE INCREASED CANCER RISK; Stress and Aggressive Breast Cancer Go Together.
135November 15, 2011
  • Data sources: Study Assesses Variations in the Way Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Are Reported; AHRQ Releases HCUP Facts and Figures Report with 2009 Hospital Inpatient Data; Statehealthfacts updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: NIH STUDY FINDS BROAD SPECTRUM OF CANCER RISK FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN US; New Data Points Reports Available on Anticancer Biologic Products Among Medicare Beneficiaries; More than 45,000 cases of melanoma occurred in 45 states and the District of Columbia each year between 2004 and 2006. Diabetes: NIH URGES YOU TO MAKE A PLAN TO PREVENT DIABETES, COMPLICATIONS; INTENSIVE THERAPY HALVES KIDNEY DISEASE IN TYPE 1 DIABETES; NIH ENCOURAGES ANNUAL DILATED EYE EXAMS DURING NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH; Study of Diabetes Patients’ Electronic Medical Records Shows Frequent Encounters with Doctors Leads to Better Care and Outcomes. Heart Disease: The cost of treating patients for heart disease topped $47 billion for men and $44 billion for women in 2008; AHRQ's Evidence Report on Transition of Care Programs for Heart Attack and Stroke Patients. Hypertension: Comparing Treatments for Hypertension. Stroke: NIH STUDY FINDS STROKE RISK FACTORS MAY LEAD TO COGNITIVE PROBLEMS. Tobacco: NIH STUDY EXAMINES NICOTINE AS A GATEWAY DRUG;
  • Adolescent Health. Child Trends Highlights Approaches That May Prevent Multiple Risky Behaviors Among Adolescents;
  • AIDS/HIV. Young Gay Men Lead in New HIV Infections; NIH RESEARCHERS SHOW HOW ANTI-HIV DRUG ACTS TO BLOCK HERPES VIRUS;
  • Alcohol Abuse. NIH RELEASES CLINICIAN'S GUIDE FOR SCREENING UNDERAGE DRINKERS;
  • Autism. NIH-FUNDED STUDY SHOWS PRE-BIRTH BRAIN GROWTH PROBLEMS LINKED TO AUTISM;
  • Child Health. NIH-FUNDED STUDY FINDS DYSLEXIA NOT TIED TO IQ; Link Between Childhood Impulsive Behavior and Problem Gambling;
  • Children with Special Health Needs. Brief Outlines Options for Addressing the Oral Health of Children with Special Health Care Needs; Needs of Children with Disabilities and Their Families;
  • Drug Abuse. PAINKILLER ABUSE TREATED BY SUSTAINED BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE;
  • Genomics. OUR BRAINS ARE MADE OF THE SAME STUFF, DESPITE DNA DIFFERENCES;
  • Health Disparities. States' Strategic Use of Data for Reducing Health Disparities;
  • Healthy People 2020. Progress Toward Achieving Healthy People 2010 Goals;
  • Infectious Disease. Septicemia, an illness caused by blood infections with acteria such as E. coli and MRSA;
  • Maternal Child Health. HHS AGENCIES EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR INFANT SAFE SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS; New Resources on the Health of Women and Children; Effects of Maternal Prepregnancy BMI and Gestational Weight Gain on Child BMI; Attitudes and Practices of Obstetrician-Gynecologists About Influenza Vaccination in Pregnancy; Users of Online Pregnancy Loss Message Boards;
  • Mental Health. Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior Among Adults Vary Widely in the U.S.;
  • Minority Health. NEW NIH BROCHURE EDUCATES HISPANICS SUFFERING FROM THE SYMPTOMS OF SERIOUS ILLNESS; GENE VARIANT INCREASES RISK OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS; Minority Populations Often Face Increased Risk of Breast Cancer;
  • Nutrition. HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN SHOWING HOW DRINKING JUST ONE SODA A DAY EQUALS 50 POUNDS OF SUGAR A YEAR;
  • Physical Activity. GO4LIFE CAMPAIGN FOCUSES ON FITNESS FOR OLDER ADULTS;
  • School Health. NIH TEACHER RESOURCES FEATURE RARE DISEASES AND EVOLUTION; Separate Terms and Concepts of Harassment and Bullying;
  • Sleep. NIH SLEEP DISORDERS RESEARCH PLAN SEEKS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT SLEEP HEALTH;
  • Women's Health. Evaluation of a Comprehensive Women's Health Program; An estimated 12.1 million women age 18 and older reported suffering from chronic pain in 2008 as a result of underlying medical conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, fibromyalgia and vulvodynia.
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  • Data Sources. MEPS HC-129: 2009 Full Year Consolidated Data File;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: PEOPLE WITH A FORM OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY MAY HAVE ELEVATED CANCER RISK. Hypertension: New Data Points Report on Use of Antihypertensive Drugs Among Medicare Beneficiaries;
  • Adolescent Health. NCI LAUNCHES SMOKING CESSATION SUPPORT FOR TEENS;
  • AIDS/HIV. Kaiser Resources for World AIDS Day; CHOLESTEROL LEVELS ELEVATED IN TODDLERS TAKING ANTI-HIV DRUGS;
  • Alternative Medicine. Evidence is Weak on Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis;
  • Child Health. Many young children overdosing from medicines at home;
  • Drug Abuse. PREVENTING MISUSE OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOID DRUGS; Cocaine: Do you have a problem?;
  • Environmental Health. US TOX21 TO BEGIN SCREENING 10,000 CHEMICALS;
  • Genomics. GENE THERAPY HELPS PATIENTS WITH HEMOPHILIA B;
  • Healthcare Economics. MCH Library Updates Resource Brief on Cost Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis;
  • Health Services. Women and men ages 45 to 64 were 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for knee replacement surgery in 2009 than in 1997; AHRQ Releases New Medication Reconciliation Tool for Hospitals; Nearly 1 in 10 outpatient computerized prescriptions contains errors; Illustrating Health Reform: How Will Coverage Work?;
  • Maternal Child Health. PLACENTAL, PREGNANCY CONDITIONS ACCOUNT FOR MOST STILLBIRTHS; MCH Library Releases Resource Guides About Preconception and Pregnancy; Research Explores Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding; Research Uses Asphyxia-Focused Classification System to Determine Cause of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death; Association Between Maternal Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality;
  • Minority Health. Outreach Aims to Get Infant Health Messages into American Indian/Alaska Native Communities; Curriculum Focuses on Bereavement Support for African-American Families; New AHRQ Campaign Encourages Hispanics to Work with Their Doctors to Make the Best Treatment Decisions;
  • Occupational Health. NIH-FUNDED TWIN STUDY FINDS OCCUPATIONAL CHEMICAL EXPOSURE MAY BE LINKED TO PARKINSON'S RISK;
  • Respiratory Disease. COPD AWARENESS CONTINUES TO RISE, NEW NIH SURVEY FINDS;
  • Senior Health. NIH-commissioned Census Bureau report describes oldest Americans;
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections/Diseases. How to Prevent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections;
  • Violence. CDC Survey Finds Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Widespread in the U.S.
137January 15, 2012
  • Data Sources. SAMHDA: 2009 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Released; 2012 ICD-10-CM code updates;
  • Top Killers. Cancer: NIH SCIENTISTS FIND A POTENTIAL NEW AVENUE FOR CANCER THERAPIES. Cardiovascular Disease: More Research Needed on Benefits and Harms of Devices Used with Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Diabetes: CDC Clinical Reminder: Insulin Pens Must Never Be Used for More than One Person. Tobacco: CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL USE AT HISTORIC LOW AMONG TEENS;
  • Adolescent Health. Overeating, Binge Eating, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent and Young Women; How the Medical Home Model Has Benefitted Adolescents;
  • AIDS/HIV. VITAMIN D MAY IMPROVE BONE HEALTH IN THOSE TAKING ANTI-HIV DRUG; NIH STUDY SHOWS HIV-EXPOSED CHILDREN AT HIGH RISK OF LANGUAGE DELAY;
  • Alcohol Abuse. New estimates show that more than 38 million US adults binge drink, indicating it is a bigger problem than previously thought;
  • Child Health.NIH STUDY TO TEST TREATMENT FOR FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN CHILDREN; Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call for Primary Prevention; The five most commonly treated medical conditions among children in 2008 were acute bronchitis, asthma, trauma-related disorders, middle-ear infections and mental disorders; Chartbook Provides Unique View of CSHCN in the Context of Where They Live, Play, and Go to School; Necessity of CTs for Children with Blunt Head Trauma;
  • Consumer Health. Experiences and Views of Long-term Unemployed;
  • Drug Abuse. 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Public-use Data File Released; “Preventing Misuse of Prescription Opioid Drugs,”
  • Eye Health. NIH STATEMENT ON GLAUCOMA AWARENESS MONTH, JANUARY 2012;
  • Genomics. NIH SCIENTISTS FIND CAUSE OF RARE IMMUNE DISEASE; NIH LAUNCHES FIRST ONLINE GENETICS COURSE FOR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS;
  • Healthcare Economics. Interactive Medicare Health Plan Tracker Now Includes Data on 2012 Plans;
  • Health Services. New Publication Helps Hospital Emergency Departments Improve Patient Flow; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions;
  • Immunity. 32 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE AUTOANTIBODIES THAT TARGET THEIR OWN TISSUES;
  • Infectious Disease. NOVEL APPROACH TO VIEW INNER WORKINGS OF VIRUSES; CHIKUNGUNYA VACCINE TRIAL BEGINS TO ENROLL PARTICIPANTS;
  • Maternal Child Health. January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month; Pediatricians' Role in Preventing Long-Term Consequences of Early Childhood Adversity; ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF PROGESTERONE IN REDUCING PRETERM BIRTH RISK; Connection Between Early Life Health, Future Socioeconomic Status, Future Health, and the Health of Future Offspring;
  • Minority Health. Variation in Birth Rates Among American Indian-Alaska Native Adolescents;
  • Public Health Continuing Ed. Maternal and Child Health Bureau Launches Training Portal; A FREE-B That Really Pays Back;
  • School Health. Use of the School Health Index in Building Collaboration;
  • Women's Health. Kaiser Updates Two Fact Sheets on Women’s Health Insurance Coverage.
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