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NYAM - Library - Grey Literature Report - Vol.8 No.5, September 2006 Vol.8, No.5 - September 2006

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The following are our recent grey literature acquisitions:

AARP Knowledge Management

Opinions about health care and prescription drug coverage among 50-64 year olds : a preliminary report - 2006

AARP Public Policy Institute

Guardianship monitoring : a national survey of court practices - 2006

Trends in manufacturer prices of brand name prescription drugs used by older Americans : second quarter 2006 update - 2006

Advocates for Youth

Improving US Global HIV Prevention for Youth : a critique of the office of global AIDS coordinator's ABC guidance - 2006

Respect Yourself Protect Yourself campaign - 2006?

AEI-Brookings

Medical liabilitry : new ideas for making the system work better for patients - 2006

Regulation of health, safety, and environmental risks - 2006

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Asthma care quality improvement : a resource guide for state action - 2006

Asthma care quality improvement : a workbook for state action - 2006

Employer-sponsored health insurance for large employers in the private sector by industry classification, 2004 - 2006

Employer-sponsored health insurance for small employers in the private sector by industry classification, 2004 - 2006

Employer-sponsored single, employee-plus-one, and family health insurance coverage by selection and costs, 2004 - 2006

The high concentration of US health care expenditures - 2006

Pediatric anthrax: implications for bioterrorism preparedness - 2006

State differences in the cost of job-related health insurance, 2004 - 2006

Tobacco use : prevention, cessation, and control - 2006

Treatment of sore throats antibiotic prescriptions and throat cultures for children under 18 years of age, 2002-2004 (average annual) - 2006

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

HSAs and account-based health plans : an overview of preliminary research - 2006

An updated survey of health care claims receipt and processing times - 2006

Alliance for Health Reform

Cash & counseling moves into the mainstream - 2006

SCHIP and Medicaid enrollment : what's next? - 2006

American Enterprise Institute

Is there a right way to promote health insurance through the tax system? - 2006

Tariffs, corruption and other impediments to medicinal access in developing countries : field evidence - 2006

American Lung Association

Trends in asthma morbidity and mortality - 2006

Trends in chronic bronchitis and emphysema : morbidity and mortality - 2006

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Improving health outcomes through coordination : the Health Disparities Collaboratives - 2006

The public health informatics workforce - 2006

Public health law enforcement and privacy issues - 2006

Rural public health preparedness challenges : an ongoing dialogue - 2006

State pandemic influenza summits : building partnerships for pandemic preparedness - 2006

Tracking patients and vaccines in large scale events - 2006

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

A finger on the pulse: comparitive models for reporting the quality of hospital care - 2005

Australian Government, National Health and Medical Research Council

Cultural competency in health : a guide for policy, partnerships and participation - 2006

Australian Government, National Health and Medical Research Council

Turning a new leaf : women, tobacco, and the future - 2006

Barnes, Jody

Intrusion detection systems in hospitals: what, why, and where - 2006?

Wired network security: hospital best practices - 2006?

Brookings Institute

Fighting obesity in the public schools - 2006

California Endowment

Experiences with Medicare Part D : stories from low-income, ethnically diverse and medically needy Californians - 2006

Healthy food, healthy communities : improving access and opportunities through food retailing - 2005

Oral health : successes and opportunities for childrens's health initiatives - 2006

Policy framework, for outreach, enrollment, retention and utilization for health care coverage in California - 2006

California HealthCare Foundation

Children's health insurance programs : facts and figures - 2006

IT tools for chronic disease management : how do they measure up? - 2006

Snapshot : staffing and quality in california's nursing homes - 2006

Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

Family violence in Canada : a statistical profile 2006 - 2006

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Kachima a Mawiin - maybe for sure : finding a place for place in health research and policy - 2005

Cato Institute

Health savings accounts : do the critics have a point? - 2006

Cecil G. Sheps Center

Nursing home medication error quality initiative : a report on the second year of mandatory summary reporting of medication errors for all state-licensed nursing homes on the State of North Carolina ; prepared by: the Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2006

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Waste in the Medicare drug benefit : why the doughnut hole is unnecessary - 2006

Center for Environment and Population

US National Report on Population and the Environment - 2006

Center for Global Development

Measuring commitment to health : global health indicators working group report - 2006

Center for Health Care Strategies

Catalyzing improvements in oral health care : best practices from the state action for oral health access initiative - 2006

Center for Health Design

Health promotion by design in long-term care settings - 2006

Center for Information Technology Leadership

The value of healthcare information exchange and interoperability in New York state - 2005

Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Monitoring health equity in the MDGs : a practical guide - 2006

Center for Research on Child Wellbeing

Child support enforcement and domestic violence among non-cohabitating couples - 2006

The effects of health on health insurance status in fragile families - 2006

The effects of welfare and child support policies on maternal health - 2006

Parent's mental health and child wellbeing : the impact of fathers by residential status - 2006

Public housing & health : is there a connection - 2006

Young children's health and behavior following welfare reform - 2006

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Can heterogeneity of populations explain differences in mortality? - 2006

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Global & local : food safety around the world - 2005

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Responding to an influenza pandemic in the americas - 2006

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Budget process bill would result in deep cuts in Medicare and Medicaid - 2006

Children in foster care may have to delay health care because of federal regulations on citizenship requirement - 2006

Freezing SCHIP funding in SCHIP reauthorization would threaten recent gains in health coverage - 2006

New HHS regulations focus Medicaid documentation on US citizen families - 2006

Revised Medicaid documentation requirement jeopardizes coverage for 1 to 2 million citizens - 2006

Senate budget process legislation embraces misguided "45-percent trigger" - 2006

Centre for Aboriginal Health Research

Best practices in intercultural health : executive summary - 2005

Centre for Economic Performance

The depression report : a new deal for depression and anxiety disorders - 2006

Century Foundation

Taking stock of the Medicare drug benefit - 2006

Child Trends Data Bank

Adolescents who have ever been raped - 2006?

Child maltreatment - 2006?

Drunk driving - 2006?

Motor vehicle deaths - 2006?

Suicidal teens - 2006?

Teen homicide, suicide and firearm death - 2006

Trends and recent estimates : contraceptive use among US teens - 2006

Trends and recent estimates : sexual activity among US teens - 2006

Vigorous physical activity - 2006?

Citizen's Budget Commission

Medicaid in New York : why New York's program is the most expensive in the nation and what to do about it - 2006

Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office

False and misleading health information provided by federally funded pregnancy resource centers : prepared for Rep Hanry A Waxman ; United States House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform - Minority Staff, Special Investigations Division - 2006

Government paperwork burdens have increased substantially under the Bush administration: prepared for Rep Hanry A Waxman and Rep Stephen F Lynch ; United States House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform - Minority Staff, Special Investigations Division - 2006

Prescription for harm : the decline in FDA enforcement activity - 2006

Commonwealth Fund

Framework for a high performance health system for the United States - 2006

National scorecard on US health system performance : chartpack technical appendix - 2006

National scorecard on US health system performance : complete chartpack - 2006

National scorecard on US health system performance : technical report - 2006

Promising practices for patient-centered communication with vulnerable populations : examples from eight hospitals - 2006

Recent growth in health expenditures - 2006

Why not the best? : results from a national scorecard on US health system performance - 2006

Congressional Research Service

AIDS in Africa - 2006

Connecticut Health Foundation

Connecticut's spending cap is in need of repair - 2006

HUSKY A dental care : financial strategies - 2006

HUSKY A dental care : new directions - 2006

Seeking solutions : enhancing health care delivery for people in Connecticut with limited english proficiency - 2006

Consejo Nacional de Poblacion

Mexico-United States migration : health issues - 2005

Deloitte Center for Health Solutions,

Paying for performance : a call for quality health care - 2006

Department for International Development (DFID)

DFID's maternal health strategy : reducing maternal deaths : evidence and action : first progress report - 2005

Department of Health - United Kingdom

Tackling the health and mental health effects of domestic and sexual violence and abuse - 2006

Development Dimensions International

Health care global comparison leadership forecast 20052006 : best practices for tomorrow's global leaders - 2006

ECPAT International

Protecting Children from sexual violence in disaster & emergency situations - 2006

eHealth Initative

States getting connected : quality and safety driving health IT planning in a majority of the states in the United States - 2006

European HIV/AIDS Funders Group

European philanthropy and HIVAIDS : a report by the European HIVAIDS funders group ; produced in collaboration with the Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2006

Families USA Foundation

Analysis of the Medicaid citizenship documentation regulations - 2006

The burden of proof : new regulations worsen citizenship documentation requirement in Medicaid - 2006

Citizenship update : administration created additional barriers to Medicaid enrollment - 2006

Cost-sharing and premiums : shifting costs to those who can afford it least - 2006

New Medicaid regulations discriminate against US-born children of immigrants - 2006

Family Caregiver Alliance

Support for working family caregivers : paid leave policies in California and beyond - 2006

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics

Older Americans update 2006 : key indicators of well-being - 2006

G8 Research Group

Gleneagles final compliance report : July 8, 2005 to June 1, 2006 - 2005

Generations United

Meth and child welfare : promising solutions for children, their parents and grandparents - 2006

Georgetown University, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

Exposure of African-American youth to alcohol advertising, 2003 to 2004 - 2006

Underage drinking in the United States : a status report, 2005 - 2006

Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines, 2001 to 2004 : good news, bad news - 2006

Harris Interactive Inc.

Higher premiums for those with unhealthy lifestyles supported by 53 percent of US adults, according to poll by WSJcom and Harris Interactive - 2006

Large majorities support more access to birth control information, and agree that it is a good way to prevent abortions : however, the public is divided on teen access to birth control without parental knowledge - 2006

More adults this year see childhood obesity as major problem in the US : more than nine in 10 adults say parents need to lead by example by being physically active themselves and encouraging their children to be physically active - 2006

Public overwhelmingly supportive of genetic science and its use for a wide variety of medical, law enforcement and personal purposes - 2006

Seventy percent of US Adults support use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine - 2006

Harvard School of Public Health

Health disparities & the body politic : a series of international symposia - 2005

Health Grades

Third annual report on women's health outcomes in US hospitals - 2006

Health Officers Council of British Columbia

A public health approach to drug control in Canada : discussion paper - 2005

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Attitudes about stigma and discrimination related to HIVAIDS - 2006

Citizenship documentation requirements in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 : lessons from New York - 2006

Early experiences of Medicare beneficiaries in prescription drug plans : insights from Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Directors - 2006

International assistance for HIVAIDS in the developing world : taking stock of the G8, other Donor Governments and the European Commission - 2006

It's child's play : advergaming and the online marketing of food to children - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of pharmacists : findings on Medicare Part D - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of pharmacists and national survey of physicians : findings on Medicare Part D : chartpack - 2006

Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of physicians : findings on Medicare Part D - 2006

Key issues and opportunities : implementing the new Medicaid integrity program - 2006

New developments in Medicaid coverage : who bears financial risk and responsibility? - 2006

The nuts and bolts of making Medicaid policy changes : an overview and a look at the deficit reduction act - 2006

The nuts and bolts of making Medicaid policy changes : an overview and a look at the deficit reduction act - 2006

Prescription drug trends - 2006

Profiles of nursing home residents on Medicaid - 2006

The role of Part D for people with HIVAIDS : coverage and cost of antiretrovirals under Medicare drug plans - 2006

Public opinion on the global HIVAIDS epidemic - 2006

Public opinion on the HIVAIDS epidemic in the United States - 2005

The public's experiences with and attitudes about HIV testing - 2005

The public's knowledge and perceptions about HIVAIDS - 2006

Seniors' early experiences with their Medicare drug plans - June 2006 - 2006

Seniors' early experiences with their Medicare drug plans - June 2006 : chartpack - 2006

Voices of the storm : health experiences of low-income Katrina survivors - 2006

Who are the uninsured? : a consistent profile across national surveys - 2006

IZA

Smoking habits : like father, like son, like mother, like daughter - 2006

King's Fund

Clearing the air : debating smoke-free policies in psychiatric units - 2006

Future trends and challenges for cancer services in England : a review of literature and policy - 2006

Local variations in NHS spending priorities - 2006

Legal Community Against Violence

Regulating guns in America : an evaluation and comparative analysis of federal, state and selected local gun laws - 2006

Lewin Group

Chronic health conditions & the new Medicare Part D benefit : savings on frequently used medications - 2006

The impact of the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act, S 1955 on the small group insurance markets in community rated states - 2006

Mathematica Policy Research

Public financing of home and community services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances : selected state strategies - 2006

Medical Research Council

Access to collections of data and materials for health research : report to the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust - 2006

MetLife Mature Market Institute

The MetLife caregiving cost study: productivity losses to US business - 2006

The MetLife study of Alzheimer's disease : the caregiving experience - 2006

National Academies Press

Battling malaria : strengthening the US military malaria vaccine program - 2006

Brief summary, Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium : progress in preventing childhood obesity : focus on communities - 2006

Emergency care for children : growing pains - 2006

Emergency medical services : at the crossroads - 2006

Ending the war metaphor : the changing agenda for unraveling the host-microbe relationship : workshop summary - 2006

Hospital-based emergency care : at the breaking point - 2006

Medicare's quality improvement organization program : maximizing potential - 2006

Medicare's quality improvement organization program : maximizing potential - 2006

Mineral requirements for military personnel : levels needed for cognitive and physical performance during garrison training - 2006

Posttraumatic stress disorder : diagnosis and assesment - 2006

Preventing medication errors - 2006

Sleep disorders and sleep deprivation : an unmet public health problem - 2006

Sleep disorders and sleep deprivation : an unmet public health problem - 2006

A study of interactions : emerging issues in the science of adolescence : workshop summary - 2006

A study of interactions : emerging issues in the science of adolescence : workshop summary - 2006

National Academy of Social Insurance

Workers' compensation : benefits, coverage, and costs, 2004 - 2006

National Association of County and City Health Officials

2005 National profile of local health departments : an overview of the nation's local public health system - 2006

National Center for Children in Poverty

Challenges and opportunities in chidren's mental health : a view from families and youth - 2006

The new poor : regional trends in child poverty since 2000 - 2006

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University

"You've got drugs!" : prescription drug pushers on the Internet : 2006 update - 2006

CASA national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse X : teens and parents - 2005

CASA national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse XI : teens and parents - 2006

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

The hidden costs of implementing the Medicare Part D program - 2006

National Ground Water Association

The chemical quality of self- supplied domestic well water in the United States - 2006

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Final appraisal determination: peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for the treatment of mild chronic hepatitis C - 2006

National Quality Forum

National voluntary consensus standards for adult diabetes care : 2005 update - 2006

National voluntary consensus standards for ambulatory care : measurement challenges in small group settings - 2006

National voluntary consensus standards for hospital care : additional priority areas, 2005-2006 - 2006

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Back to school : school-based services and admission requirements - 2006

Take Care New York : a policy for a healthier New York City : second year progress report - 2006

Nuffield Trust

Health, security and the risk society - 2005

Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, Dept. of Health & Human Services

Alcohol dependence or abuse in substate areas - 2006

Discharges who left against professional advice : 2003 - 2006

Disposition of emergency department visits for drug-related suicide attempts by adolescents : 2004 - 2006

Emergency department visits involving nonmedical use of selected pharmaceuticals - 2006

Emergency department visits involving patients with co- occurring disorders - 2006

Homeless admissions to substance abuse treatment : 2004 - 2005

Methamphetamine Amphetamine treatment admissons in urban and rural areas : 2004 - 2006

Nonmedical users of pain relievers : characteristics of recent initiates - 2006

Opiate-related drug misuse deaths in six states : 2003 - 2006

Past month cigarette use among racial and ethnic groups - 2006

Open Society Institute

Civil society perspectives on TBHIV Policy : preview of forthcoming reports on TB policy in Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Thailand - 2006

Civil society perspectives on TBHIV : highlights from a joint initiative to promote community-led advocacy - 2006

Human rights and HIVAIDS : now more than ever 10 reasons why human rights should occupy the center of the global AIDS struggle - 2006

OpportunityAgenda

Health and health care : opportunity for health security among Katrina's victims - 2006

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Why a healthy environment is essential to reducing poverty - 2006

Pacific Research Institute

Deadly solution : SB-840 and the Government takeover of California health care - 2006

Health privacy in an interconnected, electronic society - 2006

Health quality and price disclosure by government : a transparently bad idea - 2006

How good health legislation dies : the ongoing fight to make health care better and freer for all Americans - 2006

Squeezing the balloon : the futility of pharmaceutical cost containment - 2006

What states can do to reform health care : a free- market primer - 2006

Royal Society

Science and the public interest : communicating the results of new scientific research to the public - 2006

Rutgers Center for State Health Policy

Accomplishments and lessons from the State Solutions Initiative to increase enrollment in the Medicare Savings Programs - 2006

Availability of physician services in New Jersey : 2001-2005 - 2006

Coordinating Medicare prescription drug benefits with existing state pharmacy assistance programs : partnership or crowd-out? - 2006

Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health

Choice in mental health care - 2006

Choice literature review : a review of the literature and consultation on choice and decision-making for users and carers of Mental Health and Social Care Services - 2006

Samuels & Associates

Improving school food environments through district-level policies : findings from six California case studies - 2006

Siemens Financial Services

Healthcare affordability : the global challenge : healthcare financing in Europe and the United States - 2006

Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund

Fighting Medicare fraud : more bang for the federal buck - 2006

U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office

The sustainable growth rate formula for setting Medicare's physician payment rates - 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Nursing home emergency preparedness and response during recent hurricanes - 2005

U.S. Department of Education

The health literacy of America's adults : results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy - 2006

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Consumer-directed health plans: early enrollee experiences with health savings accounts and eligible health plans : report to the Ranking Minority Member; Committee on Finance, US Senate - 2006

Disaster preparedness : limitations in federal evacuation assistance for health facilities should be addressed: report to congressional committees - 2006

Federal autism activities : funding for research has increased, but agencies need to resolve surveillance challenges: report to the majority leader, US Senate - 2006

Mammography : current nationwide capacity is adequate, but access problems may exist in certain locations: report to congressional requesters - 2006

Medicare : CMS's proposed approach to set hospital inpatient payments appears promising: report to congressional committees - 2006

Medicare outpatient payments : rates for certain radioactive sources used in brachytherapy could be set prospectively: report to congressional committees - 2006

Medicare Part B drugs: testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2006

Medicare physician payments : trends in service utilization, spending, and fees prompt consideration of alternative payment approaches: testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2006

Medicare physician services : use of services increasing nationwide and relatively few beneficiaries report major access problems: report to congressional committees - 2006

Nonprofit hospital systems : survey on executive compensation policies and practices : [letter to William M Thomas, Chairman; Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2006

ONDCP media campaign : contractor's national evaluation did not find that the youth anti-drug media campaign was effective in reducing youth drug use : report to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, US Senate - 2006

Particulate matter : EPA has started to address the National Academies' recommendations on estimating health benefits, but more progress is needed : report to Congressional requesters - 2006

Particulate matter : EPA needs to make more progress in addressing the National Academies' recommendations on estimating health benefits : testimony before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, US Senate - 2006

Privacy : domestic and offshore outsourcing of personal information in Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE : report to congressional committees - 2005

TRICARE : enrollment of the Department of Defense's TRICARE beneficiaries in Medicare Part B : [letter to Pete Stark, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives and Benjamin L Cardin, House of Representatives] - 2006

VA and DOD health care : efforts to provide seamless transition of care for OEF and OIF servicemembers and veterans : [letter to Michael Bilirakis, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives] - 2006

U.S. PIRG Education Fund

Paying the price : the high cost of prescription drugs for uninsured Americans - 2006

UNAIDS

From advocacy to action : a progress report on UNAIDS at country level - 2005

UNICEF

A call to action : children, the missing face of AIDS - 2005

Female genital mutilationcutting : a statistical exploration 2005 - 2005

Making Philippine cities child friendly : voices of children in poor communities - 2005

Management of sick children by community health workers : intervention models and programme examples - 2006

Progress for children : a report card on nutrition - 2006

UNICEF Innocenti Research Center

Celebrating the innocienti declaration on the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding : past achievements, present challenges and the way forward for infant and young child feeding - 2005

Changing a harmful social convention, female genital mutilationcutting - 2005

Cities with children : child friendly cities in Italy - 2005

University of Michigan, Population Studies Center

Future characteristics of the elderly in developing countries and their implications for policy - 2006

Neighborhoods and the health of the elderly : challenges in using national survey data - 2006

Urban Institute

After Katrina : hospitals in Hurricane Katrina, challenges facing custodial institutions in a disaster - 2006

Los Angeles Healthy Kids improves access to care for young children : early results from the Healthy Kids evaluation - 2006

Why do people lack health insurance? - 2006

Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Shaping the future of long term care and independent living - 2006

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Is SARS a poor man's disease : socioeconomic status and risk factors for SARS transmission - 2006

Wellcome Trust

Information and attitudes : consulting the public about biomedical science - 2005

Medical research : assessing the benefits to society : a report - 2006

White House Conference on Aging

2005 White House Conference on Aging : the booming dynamics of aging : from awareness to action : report to the president and congress : December 11-14, 2005 - 2005

World Bank

AIDS in South Asia : understanding and responding to a heterogeneous epidemic - 2006

Health service delivery in China : a literature review - 2006

World Health Organization

Globalization and social determinants of health : analytic and strategic review paper - 2006

Making preparation count : lessons from the Avian Influenza outbreak in Turkey - 2006