Vol. 9, No. 6 - November 2007

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AARP Knowledge Management

AARP Segunda Juventud assisted living and long-term care study : Omnibus survey results - 2007

Access & affordability of prescription drugs : an AARP study of New Jersey's Hispanic population - 2007

Aging at home : long-term care in Kentucky - 2007

Election issues surveys : view from the early states - 2007

AARP Public Policy Institute

Comparing long-term care in Germany and the United States : what can we learn from each other? - 2007

Abt Associates

Economic assessment of interventions for reducing postpartum hemorrhage in developing countries - 2006

Estimating loss of life from hurricane-related flooding in the greater New Orleans area : health effects of Hurricane Katrina : final report - 2006

Action for Children North Carolina and North Carolina Institute of Medicine

North Carolina child health report card 2007 - 2007

Advocates for Youth

Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs : ineffective, unethical, and poor public health - 2007

Dating violence among adolescents - 2006

The sexual health of Asian American/Pacific Islander young women—focus on assets - 2007

AIDS Community Research Initiative of America

Research on older adults with HIV - 2006

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Building capacity for health research transfer in Western Canada : an environmental scan - 2007

American Lung Association

State of lung disease in diverse communities : 2007 - 2007

America's Health Insurance Plans

Health insurance : overview and economic impact in the States - 2006

Setting a higher bar : we believe there is more the nation can do to improve quality and safety in health care - 2007

We believe every American should have access to affordable health care coverage : a vision for reform - 2007?

We believe every American should have access to affordable health care coverage : principles for state reform - 2007?

America's Health Insurance Plans, Center for Policy and Research

Innovations in chronic care : a new generation of initiatives to improve America's health - 2007

January 2007 census shows 45 million people covered by HSAhigh-deductible health plans : HSAHDHP enrollment continues to grow in both the individual and group markets - 2007

Low-income & minority beneficiaries in Medicare advantage plans - 2007

A new generation of behavioral health coverage : perspectives from interviews with medical leaders - 2007

Who buys long-term care insurance? : a 15-year study of buyers and non-buyers, 1990-2005 - 2007

Association of American Medical Colleges

Medical school tuition and young physician indebtedness : an update to the 2004 report - 2007

Recruitment of new physician investigators in clinical research : findings from a survey of clinical department chairs at US Medical Schools - 2007

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Public Health preparedness infrastructures : comparing Israel to the United States - 2007

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

Drug re-importation in North America and Europe : an overview - 2007

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre

Search for evidence and critical appraisal : health services research (HSR) - 2007

Black AIDS Institute

We're the ones we've been waiting for : the state of AIDS in Black America and what we're doing about it - 2007

Brookings Institution

A wellness trust to prioritize disease prevention - 2007

California Academy of Family Physicians

Addressing language access issues in your practice : a toolkit for physicians and their staff members - 2005

California Endowment

Building culturally competent health systems in California : March 28-29, 2007, Los Angeles, California - 2007

California HealthCare Foundation

Connecting kids to health coverage : evaluating the Child Health and Disability Prevention Gateway program - 2007

Health care in the express lane : retail clinics go mainstream - 2007

No appointment needed : the resurgence of urgent care centers in the United States - 2007

The science of spread : how innovations in care become the norm - 2007

Uncoordinated care : a survey of physician and patient experience - 2007

California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Health care reform proposals hold promise for diverse communities : getting California ready - 2007?

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

A poison kiss : the problem of lead in lipstick - 2007

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Tobacco tax benefits for Maryland : reducing smoking, saving lives, and saving money - 2007

Tobacco tax benefits for Oregon : reducing smoking, saving lives, and saving money - 2007

Women's health and smoking - 2007

Canadian Health Care Consensus Group

Form over function? : why the CMA is right to consider alternative means to achieve the desirable end - affordable access to health care for all Canadians - 2007

Knowable now : knowable known unknowns of Canadian health care - 2007

The potential of private sector health care in Canada : does it cause global warming? - 2007

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Mapping the future of primary healthcare research in Canada : a report to the Canadian health Services Research Foundation - 2007

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's audiologist and speech- language pathologist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's dental assistant workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's dental hygienist and dental therapist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's dentist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's licensed practical nurse workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's medical laboratory technician workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's medical laboratory technologist and pathologists' assistant workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's medical radiation technologist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's medical sonographer workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's occupational therapist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's pharmacist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's physician workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's physiotherapist workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's registered nurse workforce - 2007

Distribution and internal migration of Canada's respiratory therapist, clinical perfusionist and cardiopulmonary technologist workforce - 2007

Drug claims by seniors : an analysis focusing on potentially inappropriate medication use, 2000 to 2006 - 2007

Health care use at the end of life in Western Canada - 2007

Understanding emergency department wait times : access to inpatient beds and patient flow - 2007

The "younger" generation in Ontario complex continuing care - 2007

Canadian Institute for Health Information Canadian Population Health Initiative

Improving the health of Canadians : 2007-2008 : mental health and homelessness - 2007

Canadian Policy Research Networks

Building on the common ground : report from the Saskatchewan HHR Consultation Conference : Health Human Resource Planning in Saskatchewan, Consultation Conference, February 27-28, 2007 - 2007

Cato Institute

Sinking SCHIP : a first step toward stopping the growth of government health programs - 2007

Center for Global Development

Generation of political priority for global health initiatives : a framework and case study of maternal mortality - 2007

Millions saved : proven successes in global health, 2007 edition - 2007

Center for Global Development HIV/AIDS Monitor

Following the funding for HIVAIDS : a comparative analysis of the funding practices of PEPFAR, the Global Fund and World Bank MAP in Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia - 2007

Center for Strategic and International Studies

China's civil society organizations : what future in the health sector? ; a report of the Task Force on HIVAIDS Delegation to China, June 13-20, 2007 Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2007

China's response to HIVAIDS and US - China Collaboration : an update from the CSIS freeman chair in China Studies ; a report of the Task Force on HIVAIDS Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2007

Combating the twin epidemics of HIVAIDS and addiction : opportunities for progress and gaps in scale ; a report of the CSIS Task Force on HIVAIDS Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2007

Health worker shortages challenge PEPFAR options for strengthening health systems : a report of the CSIS Task Force on HIVAIDS Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2007

Making HIV prevention paramount in the next phase of the US Global HIVAIDS response : a report of the CSIS Task Force on HIVAIDS Center for Strategic and International Studies - 2007

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Administration moves to eviscerate efforts to enroll uninsured low-income children in health coverage through the schools : bipartisan SCHIP bill would temporarily block such action - 2007

CBO estimates show house bill would provide health insurance to 5 million uninsured children - 2007

Charge that bipartisan SCHIP compromise bill aids undocumented immigrants is false - 2007

Child Trends

Repeat teen childbearing : differences across states and by race and ethnicity - 2007

Child Trends Data Bank

Neighborhood safety - 2007?

Substance free youth - 2007?

Citizens' Committee for Children of New York

Young and homeless : a look at homeless youth in New York City - 2006

City University of New York Center for Urban Research

Living in isolation : issues of access to city housing services among immigrant New Yorkers - 2007

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection

Caring for dignity : a national report on dignity in care for older people while in hospital - 2007

Inpatients : the views of hospital inpatients in England : key findings from the 2006 survey - 2007

Commonwealth Fund

Creating payment systems to accelerate value-driven health care : issues and options for policy reform - 2007

Patient-centered care : what does it take? - 2007

A roadmap to health insurance for all : principles for reform - 2007

Eclipse Solutions

Modernizing enrollment in California's health programs for pregnant women and children : a blueprint for the future : executive report - 2007

Modernizing enrollment in California's health programs for pregnant women and children : a blueprint for the future : report appendix - 2007

eHealth Initiative and eHealth Initiative Foundation

eHealth Initiative blueprint : building consensus for common action - 2007

EuroNGOs

Euromapping 2007 : mapping European development aid & population assistance - 2007

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Influenza surveillance in a pandemic : paper from ECDC working group - 2007

European Commission

Economic implications of socio- economic inequalities in health in the European Union - 2007

Mapping health services access : national and cross-border issues - 2006

Medical and health research : a special Eurobarometer public survey - 2007

Families United for Senior Action Foundation

Wrong direction : one out of three Americans are uninsured - 2007

Food Research and Action Center

School breakfast in America's big cities : successes and shortfalls - 2007

Forum for Collaborative HIV Research

HIV-TB co-infection : meeting the challenge : report of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research and TBHIV Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership symposiums and roundtable discussions on HIVTB, July 22-23, 2007, Sydney Australia - 2007

Foundation for Child Development

All our children? : the health and education of children of immigrants - 2007

GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media

The Meth Project : National Use & Attitudes Survey 2007 : national survey measuring attitudes and behaviors towards methamphetamine in America - 2007

Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS

GBC member roundtable : addressing stigma as a key barrier to HIV prevention : Thursday, 16 March 2006 - 2006

Global Forum for Health Research and World Health Organization

Research capacity for mental health in low- and middle-income countries : results of a mapping project - 2007

Great Britain Department for International Development

The UK government response to the report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health - 2007

Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association

A commitment to consumers to ensure the safety of imported foods : four pillars of public-private partnership - 2007?

Harris Interactive Inc.

WSJcomHarris Interactive survey finds that most adults believe parents, schools and food industry can make differencee in battling childhood obesity - 2007

WSJcomHarris Interactive survey finds that Senator Hillary Clinton most trusted on healthcare policy issues, but trust is declining - 2007

WSJcomHarris Interactive survey finds that the public weighs in on the side of the democrats in the debate about the State Children's Health Insurance Program - 2007

WSJcomHarris Interactive survey suggests that more can be done by consumers and the food industry to prevent allergic reactions - 2007

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

As tough times wane, States act to improve Medicaid coverage and quality : results from a 50-state Medicaid budget survey for state fiscal years 2007 and 2008 - 2007

Characteristics of frequent emergency department users - 2007

Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIPRA) - 2007

Health insurance coverage in America : 2006 data update - 2007

Kaiser health security watch : October 2007 - 2007

Kaiser Health tracking poll : election 2008 - 2007

Long-term services and supports : the future role and challenges for Medicaid - 2007

Medicaid's role for women - 2007

An overview of Medicaid enrollees with diabetes in 2003 - 2007

Public views on SCHIP reauthorization - 2007

Public views on SCHIP reauthorization : chartpack - 2007

Public views on SCHIP reauthorization : survey highlights - 2007

The uninsured : a primer : key facts about Americans without health insurance - 2007

What happened to the insurance coverage of children and adults in 2006? - 2007

Why did Medicaid spending decline in 2006? : a detailed look at program spending and enrollment, 2000- 2006 - 2007

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Allan Guttmacher Institute

Medicaid's role in family planning - 2007

Herndon Alliance Business Working Group

Health care and business : effective engagement and communications : report to Herndon Alliance partners [appendix] - 2007

Health care and business : effective engagement and communications : report to Herndon Alliance partners [report] - 2007

Illinois Office of the Governor

A profile of uninsured women in Illinois - 2007

Inter-Agency Standing Committee

IASC guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support on emergency settings - 2007

Interagency Working Group on Import Safety

Protecting American consumers every step of the way : a strategic framework for continual improvement in import safety - 2007

International Action Network on Small Arms, Oxfam International, and Saferworld

Africa's missing billions : international arms flows and the costs of conflict - 2007

International AIDS Society

The 4th IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention : new research and its implications for policy and practice - 2007

International Monetary Fund

Policy challenges of population aging in Ireland - 2007

Ipsos Public Affairs

The Associated Press poll - 2007

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute

The courage to love : Infant Mortality Commission implications for care, research, and public policy to reduce infant mortality rates : African American women and breastfeeding - 2007

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Comparative evaluation of models of housing with care for later life - 2007

The impact of heavy cannabis use on young people : vulnerability and youth transitions - 2007

Library of Congress Congressional Research Service

Medicaid citizenship documentation - 2007

Spending by employers on health insurance : a data brief - 2007

US health care spending : comparison with other OECD countries - 2007

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Comparing public and private health insurance : would a single-payer system save enough to cover the uninsured? - 2007

Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

Uncompensated care pool quarterly report, PFY07 Q1 - 2007

Mathematica Policy Research

Increasing children's coverage and access : a decade of SCHIP lessons - 2007

National evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program : a decade of expanding coverage and improving access : final report - 2007

Options for expanding coverage in Missouri : state offer of a small group product - 2007

Quantitative and comparative analysis of reform options for extending health care coverage in New Mexico - 2007

Tracking Medicare health and prescription drug plans, monthly report for September 2007 - 2007

Milken Institute

An unhealthy America : the economic burden of chronic disease — charting a new course to save lives and increase productivity and economic growth - 2007

National Academies Press

A 21st century system for evaluating veterans for disability benefits - 2007

Acute exposure guideline levels for selected airborne chemicals - 2007

Advancing nuclear medicine through innovation - 2007

Autism and the environment challenges and opportunities for research, workshop proceedings - 2008

Cancer care for the whole patient meeting psychosocial health needs - 2007

Cancer-related genetic testing and counseling workshop proceedings - 2007

Challenges in adolescent health care workshop report - 2007

Ending the tobacco problem a blueprint for the nation - 2007

Ethical and legal considerations in mitigating pandemic disease workshop summary - 2007

Future of emergency care dissemination workshop summaries - 2007

Global infectious disease surveillance and detection assessing the challenges—finding solutions : workshop summary - 2007

Green healthcare institutions health, environment, and economics : workshop summary - 2007

Informing the future critical issues in health - 2007

Review of the DoD-GEIS influenza programs strengthening global surveillance and response - 2008

The state of quality improvement and implementation research expert views, workshop summary - 2007

Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder an assessment of the evidence - 2007

Understanding the benefits and risks of pharmaceuticals workshop summary - 2007

Veterans and agent orange 2006 update - 2007

National Academy of Social Insurance

Social insurance benefits need not limit economic growth : new evidence - 2007

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

HIV testing in emergency departments : a primer on issues and strategies for health departments - 2007

National Association of Community Health Centers

2007 update on the status of the Medicaid prospective payment system in the states - 2007

Gaining ground II : state funding, Medicaid changes and health centers - 2007

Update : Medicaid [section] 1115 waiver and post Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) state plan amendments : proposed or adopted changes Prepared by Dawn McKinney, Amanda Pears, David Mitchell - 2007

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Emerging answers : research findings on programs to reduce teen pregnancy : research findings on programs to reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases : summary - 2007

National Child Traumatic Stress Network and National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Psychological first aid : field operations guide - 2006

National Council of Churches USA

Congregational health ministry survey report - 2007

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

Final report on the evaluation of the judicial oversight demonstration : executive summary - 2007

National Health Policy Forum

Medicare Advantage payment policy - 2007

National Quality Forum

Nursing performance measurement and reporting : a status report - 2007

New Jersey State Commission of Investigation

Charity care : an ailing system - 2007

New York Academy of Medicine

Issue for governments to consider - 2007

Issue for households to consider - 2007

Issue for schools and early childhood youth programs to consider - 2007

Issue for work places to consider - 2007

Language as a barrier to Health Care for New York City Children in Immigrant Families : Haitian, Russian and Latino perspectives - 2006

New York City Department for the Aging

Critical factors in the successful utilization of senior center meals - 2007

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Bioterrorism preparedness for health care providers - 2007

Substance use among New York City youth - 2007

Take Care New York : a policy for a healthier New York City : third year progress report - 2007

New York State Department of Health

New York State Minority Health Surveillance Report - 2007

New Zealand Ministry of Health

Health targets : moving towards healthier futures 2007/08 - 2007

Office of the New York City Public Advocate

Unintended consequences : problems with contraception access at city clinics - 2007

Open Society Institute

Women, harm reduction, and HIV - 2007

Organisation for Economics Co-operation and Development

Health care quality indicators project : 2006 data collection update report - 2007

Pan American Health Organization

Health agenda for the Americas : 2008-2017 - 2007

Health in the Americas, 2007 - 2007

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Critical condition : the state of health care in Pennsylvania - 2007

Pew Internet & American Life Project

E-patients with a disability or chronic disease : Just half of adults with chronic conditions use the internet ; but once online, they are avid consumers of health information - 2007

Teens and online stranger contact - 2007

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute

Closing the seams : developing an integrated approach to health system disaster preparedness - 2007

PSP-One, Social Marketing Plus for Diarrheal Disease Control: Point-of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment (POUZN) Project

Best practices in social marketing safe water solution for household water treatment : lessons learned from population services international field programs - 2007

Public Health Agency of Canada

Core competencies for public health in Canada : release 10 : skills enhancement for public health - 2007

Public Policy Institute of California

Health insurance, health care use, and health status in Los Angeles County - 2006

Research!America

2006 investment in US health research - 2007

Saskatchewan Health

Working together : Saskatchewan's health workforce action plan - 2005

State University of New York at Albany, Center for Health Workforce Studies

The contribution of New York graduate medical education to primary care in HPSAs - 2007

Treatment Action Group

Tuberculosis research and development : a critical analysis of funding trends, 2005-2006 - 2007

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

California's racial and ethnic minorities more adversely affected by asthma - 2007

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Adapting community call centers for crisis support : a model for home-based care and monitoring - 2007

Cholesterol screening among the US noninstitutionalized adult population age 20 and older, 2005 - 2007

Co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance for employer-sponsored health insurance in the state and local government workforce, by census division, 2005 - 2007

Co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance percentages for employer- sponsored health insurance in the non-federal workforce, by industry classification, 2005 - 2007

Co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance percentages for employer- sponsored health insurance in the private sector, by firm size classification, 2005 - 2007

Employer-sponsored health insurance for large employers in the private sector, by industry classification, 2005 - 2007

Employer-sponsored health insurance for small employers in the private sector, by industry classification, 2005 - 2007

Employer-sponsored health insurance for state and local governments, by census division, 2005 - 2007

Employer-sponsored single, employee-plus-one, and family health insurance coverage selection and cost, 2005 - 2007

Health insurance status of children in America, first half 1996-2006 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 18 - 2007

The long-term uninsured in America, 2002-2005 estimates for the US population under age 65 - 2007

The top five outpatient prescription drugs ranked by total expense for Medicare beneficiaries, by insurance status, 2004 - 2007

The uninsured in America, 1996-2006 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65 - 2007

The uninsured in America, first half of 2006 estimates for the US civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65 - 2007

United States Congressional Budget Office

CBO's health insurance simulation model : a technical description - 2007

Performance budgeting : applications to health insurance programs and tax policy - 2007

Projecting the costs to care for veterans of US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan - 2007

United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office

A historical assessment of nonpharmaceutical disease containment strategies employed by selected US communities during the second wave of the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic : final report : January 31, 2006 - 2006

United States Department of Defense

The Department of Defense plan to achieve the vision of the DoD Task Force on Mental Health : report to Congress, September 2007 - 2007

United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General

Assessing states' progress in meeting State Children's Health Insurance Program goals - 2007

CMS's implementation of safeguards during fiscal year 2006 to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in Medicare prescripton drug plans - 2007

The food and drug administration's oversight of clinical trials - 2007

Medicare Part D sponsors : estimated reconciliation amounts for 2006 - 2007

Review of generic drug price increases - 2007

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General

Audit of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs - 2007

United States Government Accountability Office

Defense health care : DOD needs to address the expected benefits, costs, and risks for its newly approved medical command structure : report to Congressional committees - 2007

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services : Medicare program; changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and fiscal year 2008 rates : [letter to Max Baucus, Chairman, Committee on Finance, United States Senate et al] - 2007

DOD civilian personnel : medical policies for deployed DOD federal civilians and associated compensation for those deployed : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives - 2007

Drug control : US assistance has helped Mexican counternarcotics efforts, but tons of illicit drugs continue to flow into the United States : report to Congressional requesters - 2007

Employer-sponsored benefits : many factors affect the treatment of pension and health benefits in Chapter 11 bankruptcy : report to Congressional requesters - 2007

Global health : US agencies support programs to build overseas capacity for infectious disease surveillance : report to Congressional requesters - 2007

Global health : US agencies support programs to build overseas capacity for infectious disease surveillance : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - 2007

Health care 20 years from now : taking steps today to meet tomorrow's challenges - 2007

High-containment biosafety laboratories : preliminary observations on the oversight of the proliferation of BSL-3 and BSL-4 laboratories in the United States : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations , Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2007

Influenza pandemic : federal executive boards' ability to contribute to pandemic preparedness : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, US Senate - 2007

Influenza pandemic : further efforts are needed to ensure clearer federal leadership roles and an effective national strategy : report to congressional requesters - 2007

Medicare Advantage : required audits of limited value : testimony before Subcommittees on Health and Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives - 2007

Natural hazard mitigation : various mitigation efforts exist, but federal efforts do not provide a comprehensive strategic framework : report to the ranking member, Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives - 2007

Prescription drugs : trends in usual and customary prices for drugs frequently used by Medicare and non- Medicare health insurance enrollees : [letter to Olympia J Snowe, Ranking Member, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, United States Senate; Ron Wyden, United States Senate - 2007

Questions for the record related to the benefits and medical care for federal civilian employees deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq : [letter to Vic Snyder, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Armed Services, House of Respresentatives - 2007

September 11 : improvements needed in availability of health screening and monitoring services of responders : testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives - 2007

September 11 : improvements needed in availability of health screening and monitoring services for responders : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives - 2007

September 11 : problems remain in planning for and providing health screening and monitoring services of responders : testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives - 2007

World Trade Center : EPA's most recent test and clean program raises concerns that need to be addressed to better prepare for indoor contamination following disasters : report to Congressional requesters - 2007

United States Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Shortage Designation

Methods for identifying facilities and communities with shortages of nurses - 2007

United States House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security

The 2007 XDR-TB incident : a breakdown at the intersection of homeland security and public health - 2007

United States House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Private Medicare drug plans : high expenses and low rebates increase the costs of Medicare drug coverage - 2007

United States Internal Revenue Service Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division

Hospital compliance project interim report : summary of reported data - 2007

United States Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Using managed care contracts to promote child health : a report on the 2004 State Advanced Leadership Workshops on fiscally sound Medicaid and SCHIP managed care contracts for state Title V maternal and child health agencies and local health departments - 2007

United States National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Adolescents, neighborhoods, and violence : recent findings from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods - 2007

Pretrial innovations for domestic violence offenders and victims : lessons from the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative - 2007

United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies

Cigarette use among blacks : 2005 and 2006 - 2007

Cocaine route of administration trends : 1995-2005 - 2007

A day in the life of American adolescents : substance use facts - 2007

University of British Columbia Children's Mental Health and Policy Research Program

Implementing evidence-based practice in children's mental health : a research report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development - 2005

University of Connecticut, Department of Finance

Low health literacy : implications for national health policy - 2007

University of Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

Psychological and subjective wellbeing : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators - 2007

Safety and security : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators of violence - 2007

University of Technology, Sydney, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation

Joiners, leavers, stayers and abstainers : private health insurance choices in Australia - 2007

Valuing EQ-5D health states : a review and analysis - 2007

Urban Institute

Access to employer-sponsored health insurance among low-income families : who has access and who doesn't? - 2007

Employer-sponsored health insurance and the low-income workforce : limitations of the system and strategies for increasing coverage - 2007

The impact of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids program on access to care, use of services, and health status - 2007

Utilization in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program : a preliminary study of health plan administrative data - 2007

Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission

Honoring the call to duty : veterans' disability benefits in the 21st century - 2007

Wellcome Trust

Frontiers meeting on the use of electronic patient records for research and health benefit - 2007

World Bank

Europe and Central Asia's great post-communist social health insurance experiment : impacts on health sector and labor market outcomes - 2007

World Health Organization

Global age-friendly cities : a guide - 2007

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Children's health and the environment in Europe : a baseline assessment - 2007

Health effects and risks of transport systems : the HEARTS project - 2006

Tenth futures forum on steering towards equity in health - 2007