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Nov. 14??? Many staff researchers at the Academy gave oral and poster presentations on their research this week at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Philadelphia.
Below is a listing of lead authors on Academy papers/presentations:
Sebastian Bonner, Asthma morbidity and medical management among children at preschool centers in East and Central Harlem, New York City
Joseph Boscarino, Psychiatric medication use and mental health utilization after the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City
Gerry Fairbrother, Collaboration among managed care plans on collecting and reporting performance data at a large medical center; Effect of the continuous enrollment requirement in managed care: How many children fall through the cracks
Ruth Finkelstein, Changes in drug use as a response to the events of 9/11: A study of current and former users of heroin, cocaine and alcohol; Impact of September 11th events and their aftermath among people with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy
Crystal Fuller, A community-based participatory intervention to increase uptake of an Expanded Syringe Access Program; Young Injection Drug Users Impact of Pharmacy Syringe Sales on Young IDUs in New York City
Sandro Galea, Poly-drug use and fatal overdose in New York City, 1990-1998
Leslie Goldman, Healthy choices for all: Supporting urban schools and communities through public/private partnerships
Roz D. Lasker, Community health governance: A powerful and different way for local health departments to work with their communities
Mary Latka, Adolescent Perceptions of the Female Condom: Focus Group Results from Urban Teens
Danielle C. Ompad, Young Injection Drug Users IDU risk for HIV: Zooming in on new injectors; Correlates and predictors of oral sex among adolescents in Baltimore, Maryland Sarah Sisco, Public health social work: "What a great idea!!"
Jennifer Stuber, Behavior Problems in Children in Manhattan after the September 11th attacks
Linda Weiss, Self-reported side effects as a correlate of nonadherence to HAART: Findings from a multi-site adherence support initiative
Click here to read more about the APHA's 130th annual meeting.
Posted on November 14, 2002
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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