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The Effects of a Disease Management Program on Self-Reported Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the "Florida--A Healthy State (FAHS)" Medicaid Program
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Morisky, Donald E.; Kominski, Gerald F.; Afifi, Abdelmonem A.; Kotlerman, Jenny B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
Premature morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases account for a major proportion of expenditures for health care cost in the United States. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of a disease management program on physiological and behavioral health indicators for Medicaid patients in Florida. A two-year prospective study of…
Descriptors: Hypertension, Chronic Illness, Health Behavior, Child Health
National Health Education and Disease Prevention Act of 1975. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives. Ninety-fourth Congress. First Session.
1975
This document presents transcripts and prepared statements of hearings held on November 3-13, 1975 that pertain to national health education and disease prevention, as outlined in House bills H.R. 8278, H.R. 5839, H.R. 7050, H.R. 3205, and H.R. 4444. These bills were written to provide authority for health information, education, and promotion…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Disease Control, Federal Legislation, Government Role
Position Statements, Issue Briefs, Resolutions and Consensus Statements. Revised
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National Association of School Nurses (NJ1), 2012
This article presents position statements, issue briefs, and resolutions and consensus statements of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). The Position Statements include: (1) Allergy/Anaphylaxis Management in the School Setting; (2) Caseload Assignments; (3) Child Mortality in the School Setting; (4) Chronic Health Conditions, Managed…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Child Abuse, Violence, Health Programs
The Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic Report.
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Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic, Washington, DC. – 1988
This document presents findings of the Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic. The executive summary lists 20 major findings and recommendations which together comprise a comprehensive national strategy for managing the HIV epidemic. The commission recommends: (1) replacement of the obsolete term "AIDS"…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Blue Ribbon Commissions, Disease Control, Disease Incidence
Health Planning that Magnifies the Community's Voice: Allies against Asthma
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Butterfoss, Frances D.; Kelly, Cynthia; Taylor-Fishwick, Jude – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
Allies Against Asthma, a working group of the Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH), conducted a comprehensive asthma needs assessment in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 2001. Results from extant data and parent surveys indicated that asthma prevalence was high (15% to 18%), 45% to 50% of children received primary care for asthma in the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Diseases, Needs Assessment, Incidence
AIDS: Is Any Risk Too Great? The 1987 Perspective.
Hartog-Rapp, Fay – 1987
This report discusses public school legal liability in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) controversy with regard to the right of privacy of AIDS victims who are students and employees and the concern of risk of contagion to other students and employees and the public's right to know what is going on in their schools. Several steps…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Civil Liberties, Confidential Records, Confidentiality