Martha Burt, Carol Wilkins, and Gretchen Locke
Public Health
Access up-to-date ASPE research on key public health topics including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as influenza and COVID-19; health equity; antibiotic resistance; rural health; opioids, opioid use disorder and overdose prevention; maternal health; public health and health care workforce and infrastructure; immunization and vaccines; Indian health; HIV/AIDS; tobacco; and emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Also find data on prevention, social determinants of health, and more.
Noteworthy
HHS Initiative to Improve Maternal Health
The Department’s Action Plan lays out a vision for improving maternal health that applies a “life course” approach organized around four goals and it sets three ambitious targets to achieve this vision. Each of the four goals includes multiple objectives and action items to drive progress. The Action Plan also describes the current state of maternal health outcomes in the U.S., challenges in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, recent efforts to improve maternal health within and beyond the federal government, and it discusses various forums in which HHS leadership sought input from key stakeholders.
Reports
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Advanced SearchNAPA Public Comment Attachment: Family Medicine Curriculum Resource
This PDF was submitted as an attachment to a Public Comment sent to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services and/or the National Alzheimer's Project Act website.
Using Effect Sizes to Inform Policy and Practice: Evidence from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review
In fall 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a systematic review of the research literature on programs to prevent teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and associated sexual risk behaviors. Findings have been used in part to identify programs with evidence of effectiveness in reducing these outcomes.
Evaluation of the Medicaid Health Home Option for Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions: Final Annual Report - Year Two
June 2014 Brenda C.
White Paper
Strategies for Measuring the Quality of Psychotherapy: A White Paper to Inform Measure Development and Implementation
Strategies for Measuring the Quality of Psychotherapy: A White Paper to Inform Measure Development and Implementation
Executive Summary
May 15, 2014
Jonathan Brown, Sarah Hudson Scholle and Melissa Azur
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ASPE Issue Brief
How the Affordable Care Act Can Support Employment for People with Mental Illness
In this issue brief, the authors explore the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that may enable
Americans with mental illness to obtain the mental health treatment and support services they need to
continue working or get back to work.
Disability and Care Needs of Older Americans by Dementia Status: An Analysis of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study
Studies of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in the U.S. estimate that 14% of those over age 70 are affected, and that prevalence increases with age, exceeding one-quarter of persons over age 80. The implications of population aging for increases in older persons with
Disability and Care Needs of Older Americans: An Analysis of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study
Disability and Care Needs of Older Americans: An Analysis of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study
Executive Summary
April 11, 2014
Vicki A. Freedman, Ph.D.
Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities
Bonnie O'Day, Crystal Blyler, Anna Collins, Benjamin Fischer, Claire Gill, Todd Honeycutt, Rebecca Kleinman, Frank Martin, Joseph Mastrianni, Eric Morris, Lisa Schottenfeld, Allison Thompkins, Allison Wishon-Siegwarth, and Michelle Bailey
Mathematica Policy Research