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Public Health
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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 SearchEvaluation of the Medicaid Health Home Option for Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions: Final Annual Report - Year Two
June 2014 Brenda C.
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.
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.
Informal Caregiving for Older Americans: An Analysis of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study
This report examines the role and experiences of informal caregivers for the older population, using a new resource, the National Survey of Caregiving (NSOC). The NSOC is unique in interviewing all informal caregivers for a nationally representative sample of persons age 65 or older receiving
Informal Caregiving for Older Americans: An Analysis of the 2011 National Study of Caregiving
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation