
Opportunities for Engaging Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers in Health Information Exchange Activities: Exchanging Interoperable Patient Assessment Information
Opportunities for Engaging Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers in Health Information Exchange Activities: Exchanging Interoperable Patient Assessment Information
Executive Summary
Michelle Dougherty, MA, RHIA, CHP AHIMA Foundation
Jennie Harvell Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department

More About the Dads: Exploring Associations Between Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Welfare Case Outcomes
Contents
Definitions
Findings
Implications

Personalized Health Care Expert Panel Meeting: Summary Report
Contents
Demonstrating Clinical Validity and Utility
Demonstrating Value
Reducing Health Disparities
Educating and Engaging Providers and Consumers
Using Databases to Build Evidence, Inform Decisions

Obesity and American Indians/Alaska Natives
Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Prevalence
Contributing Factors
Consequences of Obesity
Intervention Research
Federal Agency Activities
Site Visit to Gila River Indian Community
Directions for Future Research

Analysis of Supply, Distribution, Demand, and Access Issues Associated with Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)
Contents
IGIV Supply and Distribution - Key Findings
IGIV Demand - Key Fundings
IGIV Access Problems- Key Fundings

What About the Dads? Child Welfare Agencies' Efforts to Identify, Locate, and Involve Nonresident Fathers
Contents
Methodology
Description of Nonresident Fathers of Foster Children
Findings on Identifying Nonresident Fathers
Findings on Locating and Contacting Nonresident Fathers
Findings on Father Involvement
Issues Preventing Placement with Nonresident Fathers
Caseworker Training on Father Involvement

Rural Research Needs and Data Sources for Selected Human Services Topics
Contents
The Rural Context
Review of Existing Research on the Three Focal Topics
Data Sources Available to Conduct Research on the Focal Topics
Implications of Study Findings
Enhancing Rural Human Services Information

Blending Perspectives and Building Common Ground: A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection
In a field where difficult decisions are made every day, child welfare workers face particular dilemmas when working with the extremely troubled families whose complex and multiple problems include both substance abuse and child maltreatment. Central to their challenge is that addiction to alcohol and other drugs can be a chronic, relapsing diso

Evaluation of the New York City Home Rebuilders Demonstration
The HomeRebuilders project was an ambitious effort to test a major reform of the foster care system in New York City. In 1993, the New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) and the New York City Child Welfare Administration began testing a new approach to the financing of services to foster children and their birth families based on conce

Health Care in Transition: Technology Assessment in the Private Sector
Health Care in Transition:
Technology Assessment in the Private Sector
Prepared by:
Richard Rettig of the RAND Corporation
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
July, 1996.

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues. Summary Report
Content
Literature Review
Need for Post-Adoption Services
PAS Programs in Operation or Development
Evaluation of PAS
Case Studies of PAS Programs
Need for Post-Adoption Services
Characteristics of PAS Programs
Discussion

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models and Evaluation Issues: Case Study
Contents
Need for Post-adoption Services
Program Structure and Services
Program Development
Program Goals and Eligibility
Program Structure
Services Offered
Subsidies and Other Forms of Supports
Evaluation
Conclusion

On Their Own Terms: Supporting Kinship Care Outside of TANF and Foster Care
Contents
Characteristics and Service Needs of Kinship Caregivers
Alternative Kinship Care Program Models and Services
Lessons Learned about Designing and Implementing Alternative Programs
Policy Implications

Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System
Contents
Permanency and Reunification Trends in 25 States
Reunification From Foster Care in Nine States 1990-1997: Description and Interpretation
The Role of Race in Parental Reunification
Casework Decision Making
Permanency: A Balancing Act
The Evaluation of Programs for Permanency and Reunification
Summary

Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy
Contents
Site-Specific Analyses
Cross-Site Analysis: The Changing Urban Context
Cross-Site Analysis: Health Trends and Study Hypotheses
Conclusions