The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act created the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) in 1990. The RWHAP helps low-income people living with HIV (PLWH) by providing medical care, medications, and support services. More than half of all people diagnosed with HIV receive services through the RWHAP each year.
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.
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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.
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The Statute Provides More Flexibility for Review than Allowed by the Current Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse Handbook of Standards and Procedures
This brief analyzes what is statutorily required through the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and how the Clearinghouse is currently evaluating programs and services under the handbook with the goal of identifying potential opportunities to improve Title IV-E prevention services availability at the federal level to ultimately reduce the number of children entering foster care at the
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Framework for a Public Repository of Artificial Intelligence Training Datasets Using EHR Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research & A Pediatric ADHD Patient-Centered Outcomes Annotation Schema
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly those that use natural language processing (NLP), are becoming increasingly prominent in healthcare delivery. For these systems to operate safely and reliably in clinical settings, they require high-quality training datasets drawn from multiple sources, including electronic health record (EHR) data, that closely reflect real-world conditions.
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Harnessing the Value of Electronic Health Record Data for Research
The United States (U.S.) faces urgent health challenges, including poor maternal and childhood health outcomes, childhood obesity, opioid use disorder, cancer, and chronic conditions, which require personalized care tailored to each patient’s unique circumstances.
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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Twenty-Fifth Report to Congress
The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-432) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators and predictors of “welfare dependence.” That Act requires the report to include three programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (which replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
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Advancing an Operational Definition of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Use in Research
Background. Accurately estimating the prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) in the United States remains a challenge, with reported rates varying widely (3%-17%) based on the definitions and data sources used.
ASPE Issue Brief
While often similar in design, home visiting models eligible for MIECHV and Title IV-E Prevention Services reflect the different programmatic goals of child and family wellbeing versus foster care prevention.
This brief address the HHS programs that fund evidence-based home visiting models. It provides a high-level comparison of the primary federal funding streams supporting home visiting. Key points are:
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Availability of Care for Older Adults in Outpatient Behavioral Health Facilities
Behavioral health (BH) conditions are rising among older adults, who are less likely to receive mental health (MH) or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment compared to younger adults. This study examined the availability of care for older adults in outpatient BH facilities across the United States both quantitatively and qualitatively.