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May 29, 2013 | Program Result Report
From 2010 to 2013, Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration (SPARC) worked with public health groups and design firms to plan 5over50, which will seek to spur older adults to tap five key preventive health services.
April 2, 2012 | Journal Article
As several studies have shown, an association between periodontal disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD), regular dental care may be an important strategy for reducing the burden of CKD.
June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Access HealthColumbus ran a pilot test of the Latino Health Connector, which provides health screening, navigation and educational services to Latino workers and their families in Columbus, Ohio.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Both government and private health care systems have engaged in efforts to improve quality, but the effect of these initiatives on racial and ethnic disparities has not been well studied.
October 1, 2010 | Program Result Report
A team at the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified 24 community-level strategies to prevent childhood obesity, and paired each with a measure for evaluating its success.
January 20, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
A newly released study from RWJF Clinical Scholar (2009-2011) Lenard Lesser, M.D., finds that Medicare covers only a fraction of the preventive care services recommended by a government task force, and that health care reform should be able to mend ...
December 28, 2010 | Issue Brief
New federal mandates expand coverage of preventative services in health insurance plans, such as vaccines and screenings.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined a nationally representative sample of U.S. Mexican American adults for hypertension and other related health care issues.
June 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The Washington Business Group on Health surveyed its corporate members about preventive care coverage and developed case studies of five employers with strong commitments to preventive care.
November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Partnership for Prevention conducted a series of surveys and focus groups with employers to determine to what extent employer-sponsored health insurance plans offer coverage for clinical preventive services or promote their use.