Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Preventive Care
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Preventive Services Without Cost Sharing
December 28, 2010 | Issue Brief
New federal mandates expand coverage of preventative services in health insurance plans, such as vaccines and screenings.
Cost Savings and Cost-Effectiveness of Clinical Preventive Care
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief/Video
This synthesis provides policy-makers with a framework for evaluating the cost-effectiveness literature and investigates the economic evidence for investing in clinical preventive care.
Despite Improved Quality of Care in the Veterans Affairs Health System, Racial Disparity Persists for Important Clinical Outcomes
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.
Pilot Test of the Latino Health Connector in Columbus, Ohio, Shows Positive Results
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.
Evaluability Assessment to Improve Public Health Policies, Programs, and Practices
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This articles looks at the ways in which evaluability assessments specifically serve public health programs. Evaluability assessments are an effective, yet inexpensive way to understand the assumptions behind objects and focus the program development.
Overview and Rationale for the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Systematic Screening and Assessment (SSA) Method is a way to identify the most promising innovations in preparation for evaluation. This is a new method in that it sequences two existing evaluation methods: 1) evaluability assessment, 2) and connoisseurship or expert judgment.
Applying the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method to Childhood Obesity Prevention
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Using the Systematic Screening and Assessment (SSA) Method, over a 2-year period the project examined 458 such innovations 48 of these were studied further, and 20 (4.4%) were highly promising, in terms of likelihood of producing large population effects and being ready for evaluation.
Impact, Insights, and Implications of the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the impact of using the Systematic Screening and Assessment (SSA) Method as applied to the Early Assessment of Programs and Policies to Prevent Childhood Obesity project.
Helping Communities Assess Their Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
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.
Food and Beverage Brands that Market to Children and Adolescents on the Internet
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study analyzed branded Web sites aimed at children and found that nearly half contained a designated children's area, but only 13 percent met the the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) nutrition criteria.