Download or read book Blueprint for a Healthier America written by Jeffrey Levi and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though America spends more than $2 trillion annually on health care, tens of millions of Americans suffer every day from preventable diseases. The current public health (PH) system is broken. It is chronically underfunded and outdated. Modernizing public health is urgently needed. This Blueprint is a fed. policy guide with expert recommend. to revitalize the nation¿s ability to protect the health of all Americans. It contains: A vision statement that outlines principles to make disease and injury prevention a cornerstone of America¿s health policies; Recommend. to improve the infrastructure of America¿s PH system; Recommend. for ongoing initiatives and projects; and a Paper that defines the need and scope for a policy agenda to modernize PH. Illus.
Download or read book Blueprint for a Healthier America written by Jeffrey Levi and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blueprint for a Healthier America written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is facing a health crisis. Even though America spends more than $2 trillion annually on health careâ€"more than any other nation in the worldâ€"tens of millions of Americans suffer every day from preventable diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some forms of cancer that rob them of their health and quality of life. In addition, major vulnerabilities remain in our preparedness to respond to health emergencies, including bioterrorism, natural disasters and emerging infectious diseases. [BREAK] The current public health system is broken. It is chronically underfunded and outdated. We urgently need to modernize public health to protect and improve the health of Americans. Prevention, preparedness, and public health are vital to the well-being of families, communities, workplace productivity, U.S. competitiveness, and national security. The United States is falling behind as Americans become more unhealthy and unprotected, and health care costs skyrocket. [BREAK] Trust for Americaâ€TMs Health (TFAH) undertook a year-long consensus-building process, consulting more than 150 leading health experts and organizations to assemble recommendations for effective ways to modernize the federal public health system to meet the range of health challenges we face. TFAH expresses its gratitude to everyone who was a part of this process. This Blueprint for a Healthier America is a federal policy guide for the next president, administration and congress, with expert recommendations to revitalize the nationâ€TMs ability to protect the health of all Americans.
Download or read book Blueprint for a Healthier America 2016 written by Laura M. Segal and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Americans should have the opportunity to be as healthy as they can be. Every community should be safe from threats to its health. All individuals and families should have a high level of services that protect, promote and preserve their health, regardless of who they are or where they live. To realize these goals, the incoming Administration and Congress should make improving health a top priority. There is nothing more valuable to the nation than the health and vitality of the American people. Experts have identified top strategies and approaches for ways the public health and health systems can work better -- which is important, but far from sufficient. Where we live, learn, work and play can have a bigger impact on health than medical care alone. Working together, the public health, healthcare and social service systems can achieve a much stronger collective impact. Moving forward, we must build partnerships and leverage assets across the health system, mental and behavioral health systems, social and public services, the private sector and communities to work together toward the common aim of a Healthier America.
Download or read book Prevention First written by Anand K. Parekh and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing concrete steps that federal policymakers should take to promote prevention both within and outside our healthcare sector, Prevention First not only sounds the alarm about the terrible consequences of preventable disease but serves as a rallying cry that we can and must do better in this country to reduce preventable deaths.
Download or read book Healthy Child Care America written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relieving Pain in America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enlist the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in examining pain as a public health problem. In this report, the IOM offers a blueprint for action in transforming prevention, care, education, and research, with the goal of providing relief for people with pain in America. To reach the vast multitude of people with various types of pain, the nation must adopt a population-level prevention and management strategy. The IOM recommends that HHS develop a comprehensive plan with specific goals, actions, and timeframes. Better data are needed to help shape efforts, especially on the groups of people currently underdiagnosed and undertreated, and the IOM encourages federal and state agencies and private organizations to accelerate the collection of data on pain incidence, prevalence, and treatments. Because pain varies from patient to patient, healthcare providers should increasingly aim at tailoring pain care to each person's experience, and self-management of pain should be promoted. In addition, because there are major gaps in knowledge about pain across health care and society alike, the IOM recommends that federal agencies and other stakeholders redesign education programs to bridge these gaps. Pain is a major driver for visits to physicians, a major reason for taking medications, a major cause of disability, and a key factor in quality of life and productivity. Given the burden of pain in human lives, dollars, and social consequences, relieving pain should be a national priority.
Download or read book Front of Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade, tremendous growth has occurred in the use of nutrition symbols and rating systems designed to summarize key nutritional aspects and characteristics of food products. These symbols and the systems that underlie them have become known as front-of-package (FOP) nutrition rating systems and symbols, even though the symbols themselves can be found anywhere on the front of a food package or on a retail shelf tag. Though not regulated and inconsistent in format, content, and criteria, FOP systems and symbols have the potential to provide useful guidance to consumers as well as maximize effectiveness. As a result, Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to undertake a study with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine and provide recommendations regarding FOP nutrition rating systems and symbols. The study was completed in two phases. Phase I focused primarily on the nutrition criteria underlying FOP systems. Phase II builds on the results of Phase I while focusing on aspects related to consumer understanding and behavior related to the development of a standardized FOP system. Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols focuses on Phase II of the study. The report addresses the potential benefits of a single, standardized front-label food guidance system regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, assesses which icons are most effective with consumer audiences, and considers the systems/icons that best promote health and how to maximize their use.
Download or read book Departments of Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2011 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shortchanging America s Health written by Jeffrey Levi and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation¿s public health system is responsible for improving the health of Americans. However, the public health system has been chronically underfunded in the U.S. This report examines how much the federal government spends to try to keep the country well. A state-by-state review of FY 2008 spending reveals that federal funding (through the CDC) for public health varies, often significantly, with a per capital low of $12.74 to a per capita of $52.78. The national average is $17.60 per person, a fraction of what is spent on health care costs. The report also examines state funding for public health. Extensive statistical information.
Download or read book Departments of Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2010 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Health Care Work for American Families written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building Sustainable Financing Structures for Population Health written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore sustainable financing structures that reflect a recognition of the health and non-health factors that shape the well-being of U.S. communities. The goals of the workshop were to learn from the long-term, sustainable financing strategies used in other sectors, to explore how those approaches could be applied to population health, and to consider structures that work across sectors. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Download or read book The New World of Health Promotion written by Bernard Healey and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Behavior, Education, & Promotion
Download or read book A Healthier America written by Trust for America's Health and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inside National Health Reform written by John E. McDonough and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable guide to the Affordable Care Act, our new national health care law, lends an insider’s deep understanding of policy to a lively and absorbing account of the extraordinary—and extraordinarily ambitious—legislative effort to reform the nation’s health care system. Dr. John E. McDonough, DPH, a health policy expert who served as an advisor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy, provides a vivid picture of the intense effort required to bring this legislation into law. McDonough clearly explains the ACA’s inner workings, revealing the rich landscape of the issues, policies, and controversies embedded in the law yet unknown to most Americans. In his account of these historic events, McDonough takes us through the process from the 2008 presidential campaign to the moment in 2010 when President Obama signed the bill into law. At a time when the nation is taking a second look at the ACA, Inside National Health Reform provides the essential information for Americans to make informed judgments about this landmark law.
Download or read book Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals written by Donna Nickitas and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals: Advocacy and Action provides a nursing focus within an interdisciplinary approach, which intertwines to create an understanding of economics, politics, and policy in relation to health care. Contributors to this text offer future nurses and healthcare providers keen insight about clinical practice and its derivation from regulation, laws, and policies that have roots in public policy and politics. This innovative text also offers practical knowledge on how healthcare professionals can get involved and be proactive in the policy that directly affects their profession and patients. Key pedagogical features include chapter objectives, summaries, examples, boxed articles, case studies, review questions, key terms, photographs, and a tool kit that includes a "skills" section.
