Download or read book Unmet Need and Access Among Our Nation s Children written by L. Jackson Brown and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vibrant and Healthy Kids written by Engineering National Academies of Sciences (and Medicine) and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All children deserve the opportunity to meet their full health potential and lead a fulfilling life. Our nation's future depends on it. Yet, there are millions of children in the United States who are not afforded this opportunity today. While spending a record amount of money on health care services, the United States has the worst infant mortality rate among 19 similar wealthy nations, and the U.S. maternal mortality rate in 2018 was our highest since 2000. Although the United States is one of the richest nations in the world, in 2015 more than 9.6 million children lived in families with annual incomes below the poverty line (based on the Supplemental Poverty Measure), with approximately 2.1 million living in deep poverty. The highest rates of poverty were found among Hispanic, African American, and American Indian/Alaska Native families. This is deeply concerning because poverty during pregnancy and childhood is directly tied to poor health and developmental outcomes. Our nation's health disparities, of which there are many, are directly linked to what happens in early children and prenatally (and even earlier). For all children to lead fulfilling lives, we need to first achieve health equity as a nation, and to do so, we must focus on the youngest, and most vulnerable, in our nation. We also need to look beyond health care for solutions; while health care is necessary to improve health outcomes, fixing health care alone will not address health inequities.
Download or read book State Mandates for Mental Health Parity written by Sarah Croake and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decade, government and non-government actors within the U.S. have become increasingly focused on the study and promotion of mental health. This focus is particularly relevant to the 2.6 million children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who needed mental health care in the U.S. in 2006, and the 15% of those children who did not receive all of the mental health care that they needed. States have looked to increase access to such care by mandating that insurance plans cover mental health services as generously as they cover physical health services. However, the impact of these mental health parity laws on unmet need has received little evaluation. Applying logistic regression analysis to the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, this study finds that state mandates for mental health parity do not have a significant effect on the likelihood that a child will experience unmet mental health care need. The results indicate that a childs poverty level, caregivers receipt of help with care coordination, a childs enrollment in special education, and being uninsured all play a role in determining the likelihood of unmet need for CSHCN. This suggests that developing programs surrounding care coordination and special education for CSHCN and increasing insurance coverage among all children may be more effective policies in reducing unmet need for mental health care.
Download or read book America s Children written by Institute of Medicine and National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-10-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance. In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.
Download or read book The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment written by John E. B. Myers and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001-11-12 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource of unparalleled thoroughness, The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, Second Edition provides critical information for those who dedicate their working lives to alleviating the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. Written in engaging but straightforward language and committed to immediate application, this comprehensive handbook covers physical and sexual abuse, all forms of neglect, and psychological maltreatment. Experts in a variety of specialized areas have designed each chapter to inform professionals in mental health, law, medicine, law enforcement, and child protective services of the most current empirical research and literature available as well as strategies for intervention and prevention.
Download or read book The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Access to Health Care written by Gloria Simpson and published by Department of Health and Hu Ol and Prevention Nati. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Extension of Education of the Handicapped Act Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Select Education 94 1 April 9 and 10 1975 and June 9 1975 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Extension of Education of the Handicapped Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Global Health written by Elizabeth A. Armstrong-Mensah and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Health Lecture Notes: Issues, Challenges and Global Action provides a thorough introduction to a wide range of important global health issues and explores the resources and skills needed for this rapidly expanding area. Global Health is a growing area that reflects the increasing interconnectedness of health and its determinants. Major socio-economic, environmental and technological changes have produced new challenges, and exacerbated existing health inequalities experienced in both developed and developing countries. This textbook focuses on managing and preventing these challenges, as well as analysing critical links between health, disease, and socio-economic development through a multi-disciplinary approach. Featuring learning objectives and discussion points, Global Health Lecture Notes is an indispensable resource for global health students, faculty and practitioners who are looking to build on their understanding of global health issues.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Working Families Issues for the 80 s written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Health Economics Disparities Inequality and Inequity In Healthcare Services Today s Reality and Tomorrow s Challenges written by Avid Tur-Sinai and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principle of equality is the ideological basis for the public healthcare system in most Western countries. Equality in availability of and access to healthcare services is an essential condition for fulfilling the “patient-centered” perspective that prevails today in many healthcare systems around the world. Equality in health, in its various aspects, is a value to which many aspire, although some extent of inequality and health will always exist. Since some disparities in health are unavoidable and individuals are free to live as they wish, there will always be gaps among population groups in their abilities and willingness to invest in their health.
Download or read book National Health Insurance 1978 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Human Resources. Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
