Physical Health Related Links
Links to additional information about health are presented here in four sections.
They are:
General Health Resources
Sources of Health and Health
Outcomes Data
Health Policy,
and the
Uninsured and Access to
Care.
General Health Resources
Geography Matters – Child Well-Being in the States
Well Project -
A national and international network for women living with HIV disease and
the people who care for them.
SOURCES
OF HEALTH AND HEALTH OUTCOMES DATA
Health Partnership 2010, a collaborative of greater Austin area health care
providers, has developed a set of health status indicator reports which include
trended information for the 10-county CAPCO planning area, which includes Travis
County. Those reports include information which expands on and complements that
in the Health chapters of the Community Action Network Assessment and Community
Guide.
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates: 2000
Mortality Indicators
Suicide
2000
Health Assessment Data Tables
The U.
S. Department of Health & Human Services has recently published,
via the web, community health status reports for each county for which national
data are available.
Travis
County Report
Search
Site for Other Counties
United Healthcare commissions an annual study by The Center for Health Care
Policy & Evaluation to measure the healthiness of each of the 50 states.
This link is to the
report on Texas, which ranks 37th among 50 states in the 2000 study.
HEALTH
POLICY INFORMATION
Immigrants'
Access to Health Care After Welfare Reform: Findings from Focus Groups in Four
Cities
A new analysis of focus groups in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Antonio
reveal immigrants' knowledge of and attitudes toward public programs such
as Medicaid and CHIP. Themes explored include current health coverage, participation
in programs, barriers to enrollment, and access to care. The report can be
downloaded from this linked site.
The
Pew Center for the States Health Web Page
Good source of national and state data, links to other resources, and relevant
news stories.
Maternal
& Child Health
National Association of Governors' Web Page with information and additional
links for more information.
Not
Safe at Home: How America's Housing Crisis Threatens the Health of Its Children
Public
Agenda ONLINE: Health Section
Called "The Journlist's Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis."
Here you'll find resources of various kinds about Health Care. You can also
get a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.
The American
Health Care System -- Health Insurance Coverage
Health Policy report from The New England Journal of Medicine -- January
14, 1999 -- Vol. 340, No. 2
Healthy
People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health, from the U. S.
Department of Health & Human Services is a
report which provides our Nation with the wide range of public health opportunities
that exist in the first decade of the 21st century. With 467 objectives in 28
focus areas, Healthy People 2010 will be a tremendously valuable asset to health
planners, medical practitioners, educators, elected officials, and all of us
who work to improve health. Healthy People 2010 reflects the very best in public
health planning-it is comprehensive, it was created by a broad coalition of
experts from many sectors, it has been designed to measure progress over time,
and, most important, it clearly lays out an series of objectives to bring better
health to all people in this country.
UNINSURED
AND ACCESS TO CARE
A special issue of Health Affairs, with a focus on Expanding
Health Coverage, has been publised with funding from the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. The report includes comprehensive coverage of the range
of issues on this subject.
Children’s Medicaid
and SCHIP in Texas: Tracking the Impact of Budget Cuts
SCHIP Program Enrollment: December 2003 Update
June
2002 Report to the Technical Advisory Committee
The Center for Studying Health Care
System Change offers a number of research studies.
Can't
Afford to Get Sick: A Reality for Millions of Working Americans
In the midst of the best economy in 30 years, health care costs remain a
significant financial burden for many low- and middle-income families. A large
proportion of Americans earning under the median family income of $35,000
are uninsured, go without needed care, face collection agencies when they
cannot pay their medical bills, and report poor health, according to Can't
Afford to Get Sick: A Reality for Millions of Working Americans,
a new report based on The Commonwealth Fund 1999 National Survey of Workers'
Health Insurance.
How
Will We Pay for Health Care? is the executive summary of the Texas
Institute for Health Policy Research Fall '99 symposium.
insurekids.org
is the website for an innovative program funded by Michael and Susan Dell to
give all children in Travis and Williamson counties to enroll in health insurance
today, in advance of the CHIPS initiative.
Decision 2000
- Universal Health Care Coverage in the New Millennium
Web site from American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal
Medicine on campaign to reduce the number of uninsured.
Employed But Not Insured:
A State-by-State Analysis of the Number of Low-Income Working Parents Who
Lack Health Insurance from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Down
A Dangerous Path: The Erosion of Health Insurance Coverage in the United States
From the National Coalition on Health Care. This paper describes the major
forces undermining health insurance coverage in the United States today, all
of which threaten to further erode coverage in the future. It surveys the
latest research and analysis in the field. This research all points in the
same direction: there is a confluence of social, cultural, demographic, economic,
and political forces that is causing a deep and persistent decline in health
insurance coverage.
Poverty Amid Plenty:
The Unfinished Business of Welfare Reform Report
In collaboration with the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas,
the Daughters of Charity United States Provinces, the Federation of the Sisters
of Saint Joseph and Pax Christi USA, NETWORK recently completed a major 10-state
study (CA, FL, IL, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, and TX) of the effects of welfare
reform. The Welfare Reform Watch Project has found an identifiable increase
in suffering and deprivation among people who no longer receive government
assistance. The documentation is published in a new report entitled Poverty
Amid Plenty: The Unfinished Business of Welfare Reform.
