Two-year outcomes of fee-for-service and capitated Medicaid programs for people with severe mental illness.
State mental health authorities have increasingly adopted capitated payment systems for Medicaid recipients. By doing so, states hope to provide incentives for cost-effective treatment by shifting some degree of financial risk for the delivery of care to providers. In capitated systems, providers agree to deliver a specified range of...

Building healthy environments: community- and consumer-based initiatives.
All around us are constant reminders about our need to scrutinize our communities to keep them safe. Just wake up in the morning and turn on the network news broadcasts or pick up a morning paper. We are greeted with messages about our nation's fleeting safety and about how...

Local approach effective for reducing disparities; the focus should be placed on screening rather than diagnosis. Screenings should be used to educate.
ATLANTA -- Eliminating the racial and ethnic disparities in heart disease and stroke in the United States will require new models of care and innovative, community-based collaborations and programs, experts agreed at a prevention conference on heart disease and stroke sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Increasing organizational capacity for breast and cervical cancer screening of AAPI women.
Abstract: AAPI women have low breast and cervical cancer (BCC) screening rates compared to other ethnic groups. However, there is a lack of culturally tailored programs designed to promote screening practices within AAPI communities. The CARE Program sought to reduce BCC morbidity and mortality rates among AAPI women by...

Mental health system needs 'radical change': Kennedy legacy 40 years later.
WASHINGTON -- Federal officials should tie mental health funding to outcomes and should give states more flexibility in implementing programs, experts said at a briefing on severe mental illness sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute. Forty years after President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health...

Honoring caregivers.
Byline: Elizabeth Cooney COLUMN: QUICK TAKES ACTS OF KINDNESS Do you know a compassionate caregiver? The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center wants to know if you do. The nonprofit group is seeking nominations for its annual award honoring caregivers or teams of...

Baseline data on coordinated school health programs in the state of Ohio.
Abstract: Many Ohio agencies encouraged school districts to adopt coordinated school health programs. Baseline data to assess the success of these efforts was collected. Two hundred and twenty-five surveys were mailed to randomly selected Ohio public school districts. Results demonstrated that many districts had been exposed to the coordinated...

LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION: FOR THE HEALTH OF IT.
Local park and recreation agencies seem well positioned to align themselves as part of the health care system. Local recreation and park services are on the cutting edge of change. Of course, this is nothing new. Public leisure services have continuously reinvented themselves to address the salient...

California community health tied to partnering among stakeholders.
A STRONG medical system is important to maintain community health, but factors such as racial justice, literacy, social networks and accessible transportation are also needed to ensure health for all, according to a report on community health in California. Sponsored by the California Endowment, the Prevention Institute...

Doctors in demand at community health centers.
Experts are calling for an infusion of about 10,000 primary care physicians into medically underserved areas over the next several years, even as medical students' interest in primary care has waned. The nation's community health centers, which serve rural and other medically underserved communities, are currently facing...