Childhood obesity: step up to the "healthy" plate.
In April, the Georgia Nurses Association (GNA) was invited by the Georgia Department of Community Health to participate in a workshop developed for Georgia Medicaid Managed Care providers to discuss the state of obesity among Georgia's children. I attended this meeting along with representatives of the Department of Community...

Identifying affordable sources of medical care among uninsured persons.
Objective. To examine the effects of policy, health system, and sociodemographic characteristics on the likelihood that uninsured persons pay a lower price at their regular source of care, or that they are aware of lower priced providers in their community. Data Sources. The 2003 Community Tracking Study...

88 Nominated for Champions of Health(SM) in Minnesota; All Will Be Honored, 25 Will Receive $500 Award From Blue Cross.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty-eight individuals, businesses, and organizations that make their communities healthier have been nominated for the 2001 Champions Of Health award, (Blue Cross) announced today. A number of nominees were nominated multiple times. In its second year, Champions of...

Community-level efforts aim to tackle health disparities.
WASHINGTON -- Simple yet targeted efforts to improve minority patients' access to health care are growing in communities across the nation. Often, language is the first component that needs to be addressed. The first step in Expecting Success, a national project to reduce disparities supported...

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report Positive Third-Quarter Performance and Prepare for a Challenging 2007.
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries (KFHP/H) reported nearly $8.7 billion in total operating revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, approximately $855 million more than the $7.8 billion in total operating revenue reported in the same...

A position statement from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education: Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program.
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) recommends that all PK-12 schools implement a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. Schools play an important role in public health, and the physical, mental, and social benefits of regular physical activity for youth are well documented. Leading public...

Encouraging community nursing research.
WA's South Metropolitan Area Health Service (SMAHS) has demonstrated its commitment to Community Health Nursing by appointing respected academic Dr Saras Henderson from Curtin University of Technology's School of Nursing and Midwifery as Corporate Research Consultant. For the past three years, Dr Henderson has worked with multi-disciplinary...

Doctors in demand at 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 facing a...

Blue Cross Announces Additional Recipients of Prevention Minnesota Funding.
More than 30 community-based programs to promote physical activity EAGAN, Minn., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) has announced the selection of another 32 projects to promote physical activity in communities around the state. The initiative -- Communities on the...

Services for men at publicly funded family planning agencies, 1998-1999.
The sexual and reproductive health of men in their own right is a topic that has garnered increased attention in recent years, as has the subject of how men can contribute to women's reproductive health. (1) Several efforts have been made to define the services that men need and...