This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Health Management headlines.
Predictors of Engaging in Family Discussion About Organ Donation and Getting Organ Donor Cards Witnessed
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Source: Health Communication - February 29, 2008 Authors: Morrison, KellyYoo, JinaKopfman, Jenifer E.Smith, Sandi W.Lindsey, Lisa L. Massi Source Type: news
Media Use and Health Information Seeking: An Empirical Test of Complementarity Theory
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Source: Health Communication - February 29, 2008 Authors: Robinson, James D.Tian, Yan Source Type: news
Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS. By Robert Klitzman and Ronald Bayer
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Source: Health Communication - February 29, 2008 Authors: Prigg, Erica Source Type: news
Modeling the Relationship Between Descriptive Norms and Behaviors: A Test and Extension of the Theory of Normative Social Behavior (TNSB)
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Source: Health Communication - February 29, 2008 Authors: Rimal, Rajiv N. Source Type: news
Blue Shield Foundation Awards $13.1 Million to Improve Care for Californians
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
TMA Recommends HealthExecLynx
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Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Foster Care Program Looking for Physicians
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Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
TMA Knowledge Center Offers Medical Textbooks Online
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Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
House Approves Education Bill
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Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Rhode Island Bill Would Create Patient Safety Organization to Track, Curb 'Near Misses'
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
HHS Expands National Health Data Network Demonstration
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Feb 28, 2008 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Commission to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans
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Source: RWJF - News Releases - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Smoking Status of Adolescents in 2 Countries and the Impact of the Smoking Status of Mother, Father, Grandparents, and Siblings
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Source: Journal of School Health - February 28, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
The Relationship Between School Absence, Academic Performance, and Asthma Status
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Source: Journal of School Health - February 28, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Passive Versus Active Parental Permission: Implications for the Ability of School-Based Depression Screening to Reach Youth at Risk. March 2008 issue of Journal of School Health
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Source: Journal of School Health - February 28, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Interpreting Causes of Personal Stress With "Cheese"
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Source: Journal of School Health - February 28, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Provider-Level Effects on Psychiatric Inpatient Length of Stay for Youth With Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders.
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Source: Medical Care - February 28, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (260 K) Source Type: news
Have HMOs Broadened Their Hospital Networks?: Changes in HMO Hospital Networks in California, 1999-2003.
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Source: Medical Care - February 28, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (159 K) Source Type: news
Evaluation of a Patient Activation and Empowerment Intervention in Mental Health Care.
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Source: Medical Care - February 28, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (383 K) Source Type: news
Dual Use of Veterans Affairs Services and Use of Recommended Ambulatory Care.
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Source: Medical Care - February 28, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (297 K) Source Type: news
Risk-Adjusting Hospital Inpatient Mortality Using Automated Inpatient, Outpatient, and Laboratory Databases.
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Source: Medical Care - February 28, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (327 K) Source Type: news
Massachusetts Universities Create Health Disparities Research Center
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Americans Support Care Quality Grading Efforts, WSJ Poll Finds
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Healthy Aging in Cities
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 27, 2008 Tags: Journal of Urban Health Source Type: news
Tennessee, AT&T to Launch Statewide Health Data Network
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Walter Reed Taps Disney Training Program to Help Staff Boost Patient Satisfaction
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Could CT screening for lung cancer ever be cost effective in the United Kingdom ?
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Source: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation - February 26, 2008 Authors: David K Whynes Source Type: news
Florida College Receives Approval for New BSN Program
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
HHS Reverses Ruling, Supports Use of Quality Improvement Checklist
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Podcast: The Action Formula: The Shortest Distance Between What You Have and What You Want
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Source: SoundPractice.net - Sound Ideas from The Journal of Medical Practice Management - February 25, 2008 Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Chronic idiopathic urticaria carries considerable costs
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
Outpatient treatment of febrile neutropenia is viable
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
Duloxetine dulls the pain and the pounds for diabetic neuropathy
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
Condoms + birth control pills most frequently used by teens
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
Flu vax not effective in 1-antitrypsin deficiency
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
Antidepressant therapy lacking in Spanish primary care
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
The economic burden of delirium in the elderly is substantial
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
Mass rotavirus vaccination "attractive" in The Netherlands
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
NICE try but could do better?
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
ENHANCE results to reduce ezetimibe/simvastatin prescribing
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Short communication Source Type: news
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has updated their treatment guidelines for aspergillosis
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Research article Source Type: news
US budget cuts threaten children's health
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Short communication Source Type: news
Follow-on biologicals could save billions
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Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - February 24, 2008 Tags: Short communication Source Type: news
Priority dilemmas in psoriasis care and visions of a future care in a group of administrators, politicians and professionals in northern Sweden.
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Source: Health Policy - February 24, 2008 Authors: Uttjek M, Dufåker M, Stenberg B, Nygren L Tags: Health Policy Source Type: news
What does Access to Maternal Care Mean Among the Urban Poor? Factors Associated with Use of Appropriate Maternal Health Services in the Slum Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
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Source: Maternal and Child Health Journal - February 23, 2008 Tags: Maternal and Child Health Journal Source Type: news
Emerging health technologies: Informing and supporting health policy early.
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Source: Health Policy - February 22, 2008 Authors: Wild C, Langer T Tags: Health Policy Source Type: news
IMPLEmenting a clinical practice guideline for acute low back pain evidence-based manageMENT in general practice (IMPLEMENT): cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol
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Source: Implementation Science - February 22, 2008 Authors: Joanne E McKenzie, Simon D French, Denise A O'Connor, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Duncan Mortimer, Susan Michie, Jill Francis, Neil Spike, Peter Schattner, Peter M Kent, Rachelle Buchbinder and Sally E Green Source Type: news
Measuring the benefits of health promotion programmes: Application of the contingent valuation method.
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Source: Health Policy - February 22, 2008 Authors: Borghi J, Jan S Tags: Health Policy Source Type: news
Fund your future first
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Source: Medical Economics - Medical Economics magazine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Kansas Nursing Education Initiative Exceeds First-Year Goals
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
New York Hospital Taps Planetree Design Concepts to Enhance Care Delivery
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Report Says States Making Progress to Address Health IT Privacy
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Comparing preference-based quality-of-life measures: results from rehabilitation patients with musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, or psychosomatic disorders
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Source: Quality of Life Research - February 21, 2008 Tags: Quality of Life Research Source Type: news
Preferences of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus for Inhaled versus Injectable Insulin Regimens.
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Source: PharmacoEconomics - February 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (303 K) Source Type: news
Transparency of Economic Evaluations of Health Technologies.
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Source: PharmacoEconomics - February 21, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (143 K) Source Type: news
Projecting Vaccine Efficacy: Accounting for Geographic Strain Variations.
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Source: PharmacoEconomics - February 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (161 K) Source Type: news
Working With Communities to Translate Research Into Practice.
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - February 21, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (81 K) Source Type: news
Bridging Health Research and Policy: Effective Dissemination Strategies.
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - February 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (74 K) Source Type: news
Addressing the Research-Practice Gap in Healthcare Management.
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - February 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (77 K) Source Type: news
Effect of Surgical Masks Worn Concurrently Over N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators: Extended Service Life Versus Increased User Burden.
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - February 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (374 K) Source Type: news
The Road Less Traveled: Charting a Path From Research to Practice.
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - February 21, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (65 K) Source Type: news
The Evidence for Evidence-Based Public Health.
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice - February 21, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (56 K) Source Type: news
Preparedness of Residential and Nursing Homes for Pandemic Flu
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Fell, G. Tags: Health Protection Source Type: news
Response to: Vision and drivers--a South Wales survey
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Wood, N. R., Dinani, N., Robbe, I. J. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: news
Establishing the potential for using routine data on Incapacity Benefit to assess the local impact of policy initiatives
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Brown, J., Hanlon, P., Turok, I., Webster, D., Arnott, J., Macdonald, E. B. Tags: Health Services Source Type: news
Socio-economic determinants of casualty and NHS Direct use
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Shah, S. M., Cook, D. G. Tags: Health Services Source Type: news
Using routine data to measure ethnic differentials in access to coronary revascularization
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Mindell, J., Klodawski, E., Fitzpatrick, J. Tags: Health Services Source Type: news
Childhood experiences of violence in perpetrators as a risk factor of intimate partner violence: a systematic review
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Gil-Gonzalez, D., Vives-Cases, C., Ruiz, M. T., Carrasco-Portino, M., Alvarez-Dardet, C. Tags: Health Improvement Source Type: news
Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Armstrong, R., Waters, E., Moore, L., Riggs, E., Cuervo, L. G., Lumbiganon, P., Hawe, P. Tags: Methodology Source Type: news
Are men seeking medical advice too late? Contacts to general practitioners and hospital admissions in Denmark 2005
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: Juel, K., Christensen, K. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: news
Why we welcome Hispanic patients
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Source: Medical Economics - Medical Economics magazine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Is the performance of cancer services influenced more by hospital factors or by specialization?
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Source: Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2008 Authors: McCarthy, M., Datta, P., Sherlaw-Johnson, C., Coleman, M., Rachet, B. Tags: H
