Communicable Diseases

A Report on Infants and Children with HIV Infection in Foster Care

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Report on Infants and Children with HIV Infection in Foster Care November 14, 1989 PDF Version

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AIDS Children and Child Welfare: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services AIDS Children and Child Welfare Stephen Margolis, Ph.D., Lela Baughman, M.S.W., J. William Flynt, M.D. and Martin Kotler Macro Systems, Inc. March 31, 1988 PDF Version

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HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix E - Program Evaluations

Program evaluations can play an important role in formulating goals, objectives, and implementation strategies for a variety of planning activities throughout the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Program evaluations also tell us whether our efforts are successful. While there are still gaps in what we know, we now are beginning to as

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix C - Performance Plan Linkage and Success Indicators

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HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix B - External Factors

In some cases, achieving our strategic goals and objectives may be impeded by factors that are beyond the control of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For example, national or local economic conditions can influence whether we are successful in helping families on welfare become economically independent. In some cases, there may b

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix A - Coordination

Many programs within the Department have goals, objectives, and target populations that appear similar. Likewise, many Department programs appear to duplicate or overlap programs in other Federal agencies. Many state, local, and private sector programs also have goals, objectives, and target populations in common with Department programs. Because

Privacy and Health Research. Research to Reduce Public-Health Threats

Whether or not they are to be considered "research," a classic category of investigations have to do with coping with disease outbreaks and epidemics, and with other emerging or emergency threats.

Privacy and Health Research. 2. Health Data and Data Holders

Several current changes in the context within which health data are collected and used must be recognized. First, the boundaries between classical medical care and "public health" are becoming ever less distinct. Over the past decades the rubric, "health," has been broadened to include many matters—from hyperactivity in children, to teenagers' n

Privacy and Health Research. Some Ancillary Privacy-Rights Claims

Privacy has variously been cited as a rationale to cover a great many situations. 23 Here we can just note a few potentially relevant for health research. Among data-subject rights claimed have been:

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 5.1 - Improve the Capacity of the Public Health System to Identify and Respond to Threats to the Health of the Nation's Population

How We Will Accomplish Our Objective We will upgrade the surveillance, risk assessment, and response capacity of the public health system. Our priorities will focus on investments in infrastructure to improve responses to specific priority needs. These include:

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 1.7 - Reduce the Incidence and Impact of Infectious Diseases

How We Will Accomplish Our Objective We will provide financial and technical assistance to state and local infectious disease control programs. Our priorities will be to:

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Goal 1 - Reduce the Major Threats to the Health and Productivity of All Americans

Research indicates that a significant percentage of premature mortality and morbidity in the United States can be prevented if individuals avoid certain high-risk behaviors (e.g., smoking), adopt healthy ones (e.g., exercise), and reduce exposure to major environmental risks to health (e.g., lead-based paint). The strategic objectives under this g

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . The HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives

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Personal Privacy in an Information Society. General Recommendations

The Commission considered several ways in which its medical-record recommendations might be implemented and enforced. The alternatives considered ranged from a wholly voluntary approach to Federal legislation which, like the 1974 Drug Abuse and Alcoholism statutes, 49 would make compliance with the recommendations a requirement attached to the di

Personal Privacy in an Information Society. Keepers and Users of Medical Records

In the early part of this century, physicians, most of them practicing alone, delivered 85 percent of all medical services in the country.

Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Privacy Rule Preamble.. The Importance of Privacy

Privacy is a fundamental right. As such, it must be viewed differently than any ordinary economic good. The costs and benefits of a regulation must, of course, be considered as a means of identifying and weighing options. At the same time, it is important not to lose sight of the inherent meaning of privacy: it speaks to our individual and collect

Purpose of the Administrative Simplification

Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Privacy Rule Preamble.. Purpose of the Administrative Simplification Regulations

This regulation has three major purposes:

Public Health Laboratories and Health System Change . Washington State Case Study

Background/Objectives We interviewed the following individuals during our site visit to Washington State: Dorothy Canavan, Lab Manager, Dynacare Jon Counts, Dr.P.H., Director, Public Health Laboratories Jac Davies, Health Services Administrator, Public Health Laboratories Daniel Jernigan, Medical Epidemiologist, Public Health Laborator

Public Health Laboratories and Health System Change . Michigan State Case Study Summary

Background/Objectives The Michigan case study consisted of four in depth interviews coordinated with the help of Robert Martin, Dr.P.H., Director of the State Department of Community Health's Bureau of Laboratories. In addition to his own two hour session with Lewin, Dr. Martin coordinated interviews with: Francis Downs, Dr.P.H., Managed Car

Public Health Laboratories and Health System Change . Appendix A: Bibliography

Ash OK, Impact of cost cutting on laboratories: new business strategies for laboratories. Clin Chem 1996;42(5):822-826. Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors. Task force report on the public health laboratory - a critical national resource, 1/29/93. Baker EL, Ross D. Information and surveillance systems and co

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