Health
Common Core Principles to Support Self Care
Department of Health - UK
This 36-page UK guide sets out principles and best practice for the implementation of self care
HealthPosted: 2008-05-04
Communicating with Consumers and Carers
Victorian Quality Council
The 36-page report of an Australian project reviewing how existing evidence about effective communications strategies can be used to enhance the quality and safety of patient care
HealthPosted: 2007-08-06
Community Mental Health Care 2000-01
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This 118-page Australian working paper presents statistics and data collated with the objective of ascertaining, "Who receives what services from whom, at what cost and with what effect?"
Health, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-04-07
Community-Based Care Coordination: Practical Applications for Childhood Asthma
"Health Promotion Practice"
This 12-page US paper examines the effectiveness of community-based care coordinators who bridge gaps between families, health care providers, and support services
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-02-22
Community-based Compulsory Treatment Orders in Scotland: The Early Evidence
King's Fund
This 44-page paper examines what happened in the first six months after community-based compulsory treatment orders were introduced in Scotland
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2007-01-09
Comorbidity of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia
AIHW
The 79-page report of an investigation into the association of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease in Australia
HealthPosted: 2007-08-09
Comorbidity of Mental Disorders and Physical Conditions 2007
AIHW
This 42-page report investigates the prevalence of mental illness in association with common chronic diseases in Australia
HealthPosted: 2012-02-10
Comparative Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Research
CRS
This 54-page US report provides a background, history and overview of comparative clinical effectiveness research
HealthPosted: 2007-10-24
Comparing Name-Based and Event-Based Strategies for Data Linkage
AIHW
The 150-page report of a study linking hospital and residential aged care data in Australia
HealthPosted: 2007-09-05
Completing the Recipe for Children's Health: New Variants on Key Ingredients
NAPF
A 19-page US paper offering a broad view of the issues surrounding the social and environmental determinants of children's health
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-03-23
Comprehensive Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood: Promising Federal and State Initiatives
NCCP
This 17-page US report presents a range of early childhood obesity prevention initiatives to inform states of ways they can build strong cross-system efforts to reduce childhood obesity rates
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-23
Conduct Problems: Effective Programmes for 3-7 Year Olds
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
This 120-page New Zealand report provides specific advice on the prevention, treatment and management of conduct problems in young people. In particular, it provides information on programme selection, implementation and evaluation, implementation issues, links to universal interventions and cultural considerations
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-17
Confronting a Hidden Disease: TB in Roma Communities
OSI, World Lung Foundation
A 48-page report outlining available literature and data on Roma and TB in Central and Eastern Europe
HealthPosted: 2007-02-07
Considerations for the Use of DDT in Malaria Control
Health Policy and Development
An article examining the benefits and risks of DDT in malaria control programmes
HealthPosted: 2004-10-12
Consultation Draft Report of the Drug Resistance Working Group
CGD
The 92-page draft report of a working group established to identify practical and feasible ways that donors, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and other actors at the global level could prevent or contain the emergence of drug resistance affecting high‐burden diseases in developing countries through improvements in commonproperty management, information flows, and R&D investments
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-02-01
Consumer Access to Health Info on the Internet: Health Policy Implications
Australia & New Zealand Health Policy
An 18-page report of a New Zealand survey of who accesses health-related info on the internet in New Zealand and how it is used and perceived
HealthPosted: 2005-07-06
Consumer Involvement in Dementia Research
Alzheimer's Australia
This 20-page Australian paper provides the context and rationale for developing a network that supports carers and people with dementia to take an active role in contributing to better dementia care practice and outcomes
Contact Tracing to Control Infectious Disease: When Enough is Enough
"Health Care Management Science"
A 15-page US article comparing the efficiency of screening and contact tracing in the control of infectious disease
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-01-22
Corrupting Health
AEI
A commentary on how public health in developing countries is adversely affected by corruption
Health, CorruptionPosted: 2006-11-29
Cost Benefit Analysis of Health Impact Assessment
Department of Health - UK
A 49-page report of the costs and benefits of health impact assessment in the UK's National Health Service
HealthPosted: 2006-11-28
Cost-Effective Allocation of Government Funds to Prevent HIV Infection
"Health Affairs"
This 12-page article reports on a U.S. study urging the adoption of cost-effective strategies to reduce HIV infection
HealthPosted: 2005-08-02
Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
Rand Corporation
A 154-page US report on the benefits of health information technology and the need for making better use of the technology
HealthPosted: 2006-05-04
Council of Australian Governments' Initiatives Regarding Mental Health and Homelessness
COAG
A document summarising the Australian Governments' mental health initiatives directly or indirectly relating to homelessness
Countering Drug Resistance in the Developing World
CGD
This 29-page working paper analyzes how changes in supply-chain business practices could help fix the misaligned incentives that hinder worldwide access to high-quality medical goods
HealthPosted: 2009-10-13
Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations
PLoS One Journal
An 11-page US paper exploring the effect of adaptive contact behaviour during epidemics
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-30
Critical But Stable: Australia's Capacity to Respond to an Infectious Disease Outbreak
Parliamentary Library - Australia
A 50-page research paper examining Australia's preparedness to prevent, detect and respond to serious infectious diseases
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2004-11-19
Critical Condition: A Historian’s Prognosis on Canada’s Aging Healthcare System
C.D. Howe Institute
A 35-page Canadian lecture that reviews the history of Canada’s healthcare system and draws lessons for future reforms
HealthPosted: 2010-11-18
Cross-Atlantic Exchange to Advance Long Term Care
CEPS
A29-page background paper discussing the objective of promoting healthy and active ageing and comparing developments in the EU and US
HealthPosted: 2006-10-02
Cultural Competency in Health: A Guide for Policy, Partnership and Participation
National Health and Medical Research Council
This 85-page Australian guide helps policy makers and managers develop and implement culturally competent policy and planning in a national health system
HealthPosted: 2006-07-11
Curbing the HIV Epidemic
Earth Policy Institute
An article outlining a strategy for curbing the HIV epidemic, with special reference to Africa
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-03
Decades of Disparity II: Socioeconomic Mortality Trends in New Zealand 1981-1999
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
This 191-page bulletin provides estimates of trends in mortality rates and life expectancies for income, educational and occupational groups in New Zealand over the 1980s and 1990s
HealthPosted: 2005-04-22
Delivering Better Care at End of Life: The Next Steps
The King's Fund
A 54-page UK paper based on a recent summit meeting and identifying 10 critical actions to help the successful implementation of a strategy to improve the quality of the care offered to patients at the end of life
Delivering Choice at the End of Life
King's Fund
A 54-page descriptive analysis of the impact and costs of a UK program designed to deliver choice at the end of life
Health, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-05-16
Demand for Hospital Care and Private Health Insurance
Melbourne Institute
This Australian paper examines the determinants of hospital stay intensity, the decision to seek hospital care as a public or private patient and the decision to purchase private hospital insurance
HealthPosted: 2011-10-08
Dementia Among Aged Care Residents
AIHW
This 88-page report examines the characteristics and care requirements of Australian aged care residents with a diagnosis of dementia
Dementia in Australia: National Data Analysis and Development
AIHW
This 335-page report presents a profile of the Australian population with dementia, and the characteristics and experiences of those caring for them
Dementia, Lesbians and Gay Men
Alzheimer's Australia
This 36-page Australian paper was commissioned to promote an informed discussion about the issues affecting lesbians or gay men with dementia or caring for someone with dementia
HealthPosted: 2010-11-30
Democratizing Public Services: Lessons from Other Jurisdictions and Implications for Health Care Reform in BC
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
This 45-page Canadian paper argues that health care reform will not be fully effective unless the forms of governance are democratized
Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2005-04-06
Depression and Chronic Illness
SANE Australia, Pfizer Australia
A 12-page Australian report examining the connection between depression and chronic illness
HealthPosted: 2006-12-19
Depression and Related Disorders -- Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder and Puerperal Psychosis -- in the Perinatal Period
beyondblue
This 128-page Australian report has been developed to assist health professionals in primary care and maternity care to identify and treat mental health problems in the perinatal period
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-03-23
Depression in Multicultural Australia: Policies, Research and Services
This 24-page Australian study explores the extent to which diversity has influenced mental health policy, the conduct of mental health research and the development of mental health services in Australia
HealthPosted: 2007-07-24
Describing Transition for People Living with Chronic Illness
Royal District Nursing Service Australia
This Australian project describes how people learn to live with chronic illness (single page linking to each of 11 documents)
HealthPosted: 2006-06-06
Designing the 'New' NHS: Ideas to Make a Supplier Market in Health Care Work
King's Fund
This 81-page discussion paper addresses how the involvement of the independent and voluntary sectors in the delivery of health services can be developed to ensure quality of care and wider patient choice
HealthPosted: 2006-06-15
Detecting Human-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
CDC, EID
A 6-page US article studying the evidence of human-to-human transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
HealthPosted: 2007-09-24
Determining Appropriateness for Rehabilitation or other Subacute Care: Is there a Role for Utilization Review?
Australia & New Zealand Health Policy
A 16-page literature review on the potential role of Utilization Review in defining levels of care and in facilitating appropriate care
HealthPosted: 2007-03-16
Developing a Strategic Plan for Cancer Control Research in New Zealand
Ministry of Health - New Zealand
A 46-page report documenting the first key steps in developing a strategic approach to cancer control research in New Zealand
HealthPosted: 2007-03-06
Developing "Robust Performance Benchmarks" for the Next Australian Health Care Agreement
ANZ Health Policy
An 18-page Australian article considering issues relating to the use of benchmarks for measuring health care performance
HealthPosted: 2008-04-28
Development of National Injury Prevention Policy in the Australian Health Sector: And the Unmet Challenges of Participation and Implementation
ANZ Health Policy
A 19-page article describing the development of injury prevention policy in Australia
HealthPosted: 2006-10-24
Diabetes and Poor Mental Health and Wellbeing: An Exploratory Analysis
AIHW
This 79-page report examines the association between the prevalence of diabetes and poor mental health and wellbeing in the Australian population
HealthPosted: 2011-06-23
Diabetes in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A 74-page report identifying groups of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with a high prevalence or risk of diabetes
HealthPosted: 2005-10-19
Diabetes in Pregnancy: Its Impact on Australian Women and their Babies
AIHW
A 176-page Australian report finding thst diabetes is associated with poorer pregnancy and birth outcomes
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-12-15
Diabetes in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 2004-05
Australian Bureau of Statistics
This 2-page Australian statistical summary provides comparisons between the incidence of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people
Health, Indigenous AffairsPosted: 2009-04-09
Diabetes-Related Deaths in Australia, 2001-2003
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This 24-page bulletin presents information on diabetes-related deaths in Australia between 2001 and 2003
HealthPosted: 2006-01-03
Dialogue on Public Sector Pricing of Pharmaceutical Products
Population Council
The 16-page report of a meeting held to explore ways of getting medicinal products into the hands of the world's poor
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-05-05
Disability and Its Relationship to Health Conditions and Other Factors
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A 173-page Australian report examining some of the inter-relationships among components of disability, health conditions and other related factors
Disability, HealthPosted: 2004-12-15
Disability in Australia: Intellectual Disability
AIHW
This 40-page Australian bulletin presents an overview of prevalence of intellectual disability and its related impairments, health conditions and activity limitations. The analyses focus on outcomes of participation in major life areas in children and young adults with intellectual disability as well as people ageing with intellectual disability.
Disability, HealthPosted: 2008-11-28
Disability in Australia: Intellectual Disability
AIHW
This bulletin presents an overview of prevalence of intellectual disability and its related impairments, health conditions and activity limitations in Australia. The analyses focus on outcomes of participation in major life areas in children and young adults with intellectual disability as well as people ageing with intellectual disability.
Disability, HealthPosted: 2008-11-14
Disability in Canada: A 2006 Profile
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
This 75-page Canadian document presents some key statistical findings on persons with disabilities in an accessible, plain language document. It is intended as a resource tool to assist anyone interested in disability issues
Disability, HealthPosted: 2011-06-09
Disability Support Services 2003-04
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This 138-page report presents data on disability services provided or funded by government in Australia during the year 2003-04 and the people accessing these services
Disability, HealthPosted: 2005-08-10
Disability Support Services 2008-09
AIHW
This 136-page report describes the Australian disability service outlets and the uses of these services, including their support needs and informal carer arrangements
Disability, HealthPosted: 2011-01-19
Disability Support Services 2009-10: Report on Services Provided under the National Disability Agreement
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This 137-page Australian report presents 2009-10 information collected on people who used disability support services provided under the National Disability Agreement, and the agencies and outlets that provided services
Disability, HealthPosted: 2011-10-19
Disability Support Services in New Zealand. Part II - Provider Survey
New Zealand Ministry of Health
This 72-page report, based on a survey of service providers, highlights many of the challenges facing co-ordinators and support workers
Disability, HealthPosted: 2004-09-21
Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)
World Bank
This report offers research, analyses and recommendations to significantly reduce the burden of disease in developing countries (single page linking to all sections)
HealthPosted: 2006-04-11
Disease Management Evaluation
Rand Corporation
A comprehensive 97-page US review of current state of the art in disease management evaluation
HealthPosted: 2011-02-14
Do Adults in Contact with Australia's Public Health Sector Mental Health Services Get Better?
Australia & New Zealand Health Policy
This 22-page paper describes the outcomes of care episodes for adults in public sector mental health services across Australia
HealthPosted: 2006-08-31
Do Aid Agencies Want to Know When Their Medicines Go Missing?
AEI
A 6-page US paper on the theft of lifesaving drugs for developing countries, the consequences and the fact that aid agencies do a poor job of assessing whether donated drugs reach those in need
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-12-09
Do Non-Standard Working Hours Cause Negative Health Effects?
Centre for Economic Policy Research
This 34-page Auustralian discussion paper examines the relationship between non-standard job schedules and workers' physical and mental health
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2006-04-25
Do We Need a National Electronic Summary Care Record?
Medical Journal of Australia
An Australian article summarizing lessons learned from the experience of using electronic summary care records elsewhere
HealthPosted: 2010-12-01
Does Disaggregation Affect the Relationship Between Healthcare Expenditure and GDP?
Centre for Health Economics
This 20-page Australian research paper investigates the impact of policy shifts on disaggregated health expenditure-GDP relationship for Australia and the US
HealthPosted: 2008-03-19
Does Job Satisfaction Improve the Health of Workers?
IZA
A 38-page discussion paper evaluating the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health
Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-01-10
Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
IZA
This 39-page discussion paper investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes
Health, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-09-09
Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows
IZA
This 31-page discussion paper examines whether or not retirement has a direct impact on later-life health.
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in Western Germany
IZA
Using the number of academic track schools in a state as an instrumental variable for years of schooling,this 31-page discussion paper investigates the causal effect of schooling on health behavior such as smoking and related outcomes such as obesity
Does the IMF Constrain Health Spending in Poor Countries? Evidence and an Agenda for Action
CGDEV
A 90-page US report on the IMF programmes for health
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-31
Downward Spiral: HIV/AIDS, State Capacity and Political Conflict in Zimbabwe
United States Institute of Peace
A 52-page study tracing the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the economy and governance of Zimbabwe and concluding with a set of policy recommendations for the international community
Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2004-07-30
Draft Revised Australian Alcohol Guidelines for Low-Risk Drinking
NHMRC
This 166-page consultation document contains the draft revised Australian alcohol guidelines for low-risk drinking
HealthPosted: 2007-10-23
Drug Use Among Seniors on Public Drug Programs in Canada, 2002 to 2008
Canadian Institute for Health Information
A 71-page report on prescription drug utilization by seniors in Canada
Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment
IZA
This 24-page discussion paper studies the relationship between poor health and non-employment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2009-05-10
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime
Commission on Health
A 9-page US issue brief on the linkage between early childhood experiences and lifetime health
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-07-26
Early Intervention in Youth Mental Health
MJA
An Australian Journal supplement containing a series of articles on aspects of youth mental health (single page linking to each article)
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-10-23
Eating as an Automatic Behaviour
CDC
A US article proposing a view of eating as an automatic behaviour, with implications for responding to the obesity epidemic
HealthPosted: 2008-01-16
Economic Arguments for Action on the Social Determinants of Health
CPRN
A 13-page paper studying what is known about the economic benefits of social policies that contribute to overall health
HealthPosted: 2006-12-08
Economic Benefit of Tubercolosis Control
World Bank
A 59-page working paper spelling out the economic benefits attainable by an investment in tubercolosis control
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-12-18
Economic Valuation of Mortality Risk Reduction
PRI
This 69-page Canadian working paper updates earlier literature and makes new recommendations about appropriate estimates to use when valuing mortality risk changes in policy analyses
Health, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-05-28
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Health Sythesis
World Health Organisation
A 64-page report assessing how ecosystem changes do, or could, affect human well-being
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2005-12-14
Education and Obesity in Four OECD Countries
OECD
Using health survey data from Australia, Canada, England and Korea, this 46=page working paper explores the relationship between education and obesity
Education, Information and Improved Health: Evidence from Improved Cancer Screening
IZA
This 56-page discussion paper investigates why education is a strong predictor of health
HealthPosted: 2008-07-04
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Expanded Antiviral Prophylaxis and Adjuvanted Vaccination Strategies for an Influenza A (H5N1) Pandemic
Annals of Internal Medicine
This US article estimates the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative pandemic (H5N1) mitigation and response strategies.
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-11-26
Effectiveness of Individual Funding Approaches for Disability Support
FAHCSIA
This 124-page Australian report examines the effectiveness of individual funding of disability support and aims to inform policy to improve the provision of disability support
Disability, HealthPosted: 2010-07-08
Effectiveness of Shared Care Across the Interface between Primary and Specialty Care in Chronic Disease Management
Cochrane Library
This 48-page review examines the effectiveness of shared care for a range of chronic conditions in a variety of settings
HealthPosted: 2007-08-16
Effects of Food Marketing to Kids: I'm Lovin' It?
National Health Policy Forum
This 16-page US policy brief reviews key research findings and recommendations on food marketing and its effects on childhood obesity
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2006-09-13
Effects of Health and Education on Labour Force Participation
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 105-page Australian working paper estimating the labour force participation effects of health and education variables
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2007-06-03
Electronic Health Records
CRS
A 6-page US report on the principal policy issues concerned with the adoption of electronic health records in the US
HealthPosted: 2007-12-06
Electronic Health Records are Associated with Higher Quality in Primary Care Practices
Rand Corporation
Demonstrating a link between use of electronic health records in community-based primary care practices and higher-quality care, this 3-page US research brief encourages prioritization of such technologies and their advanced functionalities
HealthPosted: 2009-11-04
Eliminating the Suffering and Death Due to Cancer by 2015
Manhattan Institute
An 8-page bulletin on conquering cancer by moving it into the era of personalized medicine
HealthPosted: 2005-09-22
Emergency Contraception: Collaborative Practice
Center for Policy Alternatives
A brief U.S. note on the use and consequences of emergency contraception
HealthPosted: 2005-06-22
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Asian SARS Outbreak Challenged International and National Responses
U.S. General Accounting Office
This 73-page U.S. study examines the roles of the WHO and individual governments in responding to SARS, its economic impact in Asia and efforts to update the International Health Regulations
HealthPosted: 2004-04-30
Emotions in Mediation: Disputant Perceptions of the Mediator
Clingendael
Thia 42-page Dutch paper examines some of the psychological aspects of mediation
Disarmament & Peacekeeping, HealthPosted: 2008-01-18
Employment and Mental Illness
SANE Australia
This 2-page Australian research bulletin reports the results of a survey among mentally-ill people regarding barriers to employment
HealthPosted: 2006-07-06
Enabling Personalized Medicine through Health Information Technology: Advancing the Integration of Information
Brookings
This 21-page US paper outlines the challenges of enabling personalized medicine, as well as the policy and operational changes that would facilitate connectivity, integration, reimbursement reform, and analysis of information
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-01