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Reliability and Validity of the National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study Conducted by Westat Associates in 1988: Methodological Review
This report summarizes a methodological review of the 1988 National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study (NIS-2) and highlights the review's implications. The review includes an analysis by two expert statisticians concerning the validity of NIS-2 and the reliability of its results, alternative explanations of the data posed by several child abuse researchers and policymakers, and a…
A Partial Listing of Problems Facing American Children, Youth, and Families
This collection of brief issue papers uses diverse data to describe 15 major problems facing American children and families. Each paper summarizes the state of knowledge about the scope of the problem, trends, current government expenditures, costs per case, effectiveness of current intervention strategies and public attitudes about the problem areas. The report addresses issues of: child health…
A Partial Listing of Problems Facing American Children, Youth, and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Partial Listings of Problems Facing American Children, Youth and Families SysteMetrics/McGraw-Hill August 1989 PDF Version
Reliability and Validity of the National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study Conducted by Westat Associates in 1988: Methodological Review
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Reliability and Validity of the National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study Conducted by Westat Associates in 1988: Methodological Review Dr. Deborah Daro, Dr. Elizabeth D. Jones and Karen McCurdy National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse August 1989 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/relval.pdf (60 PDF pages)
Changes in Marriage and Fertility Behavior: Behavior Versus Attitudes of Young Adults
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Changes in Marriage and Fertility Behavior: Behavior Versus Attitudes of Young Adults Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Stief Child Trends, Inc. July 1989 PDF Version
Changes in Marriage and Fertility Behavior: Behavior Versus Attitudes of Young Adults
This report examines a variety of data regarding current trends in adolescents' sexual, fertility, and marital behavior and discusses evidence regarding the permanence of these trends. Behavioral data are compared with attitudinal measures to conclude that there are significant differences between the conduct and values of young adults. The report suggests that policies which can bring…
Quality in Child Care: What It Is an How It Can Be Encouraged
This speech, given at the Family Impact Seminar, briefly describes several issues concerning the regulation of child care including: who should regulate child care, whether standards effectively improve quality, how child care has been regulated since the late 1800s, current regulation practices, and how current child care legislation addresses regulation. The author concludes that in order to…
Quality in Child Care: What It Is an How It Can Be Encouraged
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Quality in Child Care: What It Is and How It Can Be Encouraged Ann Segal Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services May 31, 1989 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/ccqual.pdf (8 PDF pages)
Report on Problems and Suggestions for Improving the NLTCS Files for 1982 and 1984
This paper summarizes the problems with and suggestions for improving the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) files. It incorporates many of the concerns and ideas users stated at a Forum on the NLTCS. It outlines concrete areas where improvements and increased technical support are needed so that the research community can conduct the most useful and credible studies possible. Eliminating as…
Report on Problems and Suggestions for Improving the NLTCS Files for 1982 and 1984
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Report on Problems and Suggestions for Improving the NLTCS Files for 1982 and 1984 Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. May 17, 1989 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/probsug.pdf (18 PDF pages)
Review of State Quality Assurance Programs for Home Care: Final Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Long-Term Care Service Use: Longitudinal and Predictive Models Final Report
This study describes community and institutional service use patterns over a five year period (1982-1987), based on secondary analyses of longitudinal data for over 4,000 Massachusetts elderly. Emphasis was placed on community service use of persons judged to be at high risk of institutional placement. For nursing home users, the elderly were distinguished as long-stayers, short-stayers or…
Long-Term Care and Disability Research: 1986-1989
This compendium is published by the Division of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Social Services Policy. It summarizes the results of the Division's research projects from 1986 through the present and highlights future plans. The role of research within the Division is to produce information on the…
Long-Term Care Service Use: Longitudinal and Predictive Models Final Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Long-Term Care Service Use: Longitudinal and Predictive Models Final Report John M. Morris, Ph.D., Claire E. Gutkin, Ph.D., Hirsch S. Ruchlin, Ph.D., and Sylvia Sherwood, Ph.D. Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged March 1989 PDF Version
Small Area Estimation of Dependency: Final Report
Health planning efforts for the elderly have been hampered by the lack of reliable estimates of the non-institutionalized long-term care population. Until recently national estimates were virtually non-existent, and reliable local estimates remain unavailable. With the recent publication of several national surveys, however, synthetic estimates can be made for states and counties by using…
Small Area Estimation of Dependency: Final Report
William G. Wesssert, Jennifer M. Elston, Gary G. Koch, Jane D. Darter and William D. Kalsbeek University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Public Health
The Effect of Nursing Home Use on Medicaid Eligibility
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Effect of Nursing Home Use on Medicaid Eligibility Korbin Liu, SC.D.Urban Institute Kenneth G. Manton, Ph.D.Duke University 1989 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1989/nhumedes.pdf (22 PDF pages)
The Effect of Nursing Home Use on Medicaid Eligibility
This paper presents results of a descriptive analysis of the effects of nursing home use of Medicaid eligibility status. Data from the 1982 and 1984 National Long-Term Care Surveys were used to "track" a cohort of disabled elderly persons residing in the community in 1982 over the following two years. While 12% of the cohort spent some time in nursing homes between 1982 and 1984, about 40% were…
The Use, Cost, and Economic Burden of Nursing Home Care in 1985
This study uses the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey to examine the use and cost of nursing home care among the elderly population of the United States. The following questions are addressed: How many persons aged 65+ use nursing homes in a given year? How do they stay and what are their annual charges? How often, and to what extent, do residents "spenddown" to Medicaid? How much of the annual…