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Fact Sheet
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Education*
Since the days when he attended his new neighborhood’s early learning center, Joe has liked school and often talks about how great his teachers have been over the years. Now in eleventh grade, Joe is a year away from being the first in his family to receive a high school diploma. Joe’s mom is proud of her son’s accomplishments and often tells him so. Joe hopes to go to college someday so that he…
Fact Sheet
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Employment*
Gabriel, a high school junior, enjoys working the concession stand at the local movie theater on Friday and Saturday nights. He earns a little money for college, hangs out with his friends, and gets to watch movies for free. He even got a pay raise because of his strong work ethic and positive attitude. But when his supervisor asked him if he would be willing to work after…
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Annotated Bibliography
The Annotated Bibliography is the result of a comprehensive review of literature on the strengths and challenges that affect boys ages 10 through 18. It provides evidence-based work that highlights the challenges boys face and investigates what strengths, such as the positive impact that caring adults in families, schools, and communities, can have on the well-being of boys and young men.…
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Annotated Bibliography
July 2008 This bibliography is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/08/boys/Biblio/ Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (52 pages) Project Page
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Mental Health*
All through elementary school, Michael couldn’t sit still in class and frequently interrupted his teachers. He never seemed to be able to focus long enough to get his work done. His grades suffered. Now in the sixth grade, he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and started taking medication. Although Michael’s concentration has improved,…
Fact Sheet
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Victimization and Mortality*
Russell would usually cross the street when he saw those three guys. They didn’t live in his neighborhood, but he’d sometimes see them hanging around — just smoking or drinking. They weren’t always in school, but when they were, they usually bullied the younger kids and caused trouble. But this time, there was no avoiding them. Walking home with his friend after band practice, he turned the…
Report
Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: an Overview
Policy makers use national surveys to paint a picture of the U.S. population along a variety of dimensions. If major surveys are equally successful in capturing income, then, for the same time period, populations and income types, consistently defined income estimates and poverty rates across surveys will be highly similar varying somewhat due to sampling error. This paper constructs…
Report
Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: an Overview
Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: An Overview Final Report Prepared by: Gabrielle Denmead1, Joan Turek2, Brian James2, and Sameer Desale2 Joan Turek joan.turek@hhs.gov>3 August 9, 2008
Assessing Home Health Care Quality for Post-Acute and Chronically Ill Patients: Final Report
Home health agencies serve patients with a range of health care needs including those with short-term post-acute needs and the chronically ill with more long-term needs. The purpose of this project was to examine the current approach to public reporting of Medicare home health agency quality with a particular focus on how quality measures perform for the diverse home health population. The…
Report to Congress
Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress
This report summarizes findings from a multidimensional effort. It reflects the perspectives of experts in end-of-life care, advance directives and advance care planning, individuals with disabilities and other nationwide stakeholders. Advance care planning and the use of advance directives provide mechanisms for ensuring individual autonomy at the end of life.
Long-Term Care and Lifetime Earnings: Assessing the Potential to Pay
This report examines the relationship between lifetime earnings and use of Medicaid-financed long-term care services in a nationally representative survey of older adults. The authors calculate the shares of older adults who are ever disabled, ever use any long-term care services, ever receive Medicaid-financed home care, and ever experience Medicaid-financed nursing home stays over a 13-year…
Assessing the Potential of Subsidized Health and Retirement Savings Accounts
This report examines the potential for government-subsidized Health and Retirement Savings Accounts to fund future long-term care needs. It simulates long-term care account accumulations for today's young workers under various scenarios for government matching contributions. The study compares participation and accumulations by demographic group and projects Medicaid savings, lost tax revenue,…
Assessing Home Health Care Quality for Post-Acute and Chronically Ill Patients: Final Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Expert Panel Meeting on Disease Management Outcomes Measurement
Summary of panel discussion concerning the challenges of measuring the impact of disease management programs, especially for individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
Assessing Home Health Care Quality for Post-Acute and Chronically Ill Patients: Final Report
Christopher M. Murtaugh, Ph.D., Timothy R. Peng, Ph.D., Stanley Moore, B.S., and Gill A. Maduro, Ph.D. Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Center for Home Care Policy and Research August 2008 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/hhcqual.pdf (172 PDF pages)
Expert Panel Meeting on Disease Management Outcomes Measurement
Expert Panel Meeting on Disease Management Outcomes Measurement Summary Report Prepared by: RAND Corporation August 2008 Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) This report is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/08/expertpanel/report.html
Report to Congress
Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationAugust 2008PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/ADCongRpt.pdf (302 PDF pages)
Long-Term Care and Lifetime Earnings: Assessing the Potential to Pay
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Long-Term Care and Lifetime Earnings: Assessing the Potential to Pay Richard W. Johnson and Gordon B.T. Mermin The Urban Institute August 2008 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/ltearn.pdf (36 PDF pages)