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Unequal Opportunities And Public Policy: The Impact Of Parental Disability Benefits On Child Post-Secondary Attendance, Kelly Chen, Lars Osberg, Shelley Phipps

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper uses Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine whether greater cash transfers available to parents with disabilities when their child was aged 5 to 15 increase the chances that the child will attend post-secondary education (PSE) as a young adult. We exploit differences across provinces and over time in the generosity of provincial disability benefits programs in Canada and find that higher disability benefits when the child was aged 5-15 years old increase the probability that he or she will have attended or be attending PSE by age 19 to 25. The estimated effect size …

Walking For Health During Pregnancy: A Literature Review And Considerations For Future Research, Christopher P. Connelly, Scott A. Conger, Alexander H.K. Montoye, Mallory R. Marshall, Rebecca A. Schlaff, Sylvia E. Badon, James M. Pivarnik

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Walking is the most commonly chosen type of physical activity (PA) during pregnancy and provides several health benefits to both mother and child. National initiatives have promoted the importance of walking in general, but little emphasis is directed toward pregnant women, the majority of whom are insufficiently active. Pregnant women face a variety of dynamic barriers to a physically active lifestyle, some of which are more commonly experienced during specific times throughout the pregnancy experience. Walking is unique in that it appears resistant to a number of these barriers that limit other types of PA participation, and it can be …

Environmental Health Sciences In A Translational Research Framework: More Than Benches And Bedsides, Joel D. Kaufman, Cynthia L. Curl

Public Health and Population Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Environmental health scientists may find it challenging to fit the structure of the questions addressed in their discipline into the prevailing paradigm for translational research.

Objective: We aim to frame the translational science paradigm to address the stages of scientific discovery, knowledge acquisition, policy development, and evaluation in a manner relevant to the environmental health sciences. Our intention is to characterize differences between environmental health sciences and clinical medicine, and to orient this effort towards public health goals.

Discussion: Translational research is usually understood to have evolved from the bench-to-bedside framework by which basic science transitions to clinical treatment. …

Balance Billing In Idaho 2019, Benjamin Larsen, Matthew May, Cheong Kim, Vanessa Crossgrove Fry

Idaho Policy Institute Reports

There is growing concern about the financial burden of balance billing, or surprise billing, on individuals with private health insurance plans. Idaho has limited provisions concerning balance billing, but none that protect patients who are unaware they are receiving services outside their insurance carrier’s network. Idaho residents receiving emergency care or major surgeries often do not choose their treating physicians, putting them at risk of being charged staggering amounts for out-of-network services. Research shows that balance billing disparities exist between geographic areas and service type which may point to private health insurance network inadequacies.

Half of states have full or …