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Analytic Approaches For Causal Inferences With Complex Multi-Component Interventions: Project Achieve's Study Of Managing Care Transitions, Glen P. Mays
Glen Mays
Estimating the causal effects of complex, multi-component health interventions is a task with many challenges in measurement and methodology. This presentation profiles the methods being used as part of the PCORI-funded Project Achieve, a national study to estimate the comparative effectiveness of heterogeneous care transition programs designed to help hospitalized patients and their caregivers navigate care delivery systems effectively and return back to the community with optimal health and wellbeing.
The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Harnessing Evidence & Experience To Drive Improvement, Glen P. Mays
The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Harnessing Evidence & Experience To Drive Improvement, Glen P. Mays
Glen Mays
This presentation profiles the National Health Security Preparedness Index as a mechanism for measuring preparedness and resiliency levels across the U.S. Forthcoming enhancements in measurement and analytic methodologies will allow the Index to play heightened roles in informing policies and practices that protect the U.S. population from a broad range of hazards.
Orientation To The National Health Security Preparedness Index, Glen P. Mays, Anna Goodman Hoover, Michael Childress
Orientation To The National Health Security Preparedness Index, Glen P. Mays, Anna Goodman Hoover, Michael Childress
Glen Mays
Refining the measures and methodologies used within the National Health Security Preparedness Index will allow users to make more meaningful comparisons of preparedness levels across U.S. geographic areas and to assess changes in preparedness over time.
Public Act 231 Of 2008: Proposed Policy Reform To Address The Ever-Increasing Obesity Rates In Michigan, Rachele M. Hendricks-Sturrup
Public Act 231 Of 2008: Proposed Policy Reform To Address The Ever-Increasing Obesity Rates In Michigan, Rachele M. Hendricks-Sturrup
Rachele M Hendricks-Sturrup
In order to address the growing problem of obesity in the state of Michigan, Michigan implemented Public Act 231 of 2008 (Senate Bill 294, Amendment to the Commercial Rehabilitation Act) (hereinafter referred to as “Public Act 231”). Public Act 231 introduces a property tax incentive that seeks to increase access to affordable, healthful foods in rural and low-income urban areas (S. 294, 2008). Given recent facts stating that obesity rates in Michigan have steadily increased between years 2008-2013, it is apparent that the tax incentive under Public Act 231 has had very little impact in effectively tackling the obesity problem …