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Accountability Of Health Service Providers:Comparing Internal Markets And Managedcompetition Reform Models, Colleen M. Flood

Dalhousie Law Journal

A numberof countries, including the U.K., NewZealand, the Netherlands, and the U.S., have attempted to reform their health care systems using "internal market" or "managed competition" reform models. These models signal a departure from reliance on passive indemnity payers or insurers and require proactive purchasers to intervene actively and manage allocation decisions made by physicians. The author explores how these models will ensure the accountability of these new decision-makers to the citizens and patients they ultimately represent. Neither model is found to address accountability issues sufficiently. However, the managed competition model offers the promise of tailoring market (exit), political (voice) …

The Effects Of Nutrition Package Claims, Nutrition Facts Panels, And Motivation To Process Nutrition Information On Consumer Product Evaluations, Scott B. Keller, Mike Landry, Jeanne Olson, Anne M. Velliquette, Scot Burton, J. Craig Andrews

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

In a laboratory experiment using a between-subjects design, the authors examine the effects on nutrition and product evaluations of nutrition claims made (e.g., "99% fat free; " "low in calories") on a product package, product nutrition value levels, and enduring motivation to process nutrition information. Enduring motivation is shown to moderate the effects of product nutrition value on consumer evaluations. Also, nutrition claims interact with product nutrition value in affecting consumer perceptions of manufacturer credibility. Given the availability of nutrient levels in the Nutrition Facts panel on the back of the mock package, nutrition claims on the front of the …

Bolivia And Coca: Law, Policy, And Drug Control, Melanie R. Hallums

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

International drug trafficking looms large in the future of international relations. Although drug production and consumption can no longer be labeled as problems belonging to a few discrete nations, some countries' identities in the international arena are still shaped by their perception as drug-producing nations. Bolivia is one such country. Coca and cocaine have dominated its modern history and will continue to dominate its future. Bolivia's experience, however, is representative of not only other Andean nations' struggles with the drug epidemic, but of the international community's struggle with drug trafficking.

This Note sheds light on the legal tools to address …

Comparative Risk Analysis: An Informal Survey Of Experts, James Hammitt

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Pneumonia Perceptions And Management: An Ethnographic Study In Urban Squatter Settlements Of Karachi, Pakistan, Rafat Hussain, Melvyn A. Lobo, Bazmi Inam, Amanullah Khan, Asma Fozia Qureshi, David Marsh

Community Health Sciences

Childhood pneumonia continues to be the second highest contributor to childhood morbidity and mortality in all ethnic groups in Pakistan. Information on community perceptions and management is largely limited to the Punjabi populace. In this study, ethno-specific illness terminologies, recognition and severity indicators and resort to treatment options for childhood pneumonia are explored among the two main ethnic groups in Sindh. Results are based on focus group discussions with 90 caretakers and 16 case history interviews. The findings indicate that pneumonia recognition is almost universal. The main recognition and severity indicator was pasli chalna (chest indrawing) followed by signs and …

Classified Information: The Newsletter Of The Lloyd Sealy Library, Lloyd Sealy Library, Cuny John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

Classified Information was a publication that informed the College about Library services, personnel, upcoming events, new technologies, and available resources.

Unf Journal Fall 1997, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida.

Core Conservation Biology Monographs: A Citation Analysis, Chad E. Buckley

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Conservation biology is a multidisciplinary subject of recent origins. Analysis of cited monographs from the journal Conservation Biology resulted in a list of 47 monographs which were heavily cited for this discipline. Over half of these were from related disciplines such as ecology, genetics, evolution, population biology, statistics, and natural resource management.

Differences In Married Versus Maritally Disrupted Children's Frequency Of Contact With Their Mothers, Sonya Dee Thompson

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

This study explores the effects of children's marital status on the frequency of contact they have with their mothers. As American society ages and marital disruption remains high, it is important to determine if there are differences in the relationships adult children have with their aging parents. A secondary analysis was conducted on data collected in 1986 for the General Social Survey. Two hypotheses were created from theory:

(1) From dependency and obligation theories, it was predicted that maritally disrupted adult children would report having greater contact with their mothers than married adult children.

(2) From status and resource adjustment …

County Extension Agents And On-Farm Research Work: Results Of A Kansas Survey, David Norman, Stanley Freyenberger, Bryan Schurle

Journal of Extension

This paper reports the results of a survey designed to ascertain information about on-farm research, that is, on-farm work (OFW) implemented by county Extension agents (CEAs) in Kansas. The survey collects information on the types of OFW, who was responsible for it, what data were collected, what was done with the results, and attitudes of CEAs toward OFW. The survey results indicate that OFR associated with CEAs in Kansas is fairly common, that CEAs have positive attitudes for OFR and play important roles in initiating, implementing, analyzing, and distributing the results of such work, but major constraints exist to expanding …

Development And Evaluation Of Activity-Oriented Nutrition Classes For Pregnant And Parenting Teens, Darcy Owen, Patricia Kendall, Karen Wilken

Journal of Extension

A 4-week nutrition workshop series for pregnant and parenting teens was developed and pilot-tested with four groups of teens (n=60); 10 teens served as the control. Evaluation methods consisted of pre/post knowledge tests, skill/behavior checklists, and 24-hour food recalls. Mean knowledge score increased significantly (p < 0.001) from 58% pre-workshop to 87% post-workshop compared to no change in the control group. further, 87% of participants reported nutrition-related improvements in skills/behaviors. despite this, no significant improvement in self-reported dietary intake was seen. observed barriers to dietary change included lack of control over food purchasing and preparation and lack of readiness to change dietary habits.

Backpack Buddies: A Newsletter Series For Parents, Rose Fisher Merkowitz, Kathy Jelley, Elaine Collins, Carol Ford Arkin

Journal of Extension

Family and Consumer Sciences educators continually have parents expressing need for information to help them deal with the challenges faced in raising children. These same parents, however, are often reluctant to attend formal parenting classes. "Backpack Buddies" is an innovative monthly newsletter series designed to send home in the backpacks of kindergarten students. A survey of parents receiving the newsletter for one year revealed positive findings. Seventy-seven percent of respondents liked receiving parenting information in the newsletter format and 85% found the information helpful in coping with child rearing challenges.

Montana Kaimin, September 30, 1997, Associated Students Of The University Of Montana

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Multicompartment Hard Capsule With Control Release Properties, George Digenis, Dagmar Noskova

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

The present invention relates to a hard capsule made from a material such as gelatin, starch or a hydrophilic polymer. The capsule of the present invention is formulated into a delivery system which incorporates pharmacologically active components in three or more distinct compartments. When three compartments are utilized in the capsule, the outer compartment incorporates a drug and excipients into a layer which coats the outer part of the capsule. This layer represents the rapid release portion of the delivery system. The intermediate compartment comprises a powder formulation comprised of a drug and excipients which represents the intermediary speed release …

Um Study Shows Sexes Differ In Glucose Metabolism Rate, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Hollins Columns (1997 Sept 29), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Trustees vote in favor of university plan
• Electrical fires in Moody leave minimal damage
• Hollins College is a state of mind, not a place
• President responds to student concerns about university issues
• Alumnus upset by 1997 Spinster photo
• SGA President welcomes students
• Freshman orientation adds new component
• Items discovered missing from Tinker storage
• Facts About Hollins University
• Forum addresses diversity on campus
• Additional student housing fees raise questions
• Hollins taxi service revamped for students
• Student shares music with Hollins
• In and Out delights audience
• Campus social life resurrected
• Two new faces join English department
• Sculptures added to …

September 29, 1997 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, September 27, 1997, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Newscast, September 26, 1997, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

The Ucf Report, Vol. 20 No. 5, September 26, 1997, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

SGA Senate again suffers budget setback; University goal: $90,000 raised for United Way; Hitt: UCF is model for solving enrollment dilemma.

The Statesman, V. 41, I. 07, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 41, i. 07

The Cowl - V.62 - N.4 - Sept 25, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 62, Number 4 - Sept 25, 1997. 28 pages.

Montana Kaimin, September 25, 1997, Associated Students Of The University Of Montana

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Missouri Miner, September 24, 1997

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Workplace Education At The Bottom Rungs, Andrés Torres

New England Journal of Public Policy

In the late 1980s, observers of the Massachusetts hospital industry were predicting a severe shortfall in skilled technical workers. The Worker Education Program (WEP) emerged as one of several responses to this projected labor shortage. It was premised on the idea of an internal solution to the need for workforce development, shifting the focus from external recruitment to upgrading of incumbents — nutrition, maintenance, clerical, and secretarial staff— and from traditional classroom training to workplace education. Other features of the WEP model made it an extremely interesting experiment: it was operated by labor-management partnership, it was located statewide in nine …

Montana Kaimin, September 23, 1997, Associated Students Of The University Of Montana

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Hawksbill Sea V. Fema

1997 Decisions

USDC for the District of the Virgin Islands

The Statesman, V. 41, I. 06, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 41, i. 06

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 022, Number 08, September 22, 1997, Grand Valley State University

1997-1998, Volume 22

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Monitor Newsletter September 22, 1997, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff