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Update On The Status Of The Medicaid Prospective Payment System In The States, Roger Schwartz, Peter Shin, Megan Reilly

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

The Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 replaced the traditional cost-based reimbursement system for federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) with a new prospective payment system. States were also allowed to implement an alternative payment methodology (APM) as long as it did not pay less than what FQHCs would have received under PPS and the affected FQHC agreed to the APM. Although changes in payment policies were to take effect in 2001, states were slow to implement them and most only did so after one or two years. With little or no oversight by the federal government, the National Association of …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 33, No. 3 (September 2006)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• THE EFFECTS OF PROLONGED JOB INSECURITY ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF WORKERS - Cynthia Rocha, Jennifer Hause Crowell, and Andrea K. McCarter
• THE POET/PRACTITIONER: A PARADIGM FOR THE PROFESSION - Rich Furman, Carol L. Langer, and Debra K. Anderson
• "PUT UP" ON PLATFORMS: A HISTORY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY ADOPTION POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES - Michelle Kahan
• ALTRUISM OR SELF-INTEREST? SOCIAL SPENDING AND THE LIFE COURSE - Debra Street and Jeralynn Sittig Cossman
• ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: NEW FINDINGS ABOUT THE INFORMAL ECONOMY - Loretta Pyles
• JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TANF LEAVERS - Jeff Scott
• SEARCHING …

Economic Well-Being And Intimate Partner Violence: New Findings About The Informal Economy, Loretta Pyles

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between intimatep artnerv iolence (IPV) and women's participationin the informal economy (both legal and illegal) and their impact on economic well-being. This research was part of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) study that was concerned with women's survival of childhood and adult abuse. For the 285 women that were in this sample, there were positive, medium correlations between IPV and various types of informal economic activity. Illegal informal economic activity, institutionalized informal economic activity, incarceration and physical abuse negatively impacted women's economic well-being.

Searching For Social Capital In U.S. Microenterprise Development Programs, Nancy C. Jurik, Gray Cavender, Julie Cozogill

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper focuses on the claims and efforts of U.S. microenterprise development programs (MDPs) to build social capital among poor and low income entrepreneurs. MDPs offer business training and lending services to individuals operating very small businesses (with five or fewer employees and less than $20,000 in start-up capital). Advocates suggest that MDPs help promote economic development by building social capital defined as networks among small entrepreneurs and between entrepreneurs and their larger community. We begin our paper with a short review of the varied definitions and claims about the role of social capital in promoting civic and economic empowerment. …

Review Of When Public Housing Was Paradise: Building Community In Chicago. J. S. Fuerst. Reviewed By John Q. Hodges., John Q. Hodges

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of J. S. Fuerst, When Public Housing Was Paradise Building Community in Chicago. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2005. $20.00 papercover.

Review Of Unequal Chances: Family Background And Economic Success. Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis And Melissa Osborne Groves. (Eds.). Reviewed By Larry Nackerud., Larry Nackerud

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne, (Eds.), Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. $35.00 hardcover.

Review Of The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution. David Wagner. Reviewed By Paul H. Stuart., Paul H. Stuart

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of David Wagner, The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. $ 60.00 hardcover, $ 22.95 papercover.

Review Of Discovering Successful Pathways In Children's Development: Mixed Methods In The Study Of Childhood And Family Life. Thomas S. Weisner (Ed.). Reviewed By Victor Groza., Victor Groza

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Thomas S. Weisner (Ed.), Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development. Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005. $35.00 hardcover.

Uninsured In America: Life And Death In The Land Of Opportunity. Susan Starr Sered And Rushika Fernandopulle., Krista Drescher Burke

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle, Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005. $24.95 hardcover.

Design And Implementation Of The Domestic Violence Services In Rural Clinics Intervention, Ann L. Coker, Paige H. Smith, Vicki C. Flerx, Daniel J. Whitaker, Mary Kay Fadden, Melinda Williams

CRVAW Faculty Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Report From An Interdisciplinary Case Study On A Public Transit System In Crisis, Kim A. Jones, Robert C. Mock Jr., Sarah T. Cearley

Journal of Public Transportation

This article describes how a public transportation system in a mid-sized southern state was assessed in regard to its adequacy in providing transportation services. The article begins by discussing the trends in current transportation patterns, funding of public transit, and special populations served by public transit. A case study is then presented of a transit system that was experiencing what has become a typical problem for similar transit systems across the nation: intensified public and political pressures caused by funding cuts and unfunded mandates from the federal government. Findings from the case study are then provided along with recommendations for …

Full Issue 9(4)

Journal of Public Transportation

No abstract provided.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Fall 2006), Sharon Chamard, Antonia Moras, N/A Bureau Of Justice Statistics

Vols 21-30 (2004-2014)

The Fall 2006 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on the history and use of crime mapping by American police departments, an overview of Alaska and national figures on immigration, and findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on mental health and treatment in federal and state prisons and jails.

Campus Report, Vol. 34, No. 1, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

Fifty years of risk taking yields rewards for the UD Research Institute, now No. 2 among the nation's colleges and universities in materials research funded by industry and government.

The Deaf Catholic, September-October 2006

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

Furman Alumni News, Furman University

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Of Bamboo And Mobiles, Susan E. Murray

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Child Abuse And Neglect: Attachment, Development And Intervention. David Howe., Daniel Webster

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for David Howe, Child Abuse and Neglect: Attachment, Development and Intervention. New York, Palgrave, 2005. $ 94.00 hardcover.

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Nature Of The "In-Between" In D.W. Winnicott's Concept Of Transitional Space And In Martin Buber's Das Zwischenmenschliche, Laura Praglin

UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Martin Buber (1878-1965), German Jewish social philosopher and theologian, and D.W. Winnicott (1896-1971), British pediatrician and psychoanalyst, portray in vibrant detail the reality of the “in-between”. Although contemporaries, they were separated by country and profession, and did not know each other. Yet both set forth in their writings remarkably complementary views concerning “in-between space”--the transitional area, to Winnicott, or das Zwischenmenschliche to Buber. This is a meeting-ground of potentiality and authenticity, located neither within the self nor in the world of political and economic affairs. In this space, one finds the most authentic and creative aspects of our personal and …

Illinois State University Report, September 1, 2006 (No. 5), Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Review Of One Nation Uninsured: Why The U.S. Has No National Health Insurance. Jill Quadagno. Reviewed By Stephen Pimpare., Stephen Pimpare

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Jill Quadagno, One Nation Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has no National Health Insurance. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. $ 28.00 hardcover.

Washington University Record, September 1, 2006

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Eastern, Fall 2006, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue focuses on Washington's Wine Industry, looking at how alumni have created successful businesses in wine-making. This issue also contains articles on first-generation students at EWU, and how EWU students are finding careers in hobbies, such as video games.

Gender Matters, Volume 11, Issue 5, September/October 2006, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Program

Gender Matters (2006-2011)

A bulletin of the Illinois State University Women’s and Gender Studies program, Volume 11, Issue 5, September/October 2006.

以問題導向學習於醫科一二年級時教授醫學倫理之初步嘗試, 明亮 賴, 興星 陳, 明哲 蔡, 清惠 陳, 宗烈 葉

Journal of Medical Education

目前醫療人員的道德操守普遍受到社會質疑時，醫學倫理之教學就更重要。過去我們曾以問題為導向學習（以下簡稱PBL）方式，在醫學系四年級同學教授倫理學，受到學生之肯定。本計劃之目的，在確認以PBL 方式，於醫學系一二年級傳授倫理學之可行性，及如何施行成效較高。我們以民國九十二年之嚴重急性呼吸道症候群（以下簡稱SARS）流行時，國內社會呈現之現象為題材，經由老師們編選為PBL之討論教本，進行小組討論教學，並收集課程中及結束後師生座談，同學書面意見加以整理。結果顯示，在醫科前兩年進行PBL式的倫理教學是可行的，假如能有下述三條件時，同學的學習效果更佳。首先，需要有熱心，數量足夠的師資，（每組學生有兩位老師尤佳）其次，每組學生的數目不宜太多（最好少於8人）；最後，老師宜在合適的時間，提供簡要之評論。

Review Of Mental Disorders In The Social Environment. Stuart A. Kirk (Ed.). Reviewed By Kia J. Bentley., Kia J. Bentley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Stuart A. Kirk (Ed.), Mental Disorders in the Social Environment: Critical Perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, $69.50 hardcover, $34.50 papercover.

Labor Supply With Social Interactions: Econometric Estimates And Their Tax Policy Implications, Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner

Center for Policy Research

Our research fleshes out econometric details of examining possible social interactions in labor supply. We look for a response of a person's hours worked to hours worked in the labor market reference group, which includes those with similar age, family structure, and location. We identify endogenous spillovers by instrumenting average hours worked in the reference group with hours worked in neighboring reference groups. Estimates of the canonical labor supply model indicate positive economically important spillovers for adult men. The estimated total wage elasticity of labor supply is 0.22, where 0.08 is the exogenous wage change effect and 0.14 is the …

An Uncertain Position: Examining The Status Of Teaching As A Profession, Kevin C. Robb

Essays in Education

The purpose of this paper is to identify the characteristics of a full profession, to review how many and which characteristics cannot be ascribed to teaching, and how this situation has come to be. The affect of gender and social class on the perception of teaching as a profession is discussed. Although, teaching still has an ambiguous status as a profession, discussing it will allow people to continue to talk, think and write about this issue. Teaching will probably never be considered a full profession because it does not involve all the characteristics of a profession.

Evaluation Of Program Outcomes: Assessment In Children, Cheryl M. Romano

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In an age of increased concern for accountability and the review of services, administrators of health programs should be able to present their clinics effectiveness, and demonstrate their excellent service to the community, along with providing evidence for the continued need of such clinics. Outcome evaluation plays an integral part in providing this information, and is intended to provide information concerning the effectiveness of a particular program, thus allowing for modification, and even better outcomes.

This project addressed pre and post functioning in children referred for academic and/or behavioral difficulties, in a university of health sciences-based clinic. The aim was …