Health
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in New York: Findings From the 2003 Commonwealth Fund/HRET Survey
This report, by the Commonwealth Fund, examines the weakening of employer-sponsored health insurance and whether the state’s employers are making more use of public health insurance programs than in the past.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an annual statewide telephone surveillance system designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
World Diabetes Day Reminds People to Get Diagnosed
Relation Between Neighborhood Environments and Obesity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Residents of neighborhoods that provide ample opportunities to exercise, greater perceived safety, and increased access to fresh fruits and vegetables are more likely to engage in physical activity and maintain healthy diets, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study published in the July 2008 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Health Care as if Health Care Mattered
CHCANYS Emergency Preparedness & Clinical Committee Learning Call
This grant to Action for a Better Community, a federally and state-designated community action agency in upstate New York, aimed to increase health insurance coverage, improve access to primary care, and coordinate health services and outreach to residents of the tri-county area of Monroe, Ontario, and Wayne Counties.
Web-based telemedicine provides services to patients and communities that do not have ready access to specialty care. This grant to Bassett Healthcare will expand a groundbreaking program using Web-based technology to improve assessment and treatment of stroke and cardiac patients in rural areas. Grant funds support remote diagnosis and evaluation of patients.
This grant to Catholic Charities of Onondaga County supported the KIDS WIN! program to help combat obesity in children and youth in Syracuse, New York. Catholic Charities expected to help 1,000 kids learn how to live healthier lives through this project, an important contribution to addressing the obesity epidemic that exists in their local communities.
Each year 1 million New York City residents—many of whom are either uninsured or under-insured—fail to fill a prescription due to cost. Failures to adhere to medication regimens causes more than 3,000 deaths and costs billions of dollars annually. NYCRx will target this problem by expanding access to programs that offer free pharmaceuticals to clinics throughout New York City.
The childhood/adolescent obesity rate has either doubled or tripled (depending on age) over the last three decades. This grant to the Health Association of Niagara County supports a program that fights obesity in children. The long-term goal of the project is to help the children and adolescents of Niagara Falls achieve a lifetime reduction in chronic disease.
