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Current Grey Literature Report
Vol. 12, No. 4 - July 2010

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The following are our recent grey literature acquisitions:



AARP Knowledge Management

2009 Wyoming health information survey of residents age 50 and older - 2010

Connecting and giving : a report on how mid-life and older American spend their time, make connections and build communities - 2010

A livable community survey of the Greater Kingsport, TN area : a place to live, work, and play for a lifetime - 2010

Pet ownership and exercise : an AARP bulletin poll - 2010

Sex, romance, and relationships : AARP survey of midlife and older adults - 2010

Usage of herbal supplements and remedies among Hispanics 45+ - 2009

AARP Public Policy Institute

Attacking waste, fraud, and abuse in health reform - 2010

Health care reform legislation increases the availability of health insurance - 2010

How health reform adjusts Medicare advantage payments and rewards quality of care - 2010

Improvements to Medicare's preventive services under health reform - 2010

Rx watchdog report : brand name drug prices continue to climb despite low general inflation rate - 2010

Understanding the new Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program - 2010

African Union | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

Programme of action for the implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (2006-2015) : adopted at the second African Ministerial conference on disaster risk reduction, held in Nairobi, Kenya, 14-16 April 2010 - 2010

AHIP Center for Policy and Research

January 2010 census shows 10 million people covered by HSA/High-Deductible health plans - 2010

Trends and innovations in disability income insurance : an update from America's Health Insurance Plan - 2010

Working paper : using state hospital discharge data to compare readmission rate in Medicare Advantage and Medicare's traditional fee-for-service program - 2010

AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)

Unjust and unhealthy : HIV, TB, and abuse in Zambian prisons - 2010

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Rethinking HIV/AIDS in South Africa : has response been overmedicalized? - 2010

American Lung Association

State of the air : 2010 - 2010

Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2010 Kids Count data book : state profiles of child well-being - 2010

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

Carers as partners in hospital discharge : improving carer recognition, support and outcomes within timely and supported discharged processes : a review - 2010

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)

The reference price system and socioeconomic differences in the use of low cost drugs - 2010

British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health

How to engage inactive communities in physical activity : top tips from the BHFNC 8th Annual Conference - 2008

Brookings Institution, Center on Children and Families

Public spending on children and the elderly from a life-cycle perspective - 2009

California HealthCare Foundation

California's safety net : the role of counties in overseeing care - 2009

How smartphones are changing health care for consumers and providers - 2010

Implementing National Health Reform in California : changes to public and private insurance - 2009

Improving efficiency in the safety net : management engineering practice and cases - 2010

In a heartbeat : new resuscitation protocol expands EMS options - 2010

Managed care in California : cost concerns influence product design - 2009

Outside the box : case studies in creative clinic design - 2010

Redesigning specialty care in community clinics : a California case study - 2010

Shifting ground : erosion of the delegated model in California - 2009

There's no place like home : models of supportive communities for elders - 2009

A tighter bond : California hospitals seek stronger ties with physicians - 2009

Workflow redesign : a model for California clinics - 2010

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Major injury in Canada : (Includes 2007-2008 data) : National Trauma Registry - 2010

Care Quality Commission (Great Britain)

The state of health care and adult social care in England - 2010

Center for Global Development

Increasing patient access to antiretrovirals : recommended actions for a more efficient global supply chain - 2010

Center for Health Care Strategies

A guide to improving children's oral health care : tools for the head start community - 2010

Center for International Development, Harvard University

The global health system : institutions in a time of transition - 2010

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Cultivating global food security : a strategy for U.S. leadership on productivity, agricultural research, and trade - 2010

Innovative financing for global health : a moment for expanded U.S. engagement? : a report of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center - 2010

Center for Studying Health System Change

Electronic medical records and communication with patients and other clinicians : are we talking less? - 2010

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families

Holding the line on Medicaid and CHIP : key questions and answers about health care reform's maintenance-of-effort requirements - 2010

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Efforts to nullify health reform likely to fail, but could interfere with law's implementation - 2010

Employer responsibility in health reform - 2010

Federal government will pick up nearly all costs of health reform's Medicaid expansion - 2010

How health reform helps reduce the deficit - 2010

Key health insurance market reforms not achievable without an individual mandate - 2010

Making health care more affordable : the new premium and cost-sharing credits - 2010

Medicaid expansion in health reform not likely to "crowd out" private insurance - 2010

New citizenship documentation option for Medicaid and CHIP is up and running : data matches with Social Security Administration are easing burdens on families and states - 2010

Understanding the CMS actuary's report on health reform - 2010

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tobacco control state highlights : 2010 - 2010

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

First state-specific healthcare-associated infections summary data report : CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) - 2010

Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE)

Strengthening PMTCT through communication : a review of the literature - 2009

Commonwealth Fund

Evidence-based health care for children : what are we missing? - 2010

Lessons from a health information technology demonstration in New York nursing homes - 2010

Providing underserved patients with medical homes : assessing the readiness of safety-net health centers - 2010

Rite of passage : young adults and the affordable care act of 2010 - 2010

Walla Walla general hospital : setting staff up for success in pneumonia care - 2010

D.C. Kids Count Collaborative for Children and Families

Every kid counts in the District of Columbia : 16th annual fact book 2009 - 2009

Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

Accountable care organizations : a new model for sustainable innovation - 2010

Emory University Institute for Health Policy Solutions

Design matters : worksite health promotion ROI closely linked to evidence-based programming - 2010

Brookings Institution, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform

Health care reform and older Americans : achieving better chronic care at lower costs - 2010

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control | World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Tuberculosis surveillance in Europe, 2008 - 2010

European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

Informal carers : who takes care of them - 2010

Two worlds of drug consumption in late modern societies - 2010

European Commission

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions : the EU role in global health - 2010

Executive Office of the President of the United States

National security strategy - 2010

Solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation : White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity report to the President - 2010

Families United for Senior Action Foundation

Early Medicaid expansions under health reform - 2010

Helping people with long-term health care needs : an insurance program to help people afford long-term services and supports - 2010

Helping people with long-term health care needs : improving access to home, and community, based services in Medicaid - 2010

What will the new health reform law do in the first year? - 2010

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit

Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of drug therapy - 2010

Foundation for Child Development

Child and youth well-being index (CWI) : 2010 - 2010

Fraser Institute

Access delayed, access denied : waiting for new medicines in Canada : 2010 report - 2010

Waiting your turn : hospital waiting lists in Canada : 2009 report - 2009

Great Britain Department of Health

Health profile of England 2009 - 2010

Join the big care debate : shaping the future of care together : report on the consultation - 2010

Planning and developing the NHS workforce : the national framework - 2010

Great Britain Improvement and Development Agency

A glass half-full : how an asset approach can improve community health and well-being - 2010

Health Care for America Now!

Federal health reform provides critical long-term help to states : passage of jobs bill needed for additional short-term relief - 2010

Health insurers falsely claim rising costs justify soaring premiums : growth of provider payments falls well short of health plan rate hikes; private insurers spent $716 billion on profits, overhead from 2000-2008 - 2010

Health Effects Institute

Impact of improved air quality during the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on multiple cardiovascular and respiratory outcomes - 2010

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act - 2009

Explaining health care reform : questions about health insurance exchanges - 2010

Explaining health care reform : questions about health insurance subsidies - 2010

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : January 2010 - 2010

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : May 2010 - 2010

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : May 2010 : chartpack - 2010

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll : public opinion on health care issues - 2010

Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions : America's Affordable Health Choices Act & America's Healthy Future Act - 2009

Medicaid coverage and spending in health reform : national and state-by-state results for adults at or below 133% FPL - 2010

Medicare savings in perspective : a comparison of 2009 health reform legislation and other laws in the last 15 years - 2009

Setting Medicare payment policy : is there a role for an independent entity? - 2009

Side-by-side comparison of key Medicare provisions in 2009 health reform legislation : H.R. 3200 and Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark - 2009

Side-by-side comparison of major health care reform proposals - 2010

The U.S. government and global maternal, newborn & child health - 2010

The U.S. government and international family planning & reproductive health - 2010

The U.S. government's efforts to address global maternal, newborn, and child health : the global health initiative and beyond - 2010

Incentives for Global Health

The Health Impact Fund : making new medicines accessible for all : a report of Incentives for Global Health - 2008

Institute for Public Policy Research | PricewaterhouseCoopers

When I'm 94 : how to fund care for an ageing population - 2010

Institute for Women's Policy Research

Costs and benefits of in-home supportive services for the elderly and persons with disabilities : a California case study : (Responding to the California Legislative Analyst's Report of 1/21/10) - 2010

Institute of Health Economics

Sexual exploitation of children and youth over the Internet : a rapid review of the scientific literature - 2010

Institute of Public Health in Ireland | Ireland and Northern Ireland's Population Health Observatory

Making chronic conditions count : hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes : a systematic approach to estimating and forecasting population prevalence on the island of Ireland - 2010

Making chronic conditions count : hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes : a systematic approach to estimating and forecasting population prevalence on the island of Ireland : technical supplement - 2010

Inter-American Development Bank

Building cities : neighborhood upgrading and urban quality of life - 2010

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The winning formula to beat malaria : advocacy report, updated with new data and case studies - 2010

International Institiute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Channels for change : private water and the urban poor - 2010

High-density housing that works for all - 2010

Towards food sovereignty : reclaiming autonomous food systems - 2008

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) | United Nations Population Fund

Planning for high density in low-income settlements : four case studies from Karachi - 2010

International Migration Institute

The environmental factor in migration dynamics : a review of African case studies - 2010

Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy

A health sector guide to food system and agricultural policy - 2009

Lewin Group

Individuals living in the community with chronic conditions and functional limitations : a closer look - 2010

Manatt Health Solutions

Manatt HITECH revisited - 2010

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Health human resource : scoping literature review and synthesis - 2009

Milbank Memorial Fund

Beter health, not just better health care : a prescription for progress from the Big Cities Health Coalition - 2009

National Academies Press

A national cancer clinical trials system for the 21st century : reinvigorating the NCI cooperative group program - 2010

A national cancer clinical trials system for the 21st century : reinvigorating the NCI cooperative group program - report brief - 2010

Future directions for the national healthcare quality and disparities reports - 2010

Future directions for the national healthcare quality and disparities reports - report brief - 2010

National Association of Social Workers

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) and social work : strengthening the connection : final report from the November 16, 2009 SWPI Inaugural Symposium - 2010

National Center for Policy Analysis

Health information technology : benefits and problems - 2010

New York Academy of Medicine

A compendium of proven community-based prevention programs - 2010

NYC senior centers : visioning the future 2010 - 2010

New York City Department of Design and Construction

Active design guidelines : promoting physical activity and health in design - 2010

New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene

Health disparities in life expectancy and death - 2010

Health of older New Yorkers - 2010

Illicit drug use in New York City - 2010

Women, unprotected anal sex and HIV risk - 2010

New York State Health Foundation Diabetes Policy Center | Center for Health Workforce Studies, State University of New York at Albany

Certified diabetes educators in New York : findings from a statewide market analysis and recommendations from improving access to diabetes self-management education services - 2010

A market analysis of certified diabetes educators in New York : initial findings - 2010

Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, Dept. of Health & Human Services

A day in the life of American adolescents : substance use facts update - 2010

Emergency department visits for drug-related suicide attempts by Adolescents : 2008 - 2010

Homeless young adult treatment admissions - 2010

State estimates of adolescent cigarette use and perceptions of risk from smoking - 2010

Substance use among Hispanic adults - 2010

Office of National Drug Control Policy

National drug control strategy : 2010 - 2010

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

International migration of health workers : improving international co-operation to address the global health workforce crisis - 2010

Overseas Development Institute

Coping and change in protracted conflict : the role of community groups and local institutions in addressing food insecurity and threats to livelihoods : a case study of North Darfur - 2010

Hidden and exposed : urban refugees in Nairobi, Kenya - 2010

Impact of the global financial and economic situation on agricultural markets and food security - 2010

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Priorities for action on food security in Africa : 2008 was a year of global food crisis, 2009 was a year of global resolve, and 2010 must be a year of global action - 2010

Summary report : putting principles into action : a US-Africa forum on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, February 25-26, 2010, Washington, D.C - 2010

Population Action International

Funding common ground - 2010

Population Reference Bureau

Ending the neglect of neglected tropical diseases - 2010

Prevention Institute

Developing effective coalitions : an eight step guide - 2010

The UNITY urban agenda for preventing violence before it occurs : bringing a multi-sector prevention approach to scale in US Cities - 2010

RAND

Analysis of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) - 2010

Analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) - 2010

Costs and health consequences of air pollution in California - 2010

Coverage, spending, and consumer financial risk : how do the recent House and Senate health care bills compare? - 2010

Feasibility and design options for a potential entity to research the comparative effectiveness of medical treatments - 2010

Physician cost profiling, reliability and risk of misclassification : detailed methodology and sensitivity analyses : technical appendix - 2010

RAND COMPARE analysis of President Obama's proposal for health reform - 2010

Strengthening research portfolio evaluation at the Medical Research Council : developing a survey for the collection of information about research outputs - 2010

The European alcohol and health forum : first monitoring progress report - 2010

RAND Europe

In search of the Holy Grail : understanding research success - 2010

Reclaiming Futures National Program Office

Cost-benefit analysis of reclaiming futures - 2010

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Chronic care : making the case for ongoing care - 2010

Public perspectives on health delivery system reforms - 2009

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Rural primary care physician payment 2006-2009 : what a difference three years doesn't make - 2009

South Africa Department of Water Affairs

Green drop report, 2009 : South African waste water quality management performance - 2010

Trust for America's Health

F as in fat : how obesity threatens America's future : 2010 - 2010

Stationery Office (Great Britain)

Building the National Care Service - 2010

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Nearly four million California adults are victims of intimate partner violence - 2010

Older Californians at risk for avoidable falls - 2010

UNICEF

West Africa investment case for health MDGs - 2009

UNICEF | UNAIDS | World Health Organization | UNFPA

Children and AIDS : fourth stocktaking report, 2009 - 2009

United Nations | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Local governments and disaster risk reduction : good practices and lessons learned - 2010

United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation | Pacific Institute

Clearing the waters : a focus on water quality solutions - 2010

United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

School meal program participation and its association with dietary patterns and childhood obesity - 2009

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

National healthcare quality report 2009 - 2010

United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Research and Analysis

Enhancing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) certification : SNAP modernization efforts, interim report - 2010

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Audits & Evaluations

Veterans Health Administration : review of fraud management for the non-VA fee care program - 2010

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections

Healthcare Inspection : evaluation of emergency departments and urgent care clinics in veterans health administration facilities - 2010

Healthcare Inspection : evaluation of quality management in veterans health administration facilities fiscal year 2009 - 2010

Healthcare Inspection : progress in implementing the veterans health administration's uniform mental health services handbook - 2010

United States Dept. of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration

The registered nurse population : initial findings from the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses - 2010

United States Dept. of Health & Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National action plan to improve health literacy - 2010

United States Dept. of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General

Most Medicaid children in nine state are not receiving all required preventive screening services - 2010

United States Government Accountability Office

Centers for Medicare and Medcaid Services : pervasive internal control weaknesses hindered effective contract management - 2010

U.S. tsunami preparedness : NOAA has expanded its tsunami programs, but improved planning could enhance effectiveness - 2010

End-stage renal disease : CMS should monitor access to and quality of dialysis care promptly after implementation of new bundled payment system - 2010

Homeland defense : DOD can enhance efforts to identify capabilities to support civil authorities during disasters/a> - 2010

Medicare contracting reform : agency has made progress with implementation, but contractors have not met all performance standards - 2010

United States White House Office of National AIDS Policy

National HIV/AIDS strategy for the United States - 2010

University of California, San Francisco Center for the Health Professions | California Endowment

Allied health regional workforce analysis : Sacramento/Northern California Region - 2009

Centre for Health Economics, University of York

A profile of obesity in Ireland, 2002-2007 - 2010

Conditional cash transfers to improve education and health : an ex ante evaluation of Red de Proteccioìn Social, Nicaragua - 2010

Waiting times and socioeconomic status : evidence from England - 2010

Urban Institute

Are state challenges to the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act likely to succeed? - 2010

The biggest losers, health edition : who would be hurt the most by a failure to enact comprehensive reforms? - 2010

The cost of uncompensated care with and without health reform - 2010

The effects of large premium increases on individuals, families, and small businesses - 2010

Health insurance coverage in the District of Columbia : a profile of the insured, 2009 - 2010

How much does SNAP reduce food insecurity? - 2010

Making health reform more affordable for working families : the effect of employee choice vouchers - 2010

Life after prison : tracking the experiences of male prisoners returning to Chicago, Cleveland, and Houston - 2010

What is the evidence on health reform in Massachusetts and how might the lessons from Massachusetts apply to National Health Reform? - 2010

What is the impact of the patient protection and affordable care act (PPACA) on the states? - 2010

World Bank

Improving health service delivery in developing countries : from evidence to action - 2009

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Millennium development goals in the WHO European Region : a situational analysis at the eve of the five-year countdown - 2010

Scaling up HIV testing and counseling in the WHO European Region : as an essential component of efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support : policy framework - 2010

York University School of Health Policy and Management

Social determinants of health : the Canadian facts - 2010

United States Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality

Estimating risk-adjustment models incorporating data on present on admission - 2010

National healthcare disparities report 2009 - 2010