Making
Developmental Screening Routine in Pediatric Practice
Nationally, about 16 percent
of children have some form of disability, including speech and language delays,
mental retardation, learning disabilities, and emotional or behavioral problems.
Even for children without problems, screening offers a way for providers to
solicit parents' concerns and for families to learn about age-appropriate
behavior and development.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/making_developm.html
Report
Says Black Youth See More Alcohol Ads
African-American youths
are exposed to more alcohol advertising than their counterparts from other
racial groups, according to a study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing to
Youth (CAMY). The Robert Wood Johnston Foundation, which funds CAMY, reported
that the study from the Georgetown University based group found that black
youths saw 30 percent more radio, TV, and magazine ads for alcohol during
2003 and 2004 than other youths their age, even as overall youth exposure
to such ads declined.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/report_says_bla.html
New
Study Shows a 'Tidal Wave' of Underage Drinking Costs
A newly published study
shows that underage drinking costs America nearly $62 billion a year. At thousands
of youth parties across the country, the overwhelmingly favored intoxicant
will be alcohol. More young people drink alcohol than use illegal drugs;
in fact, alcohol kills 4 times more kids than all illegal drugs combined.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/new_study_shows_5.html
**Community Development
A
New Start for Katrina's Displaced
Gulf Coast residents began bracing for the start of hurricane season
June 1. At about the same time, thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees were
dealt another serious blow: the Federal Emergency Management Agency informed
them that they are no longer eligible for housing assistance. HUD is on the
right track, but for many cash-strapped evacuees, the incentives and discounts
are not enough.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/a_new_start_for.html
Line
Drawn Connecting Violence and Local Liquor Stores
Alcohol sales at local liquor
stores tend to increase violence in their neighborhoods regardless of location,
while bars tend to make violent neighborhoods worse, according to a study
from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE). "The
regulation of alcohol outlets in violence-prone areas clearly is an important
step to reducing crime."
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/line_drawn_conn.html
Chinese
Ministers Consult With B'nai B'rith on Senior Housing Issues
B'nai B'rith International
(BBI) today shared its expertise on senior housing with government officials
from the People's Republic of China. As the largest national Jewish sponsor
of federally subsidized housing for the elderly in the U.S., BBI is the ideal resource for China as it searches for solutions to its
own senior housing shortage.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/chinese_ministe.html
**Economic Security
Bringing
Legal Immigrants into the Mainstream
Studies show that broad
financial access is one important indicator of a thriving community; income,
homeownership, and employment are higher, and crime rates are lower, in metropolitan
areas where a greater proportion of the population has a bank account. However,
immigrants are less likely to have checking or savings accounts and less likely
to own a home or invest in the stock market than those born here.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/bringing_legal.html
The
Power of Work
The Center for Employment
Opportunities (CEO) serves nearly 2,000 reentering prisoners a year with a
structured program of pre-employment training, immediate short-term transitional
work, and job placement services. This report, written jointly by CEO and
MDRC, describes how the CEO program operates.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/06/the_power_of_wo_1.html
**Health
$15
Million Collaboration on Prevention for Older Americans
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt
announced a $15 million collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies to
improve the health and quality of life for older Americans at the community
level. As the leader of President Bush's HealthierUS Initiative, Secretary
Leavitt has identified prevention as a priority issue in order to highlight
the importance of preventive care and chronic disease management.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/15_million_coll.html
Suit
Challenges New Law Requiring More than 50 Million People in Medicaid to Document
Citizenship
A lawsuit filed in Federal
District Court in
Chicago challenges the validity of a new law
that requires 50 million Medicaid recipients to prove their citizenship with
passports, birth certificates, and other special documents---or lose their
public health coverage. The new law goes into effect on July 1 and may cause
millions of low-income U.S. citizens to become uninsured.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/suit_challenges.html
Working
with Disability How Much Are Medicaid Buy-In Participants Earning?
Authorized by the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) and the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement
Act of 1999 (TWWIIA), the Buy-In program allows states to expand Medicaid
coverage to workers with disabilities whose income and assets would ordinarily
make them ineligible for Medicaid.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/working_with_di.html
**Substance Abuse
Surgeon
General's Report Underlines Secondhand Smoking Dangers
The U.S. Surgeon General
issued a report this week saying that there is no safe level of exposure to
secondhand tobacco smoke and called for legislation and other steps to make
more places smoke-free, the Washington Post reported. The report said that
exposure to secondhand smoke raises the risk of heart disease by 25-30 percent
and the risk of lung cancer by 20-30 percent among nonsmokers.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/surgeon_general_1.html
Tests
Show 70 Percent Less Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
Tests of nonsmokers indicate
that exposure to secondhand smoke in the U.S. may have fallen as much as 70 percent between 1998
and 2002. WebMD reported June 7 that researchers from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention reviewed blood levels of cotinine, a nicotine metabolite,
among about 30,000 nonsmokers who took part in national health surveys and
blood tests.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/tests_show_70_p.html
Dramatic
Increase in National Treatment Admissions for Meth Coincides with Increase
in Criminal Justice Referrals
The number of national treatment
admissions reporting methamphetamine as the primary substance of abuse increased
dramatically from 1992 to 2004, according to data from the Treatment Episode
Data Set. At the same time, the proportion of methamphetamine treatment admissions
that were referred by the criminal justice system also increased, from 38%
to 51%.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2006/07/dramatic_increa.html
