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Article Archive: Health Care Delivery
Part of the Scanning the Horizons: Issue Briefs collection, this guide discusses social determinants of health. Social and behavioral factors account for more than 50 percent of a population’s health outcomes. Nonprofit human service agencies are critical partners in efforts to bend the nation’s health care cost curve because they address vulnerable populations’ social and behavioral factors through the provision of a wide range of services.
Part of the Scanning the Horizons: Issue Briefs collection, this guide discusses the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) on health. The ACE study is a large-scale population study that points to a strong relationship between childhood exposure to abuse and trauma and lifelong negative health outcomes. Investments in child abuse prevention can yield long-term savings in health care costs associated with depression, addiction, heart disease, and teen pregnancy.
Examines prenatal health care outcomes and disparities across racial and ethnic groups for the two five-year periods from 1991-1995 and 2000-2004. Findings show that African American and Hispanic mothers and newborns enjoyed very significant improvements across the period of observation, while Caucasian mothers and newborns had mixed results. The specifics of gains and losses in health offer guidance regarding the targeting of public health and clinical care initiatives. Slide presentation also available.
Analyzes 10-year trends in prenatal health care effectiveness in Milwaukee County. Describes the dramatic improvements that occurred in preventable hospitalization for the two poorest inner-city ZIP codes. Also describes the stagnation or slight decline that took place in an outer ring of ZIP codes. The analysis identifies the particular health conditions that contributed to these changes.
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