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Friday, September 13, 2013 at 02:09 PM
Certified peer specialists support people recovering from a mental illness or addiction. Peer specialists can ease the scarcity of mental health workers as the demand for mental health services increases under the Affordable Care Act.
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Friday, September 6, 2013 at 10:58 AM
The national average of underage tobacco sales in 2012 was about 9 percent according to a U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) survey . Studying and targeting youth is important because most smokers start when they are young. Nearly 88 percent of smokers first started when they were younger than 18 years old and 99 percent first started smoking by age 26.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 12:08 PM
There are 26 million people in the United States with diabetes, but there are another 79 million people living with prediabetes. Diabetes Action Plan (DAP) Legislation establishes collaboration between state health agencies to create an action plan.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 03:44 PM
Telemedicine consultations improve quality of care according to a study published in Critical Care Medicine titled Impact of Critical Care Telemedicine Consultations on Children in Rural Emergency Departments.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 03:41 PM
The 2009 Recovery Act temporally increased benefits for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) . However, that boost is coming to an end in November, 2013.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 at 09:33 AM
Texas is teaming up with the Texas Library Association in the fight against obesity. In August and September 2013, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs will distribute resources to 910 Texas public libraries and around 1,100 public schools. Resources include nutrition and exercise books such as Fueling...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Results from the Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP) , a United States Department of Agriculture program, shows financial incentives for targeted fruits and vegetables increased consumption of these healthful foods.
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Monday, July 29, 2013 at 03:22 PM
The role of state boards of nursing is to protect the public and ensure that those who are licensed are qualified and safe to practice. These state boards license nearly 4.2 million nurses and have different requirements for candidates about disclosing their criminal backgrounds. These requirements include criminal background checks that may be conducted at the state or federal level, and may be based on name, Social Security number, fingerprints or by another state-specific method.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 01:23 PM
Many have heard the concern that there are not enough physicians to cover the additional 30 million people that will have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. One solution states are considering is to give nurse practitioners more autonomy. Nurses that have advanced degrees in family...
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 02:20 PM
Do you know what World War II, the Affordable Care Act, and about 800,000 Americans have in common?