Newsletters, Publications and Reports

Topical Index:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

Adolescents 

• Academic Performance and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Students in 2007 High School, Middle School
• Adolescent Sexual Orientation and Health Risks(2007)
• Disability and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Public High School Students in 2007
• Health Risks Among RI Public High School Students 1997 to 2005
• KIDS COUNT Issue Brief: Teen Parenting and Parenting in Rhode Island
  
• Health Care Transition for Youth with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions A Rhode Island Policy Brief
• School Based Health Centers in Rhode Island: A Progress Report September 2003
• Adolescent Substance Abuse Survey June 2000
• HEALTH releases report outlining strategies to prevent adolescent psychiatric admissions April 2002
• School Based Health Center Services Help Teens Stay in School February 1999
  

AIDS and HIV

• 2007 Rhode Island HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Profile With Surrogate Data August 2008
  
• HIV/ AIDS: Why Women Are at Risk
  July 2004
• Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan: Five Year Plan 2005-2009

Arthritis

• Arthritis and Associated Health Conditions and Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Arthritis and Associated Health Conditions and Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2005

Asthma

• Asthma State Plan 2009-2014
  
• The Burden of Asthma in Rhode Island 2009
• Current Asthma and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006
• Damp Housing Conditions and Asthma in Rhode Island May 2003

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Bioterrorism

• Make a Kit, Make a Plan, Stay Informed: Public health emergencies:What you can do to prepare
• Bioterrorism Program Report March 2004
• INCIDENTals

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Cancer

Breast Cancer

• Efforts to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Succeeding in R.I. May 1997
• Guidelines for Screening Mammography: The Controversy 1994
• Progress in the Early Identification of Breast Cancer, Rhode Island, 1987-1998 April 2000

Screening Recommendations

• Proposed Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
• Proposed Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations
• Proposed Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendations
• Proposed Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations
• Proposed Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations -- Clarified
• Proposed Skin Cancer Screening Recommendations

• Rhode Island Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan 2007
• Cancer Control Report Card: Rhode Island, 1998
• Cancer Control among Rhode Island's Minorities 1996
• Colorectal Cancer Mortality in Rhode Island 1995
• Efforts to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Succeeding in R.I.
• Legislative Support for Access to State-of-the-Art Cancer Treatment in Rhode Island 1998
• Oral Cancer in Rhode Island 1996  
• Palliative Care For Cancer Patients--Current Issues 1998
• Proposed Goals for Cancer Prevention 1998
• Reassessing Cancer Mortality in Rhode Island 1995
• Rhode Island Cancer Registry Annual Report 2002
• The ACOS, QA, and the Burden of Cancer 1997
• Update: Prostate Cancer Screening 1995

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Data

• Health Data Inventory Fifth Edition June 2008

Depression

• Depression and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006

Diabetes

• Diabetes Disparities in RI 2008
• Diabetes and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Diabetes Fact Sheet for Rhode Island (2006)
• Diabetes: An Epidemic of a Chronic Disease April 2002
• Resources in RI for people with diabetes

Disability

• Disability and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Public High School Students in 2007
• Disability and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults 18-64 Years of Age in 2006
• RI Children with Special Health Care Needs Data
• Physical Access to Primary Care for Patients with Disabilities: A Needs Review June 1998
• Rhode Island DISABILITY FACTS in 2000: An Update of the "Rhode Island Disability Chartbook" with the 2000 Rhode Island BRFSS data November 2001
• Rhode Island DISABILITY FACTS in 1999: An Update of the "Rhode Island Disability Chartbook" with the 1999 Rhode Island BRFSS data October 2001
• Rhode Island Disability Chartbook: Findings from an Analysis of the 1998 Rhode Island Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System June 2000

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Emergency Information

• Make a Kit, Make a Plan, Stay Informed: Public health emergencies:What you can do to prepare

Environmental Risks

• A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home: U.S. EPA
• SharpSmart: The Nation’s First Statewide Residential Needle Disposal Program

Exercise

• Resistance Exercise in Older Adults 1999

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Family Outreach Program

• Family Outreach Program Brochure

Foodborne Illness

• Guidelines for Investigating Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Genetics

• Genetic Discrimination and Rhode Island Policy 2002
• Genetic Screening Advisory Committee Annual Report 2000

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Health Care (also see Hospitals)

• Hospital Financial Dataset
• Hospital Uncompensated Care (2007)
• Health Plans' Performance Report
• Second Family and Resident Satisfaction with Nursing Home Care in Rhode Island Autumn 2007
  - Supplemental Information (How to Use the Report)
• Health of Hospitals Report (2007)
• The Health of RI’s Health Insurers (2006)
• Hospital Costs in Rhode Island (2004)
• 1999 Survey of Rhode Island Employers on Health Insurance Coverage, Table of Contents, Executive Summary and Survey Questionnaire
• A Comparison of Federal and State Protections for Health Care Consumers May 1998
• The Growth of Home Health Care in Rhode Island September 1998
• Health Benefits Offered by Rhode Island Employers, 1999
• Health Status, Behavioral Health Risks, Health Care Access, and Health Care Utilization Among Rhode Islanders, 1990 and 1996
• More Rhode Islanders Are Without Health Insurance, Even as Employment Increases. April 1997
• Rhode Island Health Quality Performance Measurement and Reporting Program Annual Report
• Utilization of Nursing Homes in Rhode Island September 1997
• Utilization Review in Rhode Island March 1999

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Health Data Inventory 
(a collection of health databases maintained by HEALTH)

•  Health Data Inventory Fifth Edition June 2008

Health Insurance

• Health Plans' Performance Report
• The Health of RI’s Health Insurers
• Rhode Island's Uninsured Working Age Adult Population in 2005
• Rhode Island's Uninsured Working Age Adult Population
• Health Care Coverage in Rhode Island, 2002
  December 2003
• Achieving Universal Health Care Coverage in Rhode Island: Where are the Challenges? March 2002 
• Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage among Adults in Rhode Island May 2002
• Health Benefits Offered by Rhode Island Employers, 1999
• More Rhode Islanders Are Without Health Insurance, Even as Employment Increases. April 1997

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Health Legislation

• 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |2004 |2003 | 2002 | 2000-2001 |1997 & 1998

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Health Risks

• Health Status, Behavioral Health Risks, and Access to Health Care Among Rhode Island Adults in 2008
• Serious Psychological Distress and Associated Health Conditions and Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Access to Health Care, Behavioral Health Risks, and Health Conditions Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Disability and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Public High School Students in 2007
• Diabetes and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Arthritis and Associated Health Conditions and Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Tobacco Use and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006
• Current Asthma and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006
• Arthritis and Associated Health Conditions and Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2005
• Access to Health Care, Behavioral Health Risks, and Health Conditions Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006
• Disability and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults 18-64 Years of Age in 2006
• Depression and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006
• Access to Health Care, Health Conditions and Behavioral health Risk Among Rhode Island Adults in 2005
• Tobacco Use and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2004
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults 2004 |2003 |2002 |2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
• Health Status, Access to Care, and Health Risk Behaviors among Urban Rhode Islanders, 2000 February 2002
• Health Status, Behavioral Health Risks, Health Care Access, and Health Care Utilization Among Rhode Islanders, 1990 and 1996

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Healthy Rhode Islanders

• A Healthier Rhode Island by 2010: A Plan for Action
  March 2004
• Healthy Rhode Islanders 2000: Progress Review

Heart Disease

• Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program State Plan 2009

Hepatitis

• Rhode Island must continue the fight against the Hepatitis-C epidemic April 1999

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Home Health Care

• Home Health Patient Satisfaction: A National View of Public Reporting May 2003

Hospitals

• Conversions and Mergers
  • Literature Review of Hospital Mergers (2009)
  • Hospital Market Concentration and Market Share in Rhode Island (2009)
• Finances
  • Hospital Financial Dataset
  • Hospital Net Uncompensated Care (2007)
  • Health of Hospitals Report (2008)
  • Hospital Capital Investment in Rhode Island (2005)
  • Hospital Costs in Rhode Island (2004)
• Utilization
  • Utilization of Rhode Island Hospitals 2003 | 2002 |2001 | 2000
• Quality
  
  • Health Quality Performance Measurement and Reporting Program: Annual Report (2003)
  • Consumer and Provider Views on Key Dimensions of Quality Hospital Care: A Review of the Literature (1999)
  • Hospital Performance in Rhode Island: How Often Our Hospitals Provide Recommended Care for Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Pneumonia (2003)
  • A Profile of Medicare Beneficiaries in Rhode Island: Quality of Care Compared to New England States and the Nation (2001)
  • Patient Satisfaction, Reporting of: A Review of Survey Methods and Statistical Approaches (2002)
  • Volume-Quality Relationship in Hospital Tertiary Care Services in Rhode Island (2002)
  • Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care in Rhode Island (pub. 2001)
  • Public Reporting on Health Care Quality Performance: States, Hospitals and Coalitions, a Review of the Current State of:(2000)
  • Rhode Island’s Cardiac Services Registry (2000)
  • Trends in Quality Indicators for Health Care in Rhode Island (1994-1998): Hospital Care, Access to Care and Utilization of Inpatient Procedures (2001)
  • Use of Administrative Data in Measuring Quality of Care (2000)

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Hunger (Food Insecurity)

• Rhode Island Food Security Survey 2000

Injury

• Violent Death in Rhode Island 2004
• Seatbelt Use in Motor Vehicle Crashes: Rhode Island, 2001
  May 2004
• Deaths and Injuries from Structure Fires in Rhode Island November 2003
• Head Injuries Sustained during Sports and Recreation
   February 2000
• Hospitalizations for Spinal Cord Injuries, 1994-1998 
  March 2000

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Lead Poisoning

Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island

Statewide Report:

• Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island: The Numbers 2009 Edition

City Specific Reports

• Central Falls
• Newport
• Pawtucket
• Providence
• West Warwick
• Woonsocket

• Outreach and Education Plan
• Report of the Interagency Council on Environmental Lead
• RI Lead Screening and Referral Guidelines (July 2004)

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Meningitis

• State and Community Partnerships Respond to Meningitis: a Model for Meeting Future Public Health Challenges in Rhode Island June 1998

Mental Health

• Serious Psychological Distress and Associated Health Conditions and Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2007
• Depression and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006

Minority Health

• Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Groups in Rhode Island August 2000
• Policy for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Data on Race and Ethnicity
• Rhode Island Population by Race, Ethnicity and City/Town

Motor Vehicles

• Lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers to .08 will save lives! April 1999
• Motor Vehicle Crashes among the Elderly, 1994 - 1998 December 1999

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Nursing Homes

• Second Family and Resident Satisfaction with Nursing Home Care in Rhode Island Autumn 2007
  - Supplemental Information (How to Use the Report)
• First Family and Resident Satisfaction with Nursing Home Care in Rhode Island Autumn 2006
• Nursing Home Resident Satisfaction: An Overview of Public Reporting June 2003
• Nursing Home Quality: A National Overview of Public Reporting Programs January 2002
• Utilization of Nursing Homes in Rhode Island September 1997

Nutrition

• Nutrition Resources for Rhode Island
• Cancer-Fighting Nutrients
• 5 A Day Table

Obesity

• Rhode Island Obesity Control Program: A Public Health Approach to Addressing Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adults August 2002

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Oral Health

• Oral Health Among Rhode Island Adults in 2004
• Oral Health and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2004
• Early Childhood Caries (oral disease)
• Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers
• Childhood Sports-related Oro-facial Injuries
• Rhode Island School/District Oral Health Surveys, 1999 

Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis Program: Priorities Identified to Address Issues Related to the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Osteoporosis 
  May 2003

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

• PRAMS Survey

Preventive Health Services

• Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Application FY 2003 March 3, 2003

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Primary Care and Rural Health

• Report of the Primary Care Physician Advisory Committee Mental Health Workgroup

Public Health

• A Deepening Understanding of Public Health's Work and Mission April 2000
• Overview of Public Health in RI September 1999
• Public Health in Rhode Island February 1999

Quality of Life

• Associations between health-related quality of life and demographics and health risks. Results from Rhode Island's 2002 behavioral risk factor survey Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:14
  

Smallpox

• Smallpox Prevention and Control Plan

Stroke

• Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program State Plan 2009
• Stroke Task Force Report to the General Assembly 2008

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Substance Abuse

• Hospitalizations for Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse October 2003
• Lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers to .08 will save lives! April 1999
• New Substance Abuse Treatment Options for Pregnant and Parenting Women April 1998
• Rhode Island's Syringe Exchange Program (ENCORE) July 2000

Suicide

• A Suicide Prevention Framework For Rhode Islanders Ages 15-24 February 2002

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Tobacco

• Tobacco Use and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2006
• Tobacco Use and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2004
• How to Get Hispanic/Latinos to Call a Quitline
• Ya No Fumo - A Community-based Tobacco Cessation Program: Lessons Learned August 2004
• Decreasing Youth Initiation of Smoking: Overview and Scientific Evidence July 2004
• Increasing Smoking Cessation: Overview and Scientific Evidence July 2004
• Secondhand Smoke: Overview and Scientific Evidence July 2004
• Tobacco and Health Disparities: Overview and Scientific Evidence July 2004
• Smokefree Zone

June 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004

• Tobacco Use in Rhode Island: Addressing Disparities Among Adult Current Smokers March 2003
• Diabetes and Smoking: Why Take the Risk? 2002
• Helping Rhode Islanders to Quit 2001
• Divergences in Smoking Patterns among Younger and Older Rhode Islanders, 1988 and 1998 November 1999
• Tobacco control programs prevent children from smoking and help smokers quit! March 1999
• Tobacco Use Prevention in Pediatric Primary Care Settings 1998
• Stop Selling Tobacco to Children! 1996
• The Tobacco Vending Machine: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed 1995

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Vital Statistics

• Annual Report 2000

Water Quality

Capacity

• Capacity Development Brochure
• Capacity Development Program Report: Assisting and Improving Rhode Island’s Public Water Systems September 2002
• Capacity Development Strategy: Existing Public Water Systems March 2002

Public Drinking Water

• Annual Compliance Report 2006
• Annual Compliance Report 2005
• Annual Compliance Report 2004
• Annual Compliance Report 2003
• Annual Compliance Report 2002

Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP)

• Source Water Assessment Plan

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Women and Children

• The Face of Women's Health 65 and Over
• Multiple Gestation Births in Rhode Island, 1989-1998 June 2000
• Office of Women's Health: Assessing and Enhancing the Health Status of Women in Rhode Island August 2002

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Worksite Wellness

• More Rhode Island Employers Offer Worksite Wellness Programs December 1997

Youth (see Adolescents)

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