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Welfare background, attitudes, and employment among new mothers

Welfare background, attitudes, and employment among new mothers

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Associations Between Homeless Women's Intimate Relationships and Their Health and Well-Being

The purpose of this study was to describe the associations between intimate relationships and the health and well-being of homeless women

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Utilization of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles

More attention must be directed at how to better deliver appropriate mental health and substance abuse services to homeless adults.

Jan 1, 1999
Report

Geographic Variation in Physician Visits for Uninsured Children: The Role of the Safety Net

Examines variation in access to physician services for uninsured children in 10 states, the safety net's role in explaining this variation, and the potential effects of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on insurance coverage and access.

Jan 1, 1999
Report

Medicaid eligibility expansion in Florida : effects on maternity care financing and the delivery system

Medicaid eligibility expansion in Florida : effects on maternity care financing and the delivery system

Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article

Balancing Act: Clinical Practices That Respond to the Needs of Homeless People

Describes special adaptations to clinical practice necessary for addressing the most common health problems of homeless individuals and families.

Jan 1, 1999
Research Brief

Effects of the Indonesian Crisis: Evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Survey

The dramatic economic and political upheaval in Indonesia over the past two years has left few Indonesians untouched.

Jan 1, 1999
Research Brief

Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings

This research brief describes work documented in Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions (MR-898-TCWF).

Jan 1, 1998
Report

Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

This study synthesizes the results of a number of previous evaluations in an effort to gauge the potentially costly programs that intervene early in the lives of disadvantaged children.

Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article

Economic Resources of the Homeless: Evidence from Los Angeles

This paper examines the economic resources of homeless adults using a unique data set from Los Angeles.

Jan 1, 1998
Dissertation

The Social Returns to Increased Investment in Education: Measuring the Effect of Education on the Cost of Social Programs

This research estimates the relationship between educational attainment and the use of a wide range of public programs, including welfare, SSI, Food Stamps, unemployment benefits, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article

Differential Patterns of Mental Disorders Among the Homeless in Madrid (Spain) and Los Angeles (USA)

Compare rates of mental disorders among homeless people in Madrid and Los Angeles (LA) and examine the ordering of the onset of both conditions.

Jan 1, 1998
Report

"Unanticipated consequences" in anti-poverty programs

"Unanticipated consequences" in anti-poverty programs

Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article

La Perspectiva Antropologica Como Enfoque Diferente De Los Enfermos Sin Hogar =: Through a Different Lens: an Anthropological Perspective on the Homeless Mentally Ill

This discussion indicates by extension that anthropological research can provide policy-relevant insights in this critical area.

Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article

Tuberculosis Skin Testing Among Homeless Adults

The objective of this study was to document the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) skin test positivity among homeless adults in Los Angeles and determine whether certain characteristics of homelessness were risk factors for TB.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Competing Priorities as a Barrier to Medical Care Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles

Assessed the role of competing priorities as a barrier to the utilization of physical health services in a sample of homeless adults in Los Angeles.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Determinants of Regular Source of Care Among Homeless Adults in Los Angeles

The authors explore the determinants of having a regular source of care in a community-based probability sample of homeless adults in Los Angeles.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Accuracy of Homeless Adults' Self-Reports

Examines the extent to which homeless respondents can be relied on to report accurately their use of health services.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Homelessness and Health

This article suggests ways in which efforts can improve the health of homeless persons, including an increase in funding for the Health Care for the Homeless Program; providing better access to dental, vision, and family planning services; supplying convalescent and longer term housing; better educating medical providers regarding the importance of working with this population and the ways in which medical practice has to be modified to be sensitive to the unique aspects of a homeless person's situation; and making a renewed commitment to ending, rather than managing, pervasive homelessness.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Reliability, Validity and Composition of a Subset of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Knowledge Questionnaire in a Sample of Homeless and Impoverished Adults

Reports positive findings regarding the psychometric characteristics and composition of a subset of 21 AIDS knowledge items from the questionnaire used by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Jan 1, 1997

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