A usual source of care has been considered an important goal for children’s health care for many years and has been linked to many positive outcomes—increased use of preventive care, decreased use of emergency room care, and better continuity of care. This report synthesizes qualitative...

This evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s <I>Covering Kids & Families® (CKF)</I> program examined ways to improve the program and assess CKF’s effects on policy and procedures, as well as the effects of policy and procedures on coverage.

In 2000, California legislated parity coverage for mental health care. This article reviews the experiences of state health plans, providers, and consumers between 2000 and 2005 in implementing parity and discusses implications for the 2008 federal parity law. California’s experiences suggest...

This report addresses one particular model for school-based abstinence education: a voluntary, character-based program designed to enhance a mandatory core abstinence education component of the <I>Heritage Keepers®</I> program serving middle and high school youth in Edgefield, South Carolina....</i>

Summarizes lessons learned for stations, partnerships, and outreach from an ongoing five-year evaluation of <I>Ready To Learn</I>, a Public Broadcasting Service and U.S. Department of Education initiative to help enhance children’s readiness for school. Stations need to be committed to the program...</i>

<I>I Am Moving, I Am Learning</I> is a Head Start program enhancement for integrating obesity prevention activities into daily practices. This research brief, based on Mathematica’s interim report, documents the findings from a survey of 53 Head Start programs that participated in training in Region...</i>

This report presents findings on the implementation of parental choice options from the first year of two national studies of <I>No Child Left Behind</I>. In 2004-2005, nearly 6.2 million students were eligible for Title I school choice and as many as 1.8 million were eligible for supplemental...</i>

<I>Healthy People 2010</I> identifies the elimination of health disparities as a critical national goal. This article analyzes the availability of state and local data to support this goal. Researchers assessed data availability for the 10 leading health indicators, comprising a set of 26 measures, and...</i>

A permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) as part of a package of other payment reforms can lead to lower health care costs and improved care, according to this Health Affairs article by Mathematica senior fellow James Reschovsky. The article assesses last year's attempt by...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Framework and Toolkit focus on effective approaches to planning and conducting D&I activities. The D&I Framework describes the concepts and best practices that are central to effective D&I while the...