Health Administration, Research & Planning Section-
The purpose of the Health Administration, Research & Planning (HARP) Section is to provide strategic direction to the Arizona Public Health
Association Board and members in the following vital areas:
- Providing current information and expertise regarding health reform and how health reform will affect Arizona
- Providing current information and expertise on the health effects of climate change
- Providing current information on important peer-reviewed, published research relevant to public health
- Offering relevant workshops to all members
RESOURCES
HEALTH REFORM
New Commonwealth Fund Report, Health Insurance Exchanges in Health Reform: Legal and Policy Issues, for a great analysis of how the House and Senate bills differ on health insurance exchanges
New Commonwealth Fund Report - Paying the Price: How Health Insurance Premiums are Eating Up Middle Class IncomesRead the Commonwealth Fund's New Report: The Costs of Failure. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Blog/The-Costs-of-Failure.aspx
Leading Foundations Agree Prevention is Vital to Health System Reform:
http://www.rwjf.org/healthreform/publichealth/product.jsp?id=47409
Issue Brief from Kaiser - Coverage of Low Income Children, Key Issues to Consider in Health Reform.HEALTH EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Coal's Assault on Human Health: A Report from Physicians for Social ResponsibilityACCESS, PREVENTION, CARE & CONDITIONS
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation publishes top articles on childhood
obesity http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=46432
Access to Care and Use of Preventive Services by Hispanics: State-Based
Variations from 1991-2004
A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives
on Care, Cost and Experience
Arizona Corporation Commission Press Release 12/07/2009- Resource Planning Rules for Arizona's Electric Utilities
For further information, visit APHA, http://www.apha.org/programs/environment/
