Health Equity: 01/13/11

Thursday, January 13, 2011

[EQ] US Census Bureau Research - Supplemental Poverty Measure - research paper, Who is Poor?

US Census Bureau Research - Supplemental Poverty Measure
— releasing the research paper, Who is Poor?

Papers prepared for the Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting– Denver, CO

A New Supplemental Poverty Measure for the United States -January 8, 2011

Developing Thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure [PDF - 287k]
Thesia I. Garner (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenses, Poverty, and the Uninsured [PDF - 262k]
Kyle Caswell (Bureau of the Census)
Brett O'Hara (Bureau of the Census)

Supplemental Poverty Measure: Geographic Adjustments from the American Community Survey [PDF - 1.21MB]
Trudi Renwick (Bureau of the Census)

Who is Poor? A New Look with the Supplemental Poverty Measure [PDF - 283k]
Kathleen Short (Bureau of the Census)

“….A series of papers (available at http://bit.ly/dSLBbr ) have discussed other methods for computing the various dimensions of the poverty measure, including changing the unit of analysis, determining the value of housing subsidies that is added to income as a non-cash transfer, modeling of medical out-of-pocket and child care spending, and the development of adjustments for geographic cost-of-living differences in the threshold and a different method for the valuation of housing subsidies…”

Working Papers

A Comparison of Child Support Paid from CPS and SIPP (Timothy Grall)

Estimating the Value of Federal Housing Assistance for the Supplemental Poverty Measure (Paul D. Johnson, Trudi Renwick, Kathleen Short)

Research on Commuting Expenditures for the Supplemental Poverty Measure (Melanie Rapino, Brian McKenzie, Mathew Marlay)

Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement: A Comparison of the Supplemental Poverty Measure and the Official Poverty Measure (Ashley Provencher)

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[EQ] Global Observatory for eHealth Series: Atlas of eHealth Country Profiles 2010

The Atlas of eHealth Country Profiles

Targeted at policy and decision makers as well as researchers in health, information technology and telecommunications

World Health Organization - Global Observatory for eHealth –December 2010

Available online at: http://bit.ly/eHT3gq

PDF [144p.] at: http://bit.ly/ihY48Z

Intended as a reference to the state of eHealth development in Member States, this unique publication presents data on the 114 WHO Member States that participated in the 2009 global survey on eHealth. Individual country profiles feature 50 key indicators in eHealth foundation actions as well as specific eHealth applications. …’

The objectives of the country profiles are to:

• describe the current status of the use of ICT for health in Member States; and
• provide information concerning the progress of eHealth applications in these countries.

Content:
Background
Methodological considerations
Quality assurance
Terminology and interpretation
Presentation of primary data
Presentation of secondary data

Country profiles

Afghanistan . . . . . 3

Albania . . . . . . 5

Argentina . . . . . 7

Armenia . . . . . . 9

Austria . . . . . . 11

Azerbaijan . . . . . 13

Bangladesh . . . . . 15

Belarus . . . . . . 17

Belgium . . . . . . 19

Belize . . . . . . 21

Benin . . . . . . 23

Bhutan . . . . . . 25

Botswana . . . . . 27

Brazil . . . . . . .29

Brunei Darussalam . . . 31

Bulgaria . . . . . . 33

Burkina Faso . . . . . 35

Burundi . . . . . . 37

Cambodia . . . . . 39

Cameroon . . . . . 41

Canada . . . . . . 43

Cape Verde . . . . . 45

Chad . . . . . . .47

China . . . . . . 49

Colombia . . . . . 51

Comoros . . . . . .53

Congo . . . . . . 55

Croatia . . . . . . 57

Cyprus . . . . . . 59

Czech Republic . . . . 61

Denmark . . . . . .63

Dominican Republic . . . 65

Egypt . . . . . . 67

El Salvador . . . . . 69

Eritrea . . . . . . 71

Estonia . . . . . . 73

Ethiopia . . . . . . 75

Fiji . . . . . . . 77

Finland . . . . . . 79

France . . . . . . 81

Gambia . . . . . . 83

Germany . . . . . .85

Ghana . . . . . . 87

Greece . . . . . . 89

Guinea-Bissau . . . . 91

Hungary . . . . . . 93

Iceland . . . . . . 95

India . . . . . . .97

Indonesia . . . . . 99

Iran (Islamic Republic of) . . 101

Israel . . . . . . .103

Jordan . . . . . . 105

Kuwait . . . . . . 107

Kyrgyzstan . . . . . 109

Lao People’s Democratic Republic 111

Latvia . . . . . . 113

Lebanon . . . . . . 115

Lesotho . . . . . . 117

Liberia . . . . . . 119

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya . . 121

Lithuania . . . . . .123

Madagascar . . . . . 125

Malaysia . . . . . . 127

Maldives . . . . . . 129

Mali . . . . . . . 131

Malta . . . . . . 133

Mauritania . . . . . 135

Mauritius . . . . . .137

Mexico . . . . . . 139

Mongolia . . . . . .141

Montenegro . . . . . 143

Morocco . . . . . . 145

Mozambique . . . . . 147

Nepal . . . . . . 149

New Zealand . . . . . 151

Niger . . . . . . 153

Nigeria . . . . . . 155

Norway . . . . . . 157

Oman . . . . . . 159

Pakistan . . . . . . 161

Panama . . . . . . 163

Paraguay . . . . . .165

Peru . . . . . . . 167

Philippines . . . . . 169

Poland . . . . . . 171

Portugal . . . . . . 173

Qatar . . . . . . 175

Republic of Korea . . . . 177

Republic of Moldova . . . 179

Sao Tome and Principe . . 181

Senegal . . . . . . 183

Seychelles . . . . . 185

Sierra Leone . . . . . 187

Singapore . . . . . 189

Slovakia . . . . . . 191

Slovenia . . . . . . 193

Spain . . . . . . 195

Sri Lanka . . . . . . 197

Sudan . . . . . . 199

Swaziland . . . . . 201

Switzerland . . . . . 203

Syrian Arab Republic . . . 205

Thailand . . . . . . 207

Togo . . . . . . . 209

Tonga . . . . . . 211

Turkey . . . . . . 213

Turkmenistan . . . . . 215

United Kingdom . . . . 217

United States of America . . 219

Uzbekistan . . . . . 221

Viet Nam . . . . . . 223

Yemen . . . . . . 225

Zambia . . . . . . 227

Zimbabwe . . . . . 229





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[EQ] A Call to Action on Diabetes

A Call to Action on Diabetes

International Diabetes Federation IDF – 2011

Available online at: PDF [20p.] at: http://bit.ly/flmYAG

Currently available to download in Chinese, English, French, and Spanish

“………Diabetes is one of the four priority noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with cardiovascular disease, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. It is a chronic, incurable, costly, and increasing but largely preventable NCD which is responsible for millions of deaths annually, debilitating complications, and incalculable human misery…..”

This Call to Action brings four headline messages to the world from the global diabetes community:

- Diabetes is a major global threat to human security and prosperity.

Diabetes kills and disables, impoverishes families, imposes a huge economic burden on governments and business, and overwhelms health systems. It affects rich and poor, young and old. The majority of people with diabetes are in low- and middle-income countries and have limited access to affordable treatment.

- The global failure to invest in diabetes has led to the current crisis.

The evidence of the magnitude of diabetes and acceptance that action is necessary has been largely ignored by policy makers. Serious investment is needed now in essential diabetes medicines and technologies, proven diabetes management and care, and research into the causes of diabetes and a cure.

- The news is bad but we have the solutions.

Most diabetes can be prevented or delayed. Investment in prevention makes economic sense. Effective, low-cost treatments and care exist for diabetes that cannot be prevented. With early diagnosis and effective management, people with diabetes can live long, healthy and productive lives, and health systems can save on expensive complications such as kidney failure, blindness and amputations.

- Diabetes affects everyone and requires a collective response.

Diabetes is not just a health issue. Its causes are diverse. Its impact is felt by all of society. The solutions and response must therefore be multi-sectoral and coordinated…….”

In the lead up to the Summit on NCDs in September 2011

Roadmap: PDF: http://bit.ly/fyteXn

In the lead up to the Summit on NCDs in September 2011 IDF will play a role at two levels. First, by playing a leadership role in the NCD Alliance to drive a programme of work which will include:

• a global consultation process to finalize a package of NCD key asks and priority interventions

• a global price tag to implement these interventions

• an advocacy strategy that will ensure these key asks and interventions are followed up through a strong outcomes statement by UN Heads of State at the NCD Summit..”





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