Newsletters, Publications and Reports

Newsletters, Publications and Reports are listed by Subject in Alphabetical Order:

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 

• 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 16, 2002
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Public High School Students 2001: Youth Risk Behavior Survey  June 2002
• School Based Health Center Services Help Teens Stay in School February 1999
• Health Risks Among RI Public High School Students 1997 and 2001
  Alcohol and Other Drugs (August 2004)
  Personal Safety, Depression, and Attempted Suicide (August 2004)
  Physical Activity (August 2004)
  Sexual Behavior (August 2004)
  Tobacco (August 2004)
  Violence (August 2004)
  Weght Loss and Dietary Behavior (August 2004)
• 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  Summary Tables (March 1998)
  Alcohol and other drugs (December 1999)
  Dietary Behavior (December 1999)
  Injury (March 1999)
  Physical Activity (December 1999)
  Sexual Behavior (December 1999)
  Tobacco (December 1999)
• The 1998 Rhode Island Adolescent Substance Abuse Survey: Report for Statewide Results

AIDS and HIV

• HIV/ AIDS: Why Women Are at Risk
  July 2004
• Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan: Five Year Plan 2005-2009

Asthma

• Damp Housing Conditions and Asthma in Rhode Island May 2003
• Asthma Control Plan
• Asthma Control: A Special CME edition of Medicine and Health/ Rhode Island 1999

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Beaches

• Illness Complaint Form

Biomonitoring

• Biomonitoring in Rhode Island

Bioterrorism

• Make a Kit, Make a Plan, Stay Informed: Public health emergencies:What you can do to prepare
• Bioterrorism Program Report March 2004
• Important Information about Bioterrorism from the Department of Health
• INCIDENTals

Buildings

• Building Vulnerability

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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

• Cancer Control Plan Updated January 2004
• 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
• Tumors of the Brain and CNS in Rhode Island 1996
• Update: Prostate Cancer Screening 1995

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Data

• HEALTH DATA INVENTORY, Fourth Edition, January 2002  

Diabetes

• Diabetes: An Epidemic of a Chronic Disease April 2002
• Resources in RI for people with diabetes

Disability

• 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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Early Intervention

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)

• RI Commercial Health Plans’ Performance Report 2004
• Hospital Community Benefits Report (2004) 
• RI Medicare & Medicaid Health Plans’ Factbook (2003)
• 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
• The State of the Art In Health Plan Performance Reporting
• 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, Fourth Edition, January 2002  

Health Insurance

• RI Commercial Health Plans’ Performance Report 2004
• Rhode Island's Uninsured Working Age Adult Population
• The Health of RI’s Health Insurers (2004)
• RI Medicare & Medicaid Health Plans’ Factbook (2003)
• 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
• The State of the Art In Health Plan Performance Reporting  

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Health Legislation

• Health Legislation 2005
• Health Legislation 2004
• Health Legislation 2003
• Health Legislation 2002
• Health Legislation 2000-2001
• Health Legislation 1997 & 1998
• John H. Chafee Record 2000

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Health Risks

• Tobacco Use and Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2004
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2004
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2003 January 2005
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2002 May 2004
• Health Risk Disparities Among Rhode Island Adults, 2001 July 2003
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2001 April 2003
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 1998
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 1999
• Health Risks Among Rhode Island Adults in 2000
• 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

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

• Hospital Community Benefits Report (2004)
• Hospital Financial Dataset 2004
• Utilization of Rhode Island Hospitals 2001
  April 2004
• Utilization of Rhode Island Hospitals 2000
  December 2003
• The Health of RI’s Hospitals (2003)
• Consumer and Provider Views on Key Dimensions of Quality Hospital Care: A Review of the Literature April 1999
• Databases in Rhode Island Focusing on the Hospital Setting May 2000
• Hospital Performance in Rhode Island: How Often Our Hospitals Provide Recommended Care for Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Pneumonia Second Edition July 2003
• Hospital Performance in Rhode Island: How Often Our Hospitals Provide Recommended Care for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia   Technical Report December 2002
• Hospital Surveys and Incident and Events Reporting: Final Report to the General Assembly November 2001
• Outcomes of Invasive Cardiac Procedures: Rhode Island 1995-1997 June 2000
• Patterns of Hospital Inpatient Use in Rhode Island, 1995
• A Profile of Medicare Beneficiaries in Rhode Island: Quality of Care Compared to New England States and the Nation May 2001
• Public Reporting of Hospital Patient Satisfaction: A Review of Survey Methods and Statistical Approaches August 2002
• Quality Hospital Care: What Does It Mean? October 1999
• Quality Hospital Care: What Does It Mean to Rhode Islanders? September 2000
• A Report on the Volume-Quality Relationship in Hospital Tertiary Care Services in Rhode Island October 11, 2002
• A Report of Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care in Rhode Island November 2001
• Reporting Publicly Accountable Performance Measures of Quality in Health Care: Review of Existing
• A Review of the Current State of Public Reporting on Health Care Quality Performance: States, Hospitals and Coalitions  July 2000
• Rhode Island Health Quality Performance Measurement and Reporting Program Annual Report-2003
• Rhode Island’s Cardiac Services Registry January 2000
• States and the State of the Art for Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting: An Environmental Scan September 1999
• Trends in Quality Indicators for Health Care in Rhode Island (1994-1998): Hospital Care, Access to Care and Utilization of Inpatient Procedures August 2001
• Use of Administrative Data in Measuring Quality of Care August 2000
• Utilization of Hospital Inpatient Care in Rhode Island, 2000 September 2003

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Hunger (Food Insecurity)

• Rhode Island Food Security Survey 2000

Injury

• 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 2004 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

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

• 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

• 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

Pandemic Influenza

• Pandemic Flu Emergency Response Plan: Summary Report to Governor Donald L. Carcieri
• Rhode Island Department Health Pandemic Influenza Plan - Version 2
• State of Rhode Island Emergency Operations Plan Pandemic Flu Annex – Version 1 December 20, 2005

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

Smallpox

• Smallpox Prevention and Control Plan

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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 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 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

• Data on Postpartum Mood Disorders: A Report to the General Assembly, March 2002  
• 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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