1.Chapter 6Physical Illness
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2. History of Public Health Interventions in the United States
Public health: a kind of rearguard action against the filth and congestion created by anarchic economic & urban development (p. 190)
Marine Hospital Service (first federal public health intervention)
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3. Federal Health Agencies
Public Health Service
Childrens Bureau
Department of Veterans Affairs
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4. Federal Financing of Health Care:
Medicaid
Medicaid Cost Containment
Medicaid and Managed Care
Long-Term Care
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5. Vulnerable Groups in an Affluent Nation
Poverty and Health
Health Disparities
Gender and Health
Uninsured Citizens
Infant Mortality in Harlem
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6. Fundamental Dilemmas in the U.S. Health Care Policy
Assigning Risk
Market-based Solutions versus Public Provision of Care
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7. Health Care Reform Proposals
Insurance Regulation
Managed Care
Single-Payer Proposals
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8. Social Work Roles in Health Care Policy
Advocates
Administrators
Practitioners
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9. Legislation Discussed in Chapter 6
The Public Health Act - 1848 (Britain)
The National Quarantine Act - 1878
The Social Security Act -1935
Sheppard-Towner Act -1921
Act for the Emergency Maternity and Infant Care for the Wives and Children of Servicemen -1963
Hill Burton Act - 1946
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10. Legislation Discussed in Chapter 6 (cont.)
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act ( PRWORA) -1996
Medical Catastrophic Coverage Act -1988
The Balanced Budget Act - 1997
Ryan White Care Act 1990
Americans With Disabilities Act - 1990
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or Kassebaum-Kennedy- 1996
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11. Programs Discussed in Chapter 6
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12. Web Links for Further Reference
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/tables/2003/03hus027.pdf
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income.html
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/index.htm
http://www.who.int/en/
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