. ... HIV/STD Research

• Risk Factors for HIV: An Examination of Alcohol and Other Drug Users in the Mississippi Delta

. ... Incarcerated Youth

• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in Mississippi Incarcerated Youth

. ... Insurance

• Mississippi's Uninsured

. ... Medicaid

• Medicaid HMOs: Lessons for the Medicaid Medical Home?
   
• Economic Impacts of Federal Medicaid and CHIP Expenditures on Mississippi's County Economies, 2003
   
• Economic Impacts of Federal Medicaid and CHIP Expenditures on Mississippi's Regional Economies, 2003
   
• Economic Impacts of Federal Medicaid Expenditures on Mississippi, 2002
   

 . ... Obesity

• Obesity Among America's Children
   
• Poor Health Threatens the Academic Achievement of Mississippi's Children

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 . ... Pain

• Myths About Pain May Endanger Your Health
   

 . ... Physicians

• Economic Impacts of Physicians on
  Mississippi’s County Economies
   
• Mississippi Physician Reports of Technology Use in Practices: Computers and Electronic Medical Records
   
• Hurricane Katrina's Effect of Mississippi's Health Care: Physician Reports from the 2007 MSMD Survey

. ... Tobacco

• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a $1.00 Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax
   
• Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among Lee County Adults
   
• Potential Public Opinion, Expected Health Impacts, and Changes in Smoking Behavior Following an $1.00 Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax
   
• Potential Public Opinion, Expected Health Impacts, and Changes in Smoking Behavior Following an $0.82 Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax



• Potential Public Opinion, Expected Health Impacts, and Changes in Smoking Behavior Following a $0.62 Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax

 
• Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among Forrest and Lamar County Adults
  
  
• Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among Oktibbeha County Adults
   
• Smoke-Free Public Places and Support for Smoke-Free Legislation among Mississippi Adults
  
  
• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar Increase in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax
   
• Potential Impacts and Public Support for a 50 Cent Increase in State Tobacco Taxes

Secondhand Smoke:

• Household Practices and Attitudes of Hinds County Adults
  
  
• Household Practices and Attitudes of Lamar and Forrest County Adults
  
  
• Household Practices and Attitudes of Mississippi Adults

Fact Sheets

Policy Briefs

Policy Papers

Seminar Series

Health Maps

Posters

..... Labor Force

• Mississippi's Physician Labor Force: Current Status and Future Concerns

       Medicaid

• Diagnoses and Emergency Room Visits for Mississippi Medicaid Beneficiaries
  


• Mississippi Medicaid Programs and Emergency Room Use
  


• The Demographics of Emergency Room Visits for Mississippi Medicaid Beneficiaries
  


• What Is a Usual Source of Care? Medical Homes and Continuity of Care in Mississippi Medicaid (Part 1 of 3)
   
• What Is a Usual Source of Care? Where Are the Children Receiving Health Care? (Part 2 of 3)
   
• What Is a Usual Source of Care? Who Provides the Children's Health Care? (Part 3 of 3)
   
• Assessing Quality of Mississippi Medicaid Medical Homes: Baseline Measures of Child Immunization Rates
   
• Access to Specialty Care in Mississippi's Medicaid Program 2002-2003
   
• Access to Generalist Care in Mississippi's Medicaid Program 2001-2003

• Cost of Care in the Mississippi Medicaid Program: Assessing Costs Prior to the Implementations of the Mississippi Medicaid Medical Home

• Driving to Doctors: Access to Primary Care Physicians in Mississippi

• Driving to Doctors: Access to Specialists in Mississippi

• The Development of Primary Care Case Management in Mississippi: An Overview

• Medical Homes: A Review of the Concept

• Coverage for PLAD Beneficiaries under Medicaid and Medicare

..... Obesity

• Breastfeeding and Reduced Risk for Obesity
   
• Promising Policies: Addressing Obesity in Mississippi
   
• Obesity Among America's Children
   
• Promoting Academic Success through Better Student Health

..... Oral Health

• Children's Oral Health in Mississippi: Addressing a Silent Epidemic

..... Physicians

• Mississippi Physician Perceptions of Nurse Practitioners' Health Care Roles

..... ..Transportation Related

• Underage Drinking and Driving Interventions


• Motor Vehicle Injuries and Deaths among Children in Mississippi:
  The Role of a DUI Child Endangerment Law
   
• Impacts of Primary Seat Belt Laws on Motor Vehicle Deaths among Mississippi's Youth(addendums attached)

..... Children in MS

• Underage Drinking and Driving in Mississippi: A Review of the Issue and Synthesis of the Literature

• Leading Causes of Death among Children in Mississippi
   

          Physician Labor Force

• Mississippi's Physician Labor Force: Current Status and Future Concerns

..... Medicaid

• What Is a Usual Source of Care? Medical Homes & Continuity of Care in Mississippi Medicaid
   
• The Mississippi Medicaid Medical Home: Concept and Baseline Data
   
• A History of the Development, Implementation and Termination of Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid, 1991-2002
   
• Medicaid Reimbursement and Access to Physicians: Does Lower Reimbursement Mean Less Access to Care?
   
• Medicaid HMOs in Mississippi: A Post Mortem
   
• Economic Impacts of Federal Medicaid and CHIP Expenditures on Mississippi's County Economies, 2003
   
• Economic Impacts of Federal Medicaid Expenditures on the State of Mississippi in 2002
   

      .Other Reports

• Health Policy Priorities and Opinions: A Survey of Mississippi Legislators, 2006
  -click here for text only link

• Mississippi Health Assessment, 2004

..... Tobacco

• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Sept 2006)
   
• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Jan 2006)
   
• Expected Health and Economic Impacts of a One Dollar in the Mississippi Cigarette Tax (Feb 2005)
   
• Potential Impacts and Public Support for a 50 Cent Increase in State Tobacco Taxes
   

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