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Gyurina C, Victoriano L. 2024. Environmental scan on community health workers: A 50-state scan of Medicaid reimbursement for the CHW workforce. Worcester, MA: ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School, 85 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information about policies and practices related to paying for community health workers for their services, including oral health services, through Medicaid. The report discusses each state's approach to covering these services through Medicaid. It also includes a spreadsheet that can be filtered and sorted to identify states with various approaches. A summary of findings is included.

Keywords: Administrative policy, Community health, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oral health, Personnel, Reimbursement, State information

Early Head Start National Resource Center. 2004. Program administrator's checklist for the Head Start home-based program option. Washington, DC: U.S. Head Start Bureau, 6 pp.

Annotation: This tool was developed to help program administrators evaluate whether the Head Start home-based program option is right for their community. It described the community assessment and how it provides information to help administrators determine the best program option, explains what the home-based program entails, provides some questions to answer for administrators considering implementing a home-based program, and describes what makes a home-based program effective.

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Children, Communities, Community based services, Head Start, Low income groups

Riccucci NM. 1995. Unsung heroes: Federal execucrats making a difference. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press , 266 pp.

Annotation: This book examines the careers of six federal career executive bureaucrats to determine what traits they share and to assess how these traits make them effective. The author introduces and defines a new term, execucrat; evaluates the careers of William Black, Eileen Claussen, Edward Perkins, Stephen Marica, Dr. Vince Hutchins, and Dr. Helene Gayle; and draws conclusions about how certain execucrats, although they may not be highly visible to the general public, have played significant roles in the development of federal public policies.

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Biographies, Federal government, Policy development, Public policy

Andrews LB. 1987. Medical genetics: A legal frontier. Chicago, IL: American Bar Foundation; Springfield, VA: distributed by National Technical Information Service, 284 pp.

Annotation: This book is intended to provide an analysis of laws related to medical genetics for people who work in the medical genetics field and related health care fields, including researchers, clinicians, paraprofessionals, and public health officials. It presents an overview of the laws affecting the following areas: medical genetics and legal responsibility, the social and policy framework, regulations of genetic research in humans, concerns in embryo and fetal research, provision of genetic services, genetic counseling, organ transplantation, confidentiality of genetic information, and mandatory screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Appendices contain the Nuremberg code of ethics in medical research and the National Institutes of Health's points to consider in the design and submission of human somatic-cell gene therapy protocols. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Confidentiality, Genetic counseling, Genetics, Legal issues, Legal responsibility, Medical research, Paraprofessional personnel, Public health programs, Reports, Research personnel, Social policy

National Center for Clinical Infant Programs. 1986. Program evaluation: Issues, strategies and models. Washington, DC: National Center For Clinical Infant Programs, 20 pp. (Walker)

Annotation: This booklet is aimed at administrators and practitioners serving disabled and at-risk infants, toddlers, and their families. The first paper discusses the purpose, process, and ways of doing program evaluation and developing a model relevant to a wide range of early intervention programs. The second describes three evaluation strategies: process evaluation, outcome evaluation, and action research. The last one relates how the staff of one service program for young children and families worked together to design and implement an evaluation process which helped to improve clinical practice and supervision while simultaneously demonstrating the efficacy of the program to funding sources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Children with special health care needs, Evaluation methods, High risk children, Pediatricians, Program evaluation, Reports

National Committee on School Health Policies of the NEA and the AMA. 1966. Suggested school health policies. (4th ed.). Washington, DC?: Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education of the National Education Association and the American Medical Association, 54 pp.

Annotation: This document was written to define the principles and general policies upon which health procedures in schools are based with the expectation that administrators and health personnel will develop specific practices in detail. The authors imply that the adoption of these policies will improve the health status both of the pupils and of the community in general. The policies are addressed to all persons concerned with the health of the school child. These objectives are also intended to serve as a summary of the essential policies covered in publications of the Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education of the National Education Association and the American Medical Association.

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Policy development, School health services

National Conference for Cooperation in Health Education, National Committee on School Health Policies. 1956. Suggested school health policies (3rd ed.). Washington, DC?: Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education of the National Education Association and the American Medical Association, 40 pp.

Annotation: This document is intended to provide a statement of specific school policies which directly or indirectly affect the health of pupils. It is implied by the authors that the adoption of these policies by any elementary or secondary school or any school system will improve the health status both of the pupils in the school and the communities in which the schools are located. It is written at the level of the school administrator. However, they are also addressed to all persons in any way concerned with the health of the school child. Policies are stated in terms of the ideal program, practice, procedure, and personnel.

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Policy development, School health services

American Public Health Association. 1955. Nutrition practices: A guide for public health administrators. New York, NY: American Public Health Association, 72 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this guide is to assist administrators of public health departments in initiating, conducting, and evaluating nutrition services. Topics include (1) nutrition confronts the administrator, (2) nutrition's place in public health practice, (3) determining opportunities for nutrition services, (4) the total public health staff and nutrition services, (5) nutritionists in nutrition services, (6) program planning for nutrition, (7) ways the nutritionists may contribute to departmental programs, (8) questions of administrative placement, (9) planning records and reports, (10) nutrition services of other agencies and their interrelationships, (11) advisory committees, (12) professional association affiliation, (13) assistance for federal and state departments,and (14) measuring nutrition service gains. The guide also includes a bibliography, acknowledgments, and a list of subcommittee on nutrition practices members.

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Agencies, Federal government, Nutrition, Nutrition services, Nutritionists, Program planning, Programs, Public health, Records, Reports, State government

National Conference for Cooperation in Health Education. 1950. The school administrator, physician, and nurse in the school health program: Functions and education. New York, NY: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 56 pp. (School health monograph; no. 13)

Annotation: This report summarizes the thinking of professionals at three conferences to examine the educational requirements for performing school health functions and to describe the functions. It addresses school administrators, physicians, and nurses and functions related to home and community relationships, school health services, control of the environment, and health education.

Keywords: Administrative personnel, Nurses, Physicians, Professional education, School health education, School health services, School personnel
   

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