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Annotation: This set of briefing papers provides information for employers on topics of importance to their roles in providing health services to their employees. They are a part of a cooperative agreement called Partners for Information and Communications (PIC). Each issue includes a companion newsletter insert called Family Health Update which lists resources related to family health. Issues in the series cover (1) employer innovations in maternal and child health, (2) breastfeeding support at the workplace, and (3) promoting healthy pregnancies through contraception and counseling. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Business Group on Health, 20 F Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001-6700, Telephone: (202) 558-3000 Fax: (202) 628-9244 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.businessgrouphealth.org Available at no charge.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Child health, Corporate programs, Cost effectiveness, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Family health, Infant health, MCH programs, Maternal health, Model programs, Prenatal care, Worksite health promotion

Contact: Economic and Social Research Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 605, Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 833-8877 Fax: (202) 833-8932 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.esresearch.org/ $20.00.

Keywords: Attitudes, Crowd out, Employee benefits, Focus groups, Health insurance, National surveys, Public opinion, State Children', s Health Insurance Program

Annotation: This survey reports on company-provided work-life assistance programs for employees. Topics discussed include flexible work arrangements such as hours or work at home, leave policies, child and/or elder care assistance, employee assistance programs for family issues, supportiveness of supervisors and workplace culture, company efforts to develop supportive supervisors, health of employees and their families, benefits to enhance economic security, and company involvement in community life. Numerous tables of statistics are provided.

Contact: Families and Work Institute, 267 Fifth Avenue, Floor 2, New York, NY 10016, Telephone: (212) 465-2044 Fax: (212) 465-8637 Web Site: http://www.familiesandwork.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1-888324-26-0.

Keywords: Child care, Community participation, Employee assistance programs, Employee benefits, Family support programs, Work family issues, Working hours

Annotation: This report describes how employer provided health insurance has eroded over the last decade, as premiums have gone up, and employers have raised the cost to employees, limited insured benefits, or stopped providing health insurance benefits to employees. It mentions the switch to managed care programs and the loss of insurance for dependents. There is a brief mention of Medicare and the increase in the number of people who have neither public nor private health insurance.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HEHS-97-35.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Employee benefits, Health care financing, Health insurance, Private sector, Statistics, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This paper discusses a research project on how the mother's working hours during the infant's first few months affect her infant's development by the age of four or five years. The study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for its data, and focuses on the effects of the timing of the return to work, the number of hours worked, and the presence of family-friendly policies in the workplace on children's behavior and home environment scores. The author makes recommendations about the effect of family-friendly policies on the employer, as well as on the mother and child.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

Keywords: Early childhood development, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Infant development, Infant stimulation, Policy analysis, Socioeconomic status, Work family issues, Working hours, Working mothers, Working parents

Annotation: This report examines three states considered to be successfully implementing section 1906 of the Social Security Act, enacted in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The purpose of the report is to determine the extent to which these states are purchasing employer based health insurance for individuals eligible for Medicaid and achieving savings, the cost effectiveness criteria used by the states, outreach efforts, and legislative reforms suggested to improve states' efforts. The states examined are Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HEHS-97-159.

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Keywords: Cost containment, Employee benefits, Health insurance, Iowa, Medicaid, Pennsylvania, Texas

Annotation: This report summarizes the relationship between the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage expansions and employer financed coverage, and presents policy alternatives for coordinating these coverage venues. It provides brief background information on Title XXI and issues related to employer coverage. It discusses policy makers' concern about crowd out of private employer financed coverage and references related research findings and pertinent data. It also presents approaches to address crowd out concerns. The report then discusses approaches to subsidize employee contributions for families with uninsured children and access to employer financed coverage. The final sections discuss administrative issues and analyzes trade offs in choosing between Medicaid expansions and CHIP. The three appendices summarize related provisions of Title XXI, present a hypothetical state policy package to coordinate public and employer coverage, and present distribution data on employer contributions.

Contact: Institute for Health Policy Solutions, 1444 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 789-1941 Fax: (202) 789-1879 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ihps.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Access to health care, Employee benefits, Medicaid, Social Security Act, State Children', Title XXI, Uninsured persons, s Health Insurance Program

Annotation: This loose-leaf notebook contains articles, pamphlets, and reports that discuss the corporate world's attitudes, perceptions, and policies on maternal and child health. Topics include the length of stay in hospitals for mothers and infants following birth, breastfeeding in the workplace, women as mothers and parents within the workplace, and school health and school issues. Other topics include health promotion in the workplace, worksite wellness, assuring the quality of health plans, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and other business issues such as managed care, medical savings accounts, and health purchasing cooperatives. The materials were prepared for the January 1996 meeting of the MCH Partnership for Information and Communication Interorganizational Work Group. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Business, Child health, Employee benefits, Health policy, Hospitalization, Insurance, Length of stay, Managed care, Maternal health, Perinatal care, Policy development, Prenatal care, Quality assurance, Retirement, School health, Workplace health promotion

Annotation: This book provides extensive statistics on employee benefits. It provides an overview of the employee benefit system; and it covers retirement benefits; health benefits; and other benefits that include work and family related benefits, work schedules, vacation and leave, and disability coverage, among others. It includes data on small, medium, and large private establishments, small independent businesses, and state and local governments. It also covers aspects of federal laws that regulate the operations of various benefit programs. Appendices includes demographic and economic data and the text of various relevant laws. A glossary, reference list, source organization list, and a contact list of federal and congressional agencies are also included.

Contact: Employee Benefit Research Institute, 1100 13th Street NW, Suite 878, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 659-0670 Fax: (202) 775-6312 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ebri.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-86643-047-4.

Keywords: Demographics, Employee benefits, Federal government, Health insurance, Local government, Regulations, Retirement, Salaries, State government, Statistics

Annotation: This report presents the results of a survey taken to determine what states are doing to provide health insurance coverage for uninsured children who are not eligible for Medicaid. It outlines the nature of the problem, reviews other recent studies of uninsured children, and describes the design and methodology of the survey. It highlights the findings, provides profiles of specific programs, and presents lessons learned that would be useful to state policymakers. Data tables are used to present the findings of the survey. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Governors Association, 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 267, Washington, DC 20001-1512, Telephone: (202) 624-5300 Secondary Telephone: Contact Phone: (202) 624-5851 Fax: (202) 624-5313 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nga.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Children, Data, Employee benefits, Health insurance, Medicaid, Private sector, Program descriptions, Public health programs, Public private partnerships, State initiatives, Surveys, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This book examines the business community's responsibility to provide child care for its employees and considers ways that that responsibility can be met. It provides an overview of the implications to the business, reviews various child care choices, and considers the following topics: legal issues, finances, designing child care facilities, and management. One chapter contains advice for small businesses. Appendices provide information on liability insurance carriers, current licensing offices, resources for playground equipment, and a list of resource organizations, among other types of information.

Keywords: Child care, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Facility design and construction, Financing, Legal issues, Management, Small businesses

Annotation: This monograph, commissioned by the Committee for Economic Development, views child care as a important opportunity to foster the healthy development and education of all children from the earliest stages of life. The strong link between the quality of children's early care and education, and the possibility of school reform, is highlighted. The problems, benefits, and costs of typical child care are examined, as well as the response from government and business.

Contact: Families and Work Institute, 267 Fifth Avenue, Floor 2, New York, NY 10016, Telephone: (212) 465-2044 Fax: (212) 465-8637 Web Site: http://www.familiesandwork.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Business, Child care, Child care workers, Child development centers, Employee assistance programs, Employee benefits

Annotation: This book explores how employees with caregiver roles juggle the responsibilities of work and family. The authors consider multiple factors that contribute to the experience of stress and work-related outcomes such as absenteeism; review policies, benefits, and services from the perspectives of the employee and the employer; analyze methods for assessing employee needs; and provide recommendations for national and local policies.

Contact: Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218, Telephone: (805) 499-9774 Secondary Telephone: (800)818-7243 Fax: (805) 499-0871 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.sagepub.com Available in libraries.

Keywords: Caregivers, Child care, Children with special health care needs, Employee assistance programs, Employee benefits, Out of home care, Working parents

Annotation: This guidebook is designed to help employers understand the business rationale behind preventing unhealthy births, and to design and implement a maternal and infant health strategy that works for companies of varying sizes. The guidebook explains how to assess maternity and infant care costs, and it describes health care and other benefits that support maternal and infant health. It includes worksheets and sample programs from several companies.

Contact: March of Dimes, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, Telephone: (914) 997-4488 Secondary Telephone: Contact Phone: (914) 997-4515 Web Site: http://www.marchofdimes.com $95.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling or $110.00 plus $4.00 if order includes companion Infant Health Strategy Worksheets on computer disk.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Infant health, Maternal health, Prenatal care, Workplace health promotion

Annotation: This book examines the implications of the facts that more mothers work, that many of them have to, and that this compromises their ability to give their full attention to family care giving. The book presents the results of a study by the Panel on Employer Policies and Working Families of the National Research Council. This book examines current policies and programs within the context of economic conditions and public policies that affect employers' abilities to provide broader programs and suggests some outlines for future policies and programs. Specific topics considered include linkages between work and family, dependent care, child care, standard employee benefits, and new family-related benefits.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Contact Phone: (800) 624-6242 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-04277-1.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Policy analysis, Work family issues, Work force, Working mothers, Working parents

Annotation: This report surveys 77 employers providing financial assistance, leave benefits or both to adopting parents. Five appendices list methodology, information on adoption assistance providers, information on financial assistance for adopting parents, leave benefits, and contributors.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HRD-90-47FS.

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Keywords: Adoptive parents, Employee benefits, Financial support, Surveys

Annotation: This paper examines the implication of wage levels and health benefits for family well-being, especially the well-being of children, the distribution of workers with substantial participation in the workforce by their wage levels, gender and race or ethnicity, and whether low-wage workers have families to support. It also examines factors that increase or decrease opportunities for earning a wage adequate to support a family, relationships between wage levels, family status and coverage by employer-provided health benefits, and the proportion of low-wage workers who receive some form of government-provided income support.

Contact: Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1200 18th Street, N.W., Suite 301, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 785-5100 Fax: (202) 833-4362 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.iwpr.org $20.00, prepayment required.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Salaries, Work family issues

Annotation: This book addresses the fact that the United States has no statutory policy of paid leaves for parents with newborn children, unlike other industrialized Western nations. It discusses the results, pending legislation to change the situation, recommendations on what is best for the young child whose parents work, and what kind of infant care leave is economically feasible for employers to provide.

Contact: Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040, Telephone: (203) 432-0960 Fax: (203) 432-0948 Web Site: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp Available in libraries.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Federal legislation, Infant care, Newborn infants, Parental leave, United States, Working mothers

Annotation: This report discusses the three themes of the National Commission's initial study of the relationship between the private sector and the health of the nation's mothers and infants. These themes were the offering of a comprehensive employee benefit policy that promotes maternal and child health, viewing business as an important player in addressing the health needs of the uninsured and underinsured, and the increasing interconnectedness of society.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Photocopy available.

Keywords: Business, Child health, Employee benefits, Infant mortality, Maternal health, Private sector, Relationships, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This book discusses maternity and the working woman, historical notes on maternity policies in the United States, employee and employer perspectives on maternity leave benefits, state and federal provisions for benefits, maternity policies in private industry, and trends and issues in maternity policies.

Contact: Columbia University Press, 61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023, Telephone: (212) 459-0600 ext. 7129 Secondary Telephone: (800) 944-8648 Fax: (212) 459-3678 Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/

Keywords: Employee benefits, History, Parent rights, Personnel, Pregnancy, United States, Working women