The Center for Mississippi Health Policy has released a report summarizing key findings from the second year of research, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Bower Foundation, evaluating the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act. The Year Two Report, Assessing the Impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act, presents the results of studies conducted by three Mississippi universities that provide valuable information for educators and policy-makers as they look toward the next few years of … Read more...
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Distracted Driving in Mississippi, 2010
Distracted driving is a common occurrence in Mississippi, with three-quarters of current adult drivers reporting they have talked on a cell phone while driving, and one-third admitting they have read, written, or sent a text message while driving. The number of people reporting riding with a driver who was distracted is much higher. Almost nine out of ten (88.6%) adults told researchers they had been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone talking on a cell phone, and more … Read more...
Health Reform Implications for Employers
The Georgia Health Policy Center, the Center for Mississippi Health Policy, and the Florida Public Health Institute have partnered to release a health reform package for employers. The package includes a policy brief and an interactive small business calculator. The brief focuses on provisions in the Affordable Care Act (health reform) specific to employer-sponsored health insurance plans. The 50-State Health Reform Calculator for Small Businesses©, an online tool, offers for-profit and non-profit small businesses the ability to estimate … Read more...
How Will Health Care Reform Affect Mississippi?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law in March 2010, and contains numerous provisions that will have a wide ranging impact on the nation’s health care system. The law will be implemented incrementally over eight years and will address private and public insurance coverage, health care quality, payments to providers, and public health. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy has produced a series of issue briefs that explain the contents of the Act and consider … Read more...
Leading by Example: Mississippi Lawmakers Get Fit
During the 2010 legislative session, members of the Mississippi House and Senate, along with staff from the Legislature and the Governor’s Office, took part in a 12-week fitness program, the Paul Lacoste Sports’ Fit 4 Change. In this video several of the participants describe their experience and how it influenced their working relationships and their perspectives on health and wellness.
Click on the “play” icon on the video to start. The film is 11 minutes in length.