Category: health policies

  Contact: Phaedra Corso, 706/369-5958, pcorso@uga.edu Contact: Vikki Franklin, 859/218-2019   College of Public Health researcher Examine Impact of System Changes on Public Health   Athens, Ga. –  Phaedra Corso, professor of health policy and management at the University of Georgia College of Public Health, will examine howreallocating Georgia’s funding for local public health infrastructure, will impact health outcomes in Georgia. read more

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University of Georgia experts are available to provide commentary on the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, expected to be delivered June 28. read more

The University of Georgia Foundation Fellows Program has named five Honors students as mid-term recipients of the university’s premier undergraduate scholarship. The Foundation Fellowship provides a variety of academic, civic engagement and travel opportunities, ranging from service-learning abroad to research and internship experiences. The 2012 mid-term Foundation Fellows are: read more

Men with low-risk prostate cancer may want to consider delaying treatment, according to a national panel of health experts that included a University of Georgia professor. Officials with Maryland’s National Institutes of Health chose Phaedra Corso — who heads the Health Policy and Management Department in the University of Georgia’s College of Public Health — to participate on a three-day panel at the start of December because of her experience in evaluating risks and rewards in health care treatments. read more

A new study found more nurse-hours per patient and larger percentages of RNs on staff as factors in higher adoption levels of safe practices. The finding was part of a study examining the higher likelihood of designated Magnet hospitals, when compared with non-Magnet hospitals, to adopt National Quality Forum Safe Practices. read more

Listen to Health Policy and Management’s Dr. Anne Glass speak with WABE’s Steve Goss Steve Goss (2011-09-16) Listen Now read more

The University of Georgia College of Public Health has been awarded funding from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation to design and implement a plan to formally evaluate the impact of the General Grant-ln-Aid funding changes on the county-level public health infrastructure. read more

MOULTRIE — Health issues, particularly rural health concerns, are becoming major topics as civic leaders here make priority lists that lend to community development and improvements. Assessing health-care needs requires a lot of study and the Moultrie-Colquitt County Community through the Archway Project, a recently organized health committee and the Healthy Colquitt County Coalition has begun efforts that address numerous health related issues specifically including childhood obesity. Collecting and assessing data is crucial to these understandings. read more

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