Category: Health
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2012 New Hampshire Civic Health Index The 2012 New Hampshire Civic Health Index follows earlier studies, including the New Hampshire Civic Index compiled by the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in 2006 and the 2009 Civic Health Index published by the Carsey Institute in collaboration with the National Conference on Citizenship and Knowledge Networks.
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New Hampshire | Civic Attitudes, Health, New Hampshire | Publication |
A Community of Action for Lead Safety In this report, author Carrie Portrie summarizes A Community of Action for Lead Safety, a year-long effort to build cross-sector, municipal coalitions to leverage New Hampshire’s new lead laws.
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New Hampshire, New Hampshire Listens | Children, Health, New Hampshire | Publication |
Aligning Investments to Improve Population Health In this report, authors Michael Swack, Sarah Boege, and Kevin Barnett discuss the initiative to develop a statewide strategy to address the social determinants of health in New Hampshire.
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Center for Impact Finance | Health, New Hampshire | Publication |
An Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson estimates the influence that the local age structure has on coronavirus death rates among those exposed to it in rural and urban counties in the United States.
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COVID-19, Demography | COVID-19, Demography, Health, Rural, Seniors, Urban | Publication |
As Opioid Use Climbs, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Rises in New Hampshire The opioid crisis besetting every region of the United States directly affects more than just those who use substances. For a pregnant woman, a consequence of substance use can be neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)—withdrawal symptoms experienced by the newborn (see Box 1).
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Drugs, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Substance Abuse | Publication |
Children's Health Insurance in New Hampshire: An Analysis of New Hampshire Healthy Kids New Hampshire has been successful in achieving one of the lowest uninsurance rates for children in the country - 6 percent in 2005 (U.S. Census Bureau). The extent to which New Hampshire Healthy Kids has contributed to the state's success in achieving this low rate is the focus of this brief.
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Evaluation, New Hampshire | Children, Health, Health Insurance, New Hampshire, Safety Net | Publication |
Civil Protective Orders Effective in Stopping or Reducing Partner Violence Civil protective orders are a low cost, effective solution in either stopping or significantly reducing partner violence for women. While all women benefit from civil protective orders, this brief finds there are greater obstacles to enforcement in rural places, which result in less benefit for rural than urban women. The authors suggest that policies and services should be tailored to address community-specific barriers and differences such as hours of access, time it takes to obtain or serve an order, and access to information about the process.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health, Rural, Urban, Women | Publication |
Comparing Teen Substance Use in Northern New Hampshire to Rural Use Nationwide Using data administered in 2011 from the Carsey Institute’s Coös Youth Study and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this brief compares teen substance use patterns in New Hampshire’s most rural county to patterns among rural youth nationwide.
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New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
Coös County Youth and Out-of-School Activities - Patterns of Involvement and Barriers to Participation This fact sheet draws from surveys administered to a cohort of 416 participants in 7th grade in 2008, again when they were in 8th grade in 2009, and most recently as 10th graders in 2011 to look at patterns of participation in structured activities over time and whether male and female students differ in these patterns of participation.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Represent Growing Share of U.S. Mortality Americans are killing themselves at an alarming rate. Nationwide, the mortality rate1, from drug poisoning, alcohol poisoning, and suicide increased by 52 percent between 2000 and 2014. Most of this increase was driven by a surge in prescription opioid and heroin overdoses, but overdoses from other drugs, suicides by means other than drugs, and alcohol-induced deaths also increased over this period. Between 2010 and 2014, drugs, alcohol, or suicide were the underlying cause of death for 537,000 people and were contributing factors in an additional 133,000 deaths.2 Especially striking is that mortality from drugs, alcohol, and suicide has increased during a period of declining mortality for other major causes of death, including diabetes, heart disease, most cancers, and motor vehicle accidents.3
Not all demographic groups are at equal risk of drug, alcohol, and suicide mortality. The highest rates are among young and middle-aged non-Hispanic white males,4 especially those in nonmetropolitan areas. All three types of mortality increased among white males and females from 2000 to 2014, but drug-induced causes produced the largest mortality increases (Figure 1). White males have the highest combined mortality rate for the three causes, but the combined rate for white females increased the most (by 123 percent). Hispanic females also experienced increases in all three causes of death, but their rates remained far lower than those for both white males and females. Drug and alcohol mortality actually declined among Hispanic males, though Hispanic males continue to have higher alcohol-induced mortality rates than white males. Hispanics are more likely than whites to abstain from drinking alcohol, but Hispanics who do drink consume alcohol in larger quantities and drink more often than whites.5 Although black male drug and alcohol mortality rates exceeded those of white males in the early 2000s, by the end of the decade the rates for black males had declined and were lower than those for white males. Rates for black females are low and relatively stable.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Drugs, Health, Substance Abuse | Publication |
Four-in-Five Adults Are Vaccinated or Intend to Get a Vaccine In this data snapshot, author Sarah Boege reports that by March 29, one-quarter of U.S. adults reported that they had already received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, 39.1 percent hadn’t yet been vaccinated but reported that they will “definitely” get one when available and another 17.4 percent said that they “probably” will. However, 10.1 percent of adults will “probably not” and 8.2 percent will “definitely not” get a vaccine.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Health | Publication |
Full-Time Employment Not Always a Ticket to Health Insurance The majority of Americans—55.7 percent in 2016, according to the Census Bureau—access health insurance through employer-based plans.1 However, employment does not always result in health insurance coverage, and not all those who report working full time, year round are covered by an employer-based plan. In particular, many low-income workers are unable to access health insurance through their employers.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Health, Health Insurance | Publication |
Hard Times Made Harder: Struggling Caregivers and Child Neglect Poverty is only one of many challenges tied to a report of child neglect. The analysis in this brief finds that neglected children whose caregivers struggle with substance abuse and mental health problems are at significant risk for out-of-home placement. Risk factors for out-of-home placement for neglected children are discussed, as well as a multifaceted approach to services to prevent neglect and out-of-home placement.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Health, Poverty | Publication |
Health Conditions and an Older Population Increase COVID-19 Risks in Rural America In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson discusses the likely influence that the age structure and the incidence of pre-existing health conditions have on the risks of those exposed to COVID-19 in rural and urban counties in the United States.
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COVID-19, Demography | COVID-19, Demography, Health, Rural, Seniors, Urban | Publication |
Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents on a Parent's Plan After ACA Extends Coverage to Adult Children While much of the existing research explores young adults' insurance only in the post-recession period (that is, 2010 to present), authors Michael Staley and Jessica Carson assess young adults' rates of coverage within and beyond the context of the recession by examining changes across the entire 2007 to 2012 period.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Health, Health Insurance, Young Adults | Publication |
Help in a Haystack: Youth Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in the North Country A new brief from Nordblom Fellow Meghan Mills at the Carsey Institute finds that youth in New Hampshire's North Country have challenges in accessing support for substance abuse and mental health issues. Mills also finds that the providers face unique challenges, from getting referrals to hiring professionals, all while working without a functional network.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults | Publication |
Ideology Affects Trust in Science Agencies During a Pandemic In this perspectives brief, authors Lawrence Hamilton and Thomas Safford discuss the enormous effect that the extent to which governments and individuals respect the recommendations of science and science-based public agencies is having on the impact of COVID-19.
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Community, Environment, and Climate Change, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Health, Public Opinion, Trust | Publication |
Indicators of New Hampshire Youth Well-Being (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) According to a new study, New Hampshire youth, ages 13 to 24, are more likely to complete school, be employed, and have lower obesity rates than their peers nationwide but fare worse in national measures of alcohol and substance abuse. This brief, a co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire, provides an overview of youth well-being in New Hampshire calculated from national and state data and compares Granite State youth with peers across the country.
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Evaluation, New Hampshire | Demography, Education, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Poverty, Young Adults | Publication |
Informal Kinship Care Most Common Out-of-Home Placement After an Investigation of Child Maltreatment This fact sheet examines differences between urban and rural areas in foster care placement with informal kin caregivers. The data for this analysis come from a national sample of children who had a maltreatment report that resulted in an investigation: the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health | Publication |
Intimate Partner Violence Among LGBTQ+ College Students Drawing from a survey of 391 college students in same-sex relationships, this brief documents the rates and patterns of intimate partner violence, and responses to it among LGBTQ+ youth.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Gender, Health, Young Adults | Publication |