Webhealth
Webhealth has been specifically developed to provide access for people to
connect with Health and Social Services. This web-based approach builds on
the strengths of people and families to determine their support needs. Within the Webhealth website is Linkage. Linkage is a
partnership between an NGO, Pathways; primary health care, Pinnacle; and a
secondary provider/hospital, Health Waikato. It offers early intervention
services with a “one stop shop” in central Hamilton and New Plymouth.
Monday, October 13, 2003
Reuters Health story at Yahoo - "An enriched, stimulating environment during childhood seems to reduce the likelihood of developing schizophrenia and criminal behavior in young adulthood, according to a study in Mauritius. Although several reports have suggested a link between environmental factors and these mental health problems, few studies have looked at early childhood interventions as a means of preventing them..."
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Story in the Statesman Journal - "With no economic relief in sight, all 50 states and the District of Columbia again are restricting health-care spending for poor women, children, elderly adults and the disabled, according to a study released last month. Many states already had made it harder or more expensive for low-income families to get free or low-cost health insurance through the $257 billion Medicaid program. The comprehensive survey, conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, found that state legislatures again tightened their health-care safety-net programs in the fiscal year 2004, which already has begun for states. States’ fiscal crisis is putting health care for low-income families and the elderly and disabled at risk, said Diane Rowland, executive director of the Kaiser commission." See also the Septmber 30 PULSE item for links to the Kaiser Commission reports and last Friday's posting on Rowland's testimony in Congress.
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New York Times story - "New government figures show a profound change in welfare spending, shifting money from cash assistance into child care, education, training and other services intended to help poor people get jobs and stay off welfare. Cash assistance payments now account for less than half of all spending under the nation's main welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, federal officials say..." [Viewing New York Times resources requires registration, which is free].
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