2006 NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship: Call for Applications
Application deadline: January 9, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth seek applications for the 2006 Health Policy Fellowship. This program brings visiting scholars in health services research-related disciplines to NCHS to collaborate on studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community using NCHS data systems. Applications are welcomed from doctoral students through senior researchers/faculty. For more information about the Fellowship and application requirements, visit www.academyhealth.org/nchs or e-mail nchs@academyhealth.org.
National Health Policy Conference
February 6-7, 2006 - Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel
Join AcademyHealth and Health Affairs to hear leading experts from the Administration, academia, Congress, and the health industry share their insights on critical health care issues confronting policymakers. Among the topics to be addressed are: reducing disparities in health care; patient safety; improving services for mental health and substance use disorders; public and private sector perspective on responsibility for America’s health care; preventing and managing chronic conditions in children; pay for performance; and Medicare modernization.
Participants include federal and state policymakers, policy researchers and analysts, health industry executives, clinical decision makers, research funders, and health services researchers.
For more information and to register, visit: www.academyhealth.org/conferences/nhpc.htm
Health in Foreign Policy Forum: Migration and the Global Shortage of Health Care Professionals
February 8, 2006 - Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel
The 2006 Forum will focus on an issue that literally crosses borders: health worker migration. The Forum will examine the causes, consequences, and possible domestic and foreign policy responses to the global shortage of nurses and physicians. Panel discussions will focus on the following topics:
- Domestic Staffing Shortages: Role of International Recruitment
A panel of experts, including academics and the CEO of one the largest nurse recruitment firms, will describe the past, present and future directions of this phenomenon as it relates to nurses and physicians.
- Developing Nations: Migration, Retention & Return of Professionals
International speakers will present data and an analysis of differing interests and viewpoints in developing nations.
- Promising Domestic & Foreign Policy Practices
Speakers will present an overview of both the domestic policy debate regarding strategies to increase self-sufficiency, and a discussion of different foreign aid strategies that seek to build health system capacity in the world’s poorest nations.
- Public & Private Sector Policy Debate
Participants will be asked to react to the policy proposals presented during the day and to offer their own ideas on short-term and long-term strategies for strengthening health workforce capacity in this country and abroad.
Additional registration is required. For more information, visit: www.academyhealth.org/nhpc/foreignpolicy/
Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care
February 8, 2006 - Embassy Suites - Washington D.C. Convention Center
Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund's Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care initiative, this seminar will address long-term care issues of interest to state and federal policymakers. The seminar will feature highlights from Randall Brown’s background paper on consumer-directed care.
Additional registration is required. For more information, visit: http://www.academyhealth.org/ltc/2005/index.htm
Public Health Systems Research Audioconferences
The recent Gulf Coast hurricanes once again brought to light the importance of having a strong public health system. With support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth will host two interactive audioconferences that address the use of accreditation measures and evidence-based research in developing an effective public health system. These 90-minute audioconferences bring together leading experts in Public Health Systems Research to discuss:
"Accreditation of Public Health Agencies: Lessons from Three States"
December 7, 2005, 2:00 p.m. ET
"The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Developing an Evidence Base for Public Health."
January 11, 2006, 2:00 p.m. ET
For more information or to register, please visit: http://www.academyhealth.org/phsr/
