The Center for Health Policy, created in 2006, is housed at the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Health. The CHP faculty and staff collaborate with state and local government, as well as public and private health care organizations in health policy and program development to conduct high quality program evaluation and applied research on critical health policy-related issues. CHP serves as a bridge between academic health researchers and state and local government as well as health care organizations and community leaders.
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The Consumption and Consequences of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs in Indiana: A State Epidemiological Profile 2011
The Center for Health Policy has released The Consumption and Consequences of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs in Indiana: A State Epidemiological Profile 2011. This annual report, written for state policymakers and community leaders, presents data and analyses to support the developement of a framework for advancing the mission of the Indiana Substance Abuse Prevention System.
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Injection Drug Use in Indiana (2010) describes the health, social, and legal problems faced by injection drug users. The issue brief provides national and state-level statistics on the prevalence and...
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2009 Homeless Count Released
Report Shows a 78 Percent Increase in Family Homelessness.
Family homelessness increased by 78 percent from 2008 to 2009, the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention said today. The...
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Center for Health Policy Releases Review of the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990, was originally intended to be a civil rights law guaranteeing people with disabilities access to...
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