University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
 

Issue Briefs

Date/Issue Topic
September 2008
(Vol. 8, No. 2)
Physically Active Kids: How to Grow Healthy, Active Adults
January 2008
(Vol. 8, No. 1)
"Consumer Engagement" and "Value-Driven Health Care": Do we have the right information tools?
Full Citations
October 2006
(Vol. 7, No. 2a)*

*With corrected errata
Adolescent Pregnancy: Assessing the Evidence on Abstinence-Based Interventions
September 2006
(Vol. 7, No. 1)
Primary Enforcement of Seatbelt Laws: A Means for Decreasing Injuries, Deaths and Crash-Related Costs in Wisconsin?
November 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 7)
Strategies to Increase Diabetes Patient Education and Training
October 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 6)
Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing: Is it an Effective Drug Use Control Strategy?
August 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 5)
Employee Health Promotion Programs: What is the Return on Investment?
August 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 4)
Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 & Health Disparities: How do the state's goals relate to Wisconsin's minority populations?
July 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 3)
Reducing Black Infant Mortality in Wisconsin: Best Practices and Model Programs.
June 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 2)
How Do Wisconsin's Health Outcomes Compare to Those of Other Midwest States?
March 2005
(Vol. 6, No. 1)
Improving Student Nutrition Through School Vending Machine Policies
December 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 9)
How Fast Can Wisconsin Become Healthier? A Framework for Setting State Health Objectives
November 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 8)
Should Schools Monitor Rate of Overweight and Obesity among Students in Wisconsin?
October 2004
(Vol. 5, No.7)
YPLL: A Summary Measure of Premature Mortality Used in Measuring the Health of Communities
Sept 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 6)
Using Air, Water & Lead Exposure as Measures of the Physical Environment: The Wisconsin County Health Ranking
August 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 5)
Cost-Sharing and Consumer Driven Purchasing, Part 2: Is There Promise for Cost Control?
August 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 4)
Cost-Sharing and Consumer Driven Purchasing, Part 1: The Economic Challenge to Consumers
May 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 3)
Consumer Health Literacy: Preparing for Changing Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities in Health and Health Care
April 2004
(Vol. 5, No. 2)
Wisconsin's Future Newborn Citizens: Potential Medicaid Cost Savings in Covering Immigrants' Prenatal Care
March 2004
(Vol.5, No. 1)
"Healthier Choices": Will Relief from Current Benefit Mandates Reduce Health Insurance Costs and Increase Coverage?
August 2003
(Vol. 4, No. 5)
An Ounce of Prevention: What Can Policymakers Do About the Obesity Epidemic
May 2003
(Vol. 4, No. 4)
Should We Keep Wisconsin's Physician Office Visit Data System?
April 2003
(Vol. 4, No. 3)
Tobacco Taxes: Implications for Public Health
March 2003
(Vol. 4, No. 2)
Considering Health Inequality
February 2003
(Vol. 4, No. 1)
Health Insurance Coverage Among Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers
November 2002
(Vol. 3, No. 6)
Addressing High Rates of Smoking During Pregnancy in Wisconsin
October 2002
(Vol. 3, No. 5)
Racial and Ethnic Data: Are they Reliable for Program and Policy Development?
June 2002
(Vol. 3, No. 4)
What Cost Health?
May 2002
(Vol. 3, No. 3)
The Wisconsin Collaborative Diabetes Quality Improvement Project: A Collaborative Success
February 2002
(Vol. 3, No. 2)
Why Did Wisconsin Fall in State Health Rankings?
January 2002
(Vol. 3, No. 1)
Translating Research into Practice: Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute
November 2001
(Vol. 2, No. 11)
Challenges for Healthcare Value Purchasing
October 2001
(Vol.2 , No.10)
Policy Choices in the Wisconsin 2001-03 Budget: Financing and Access
August 2001
(Vol.2 , No.9)
Will Wisconsin Have a Health Care Workforce to Meet Its Needs?
June 2001
(Vol.2 , No.8)
Dental Care Access in Wisconsin
May 2001
(Vol.1 , No. 7)
Will Wisconsin Have a Nursing Workforce to Meet Future Health Care Need?
January 2001
(Vol. 1, No. 6)
Who are the Uninsured in Wisconsin
November 2000
(Vol. 1, No.5 )
Defined Contributions: Future or Fad
October 2000
(Vol. 1, No. 4)
Racial Inequities in Health in Wisconsin
July 2000
(Vol. 1, No. 3)
Wisconsin's Collaborative Population Health Data Library
June 2000
(Vol. 1, No. 2)
How Expensive is Health Care In Wisconsin?
March 2000
(Vol. 1, No. 1)
Wisconsin's Uninsured Population: How Low--4% or 11.8%