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The identification of framed messages in the New York State Smokers’ Quitline materials
Research suggests that smoking cessation messages are most persuasive when framed in terms of the benefits achieved from quitting (i.e. gain-framed) than when framed in terms of the costs of not quitting (i.e. loss-framed). It is unknown, however, if these findings about optimal message frames have been translated into public health practice. The current study examined message framing in telephone counseling sessions with smokers calling the New York State Smokers’ Quitline (NYSSQ). We conducted a content analysis of all NYSSQ print material and 12 Quitline service calls. Two independent raters coded each message within these documents as being gain-framed, loss-framed or non-framed. Messages from the service calls also were coded for their function (e.g. information provision, information gathering). Interrater reliability was acceptable (kappa > 0.80). Of the 997 print messages evaluated, 21.6% were gain-framed, 13.8% were loss-framed and 64.6% were non-framed. For the service calls, only the messages with an information provision function included framed content. Of the 420 information provision messages, 10.2% were gain-framed, 1.7% were loss-framed and 88.1% were non-framed. The loss-framed and non-framed messages indicate missed opportunities for providing gain-framed messages within the Quitline services, thus emphasizing a possible gap between research and practice.
New York Cuts Drug Reimbursements, States Trim Tobacco Prevention Funding
Crain’s New York Business: “Independent New York pharmacies say new state budget cuts will drive more drugstores out of business. Albany’s deficit reduction plan calls for $18.5 million in savings from Medicaid and Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) pharmacy reimbursement rates…
A New Era Of Paperless Medicaid Enrollment Is Launched In New York City
Thousands of New York City residents are receiving faster, more timely access to health care coverage, thanks to a new paperless enrollment system — Facilitated Enrollment Electronic Application (FEEA™) — that has been embraced by Health Plus, a leading New York City provider of public health insurance…
The State University Of New York Launches H1N1 Pandemic Flu Strategy
In order to get out in front of a potential pandemic flu outbreak, The State University of New York has undertaken a comprehensive, collaborative system-wide campaign to prepare for all forms of flu; to educate about the virus and to respond effectively to parents, students, employees and the general public. “SUNY’s response to all forms of the flu has been focused on three critical themes: Prepare, Educate, and Respond,” said Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher.
Required Flu Vaccines For New York Health Workers Draws Criticism
The New York Civil Liberties Union is criticizing a regulation that requires hundreds of thousands of state health workers to get both seasonal and swine flu vaccinations. Critics say it violates workers’ right to decide their own medical treatment. The
Costliest Medicare Markets In Florida, New York, California
U.S. News & World Report examines cost, frequency, and outcomes studies on Medicare patients from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice : “The Dartmouth research is particularly relevant to older Americans because it is based to a large extent on Medicare data, involving patients ages 65 and older.
New York Life Well-Prepared For Pandemic, Stress Test Reveals
Recently, the World Health Organization raised the pandemic alert to level 6, which officially declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a pandemic. New York Life Insurance Company, the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States, announced that the company is well prepared to meet its commitments to policyholders in a pandemic, even one as severe as the highly lethal 1918 flu pandemic.
Medicare Rights Center And Food Bank For New York City Awarded $1 Million To Increase Enrollment Of Low-Income New Yorkers In Assistance Programs
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) and Food Bank For New York City (Food Bank) have joined forces to enroll poor older New York City residents in programs to help them afford health care and healthy food. Funded by a $1 million grant from the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the two advocacy organizations will help city seniors enroll in four under-utilized assistance programs, with a total project value to enrollees of $46 million.
APS Healthcare And Thomson Reuters To Manage New York State’s Medicaid Clinical Best Practices Review Program
APS Healthcare, a leading provider of specialty healthcare solutions, and Thomson Reuters, a global business information company, have been selected by the New York State Department of Health to manage the state’s Medicaid clinical best practice utilization review program. The program examines how Medicaid patients utilize medical services and explores patterns of potentially unnecessary care and opportunities for improving patient safety or quality of care.
Health Plus Of New York Expands Use Of Health Integrated Program To Reach Significantly More Members With Chronic Conditions
Health Plus, one of New York-area’s largest providers of State-sponsored health insurance, and Health Integrated, a Targeted Population Health Management company focused on the critical interplay between medical and psychosocial health, have renewed and expanded their partnership to benefit significantly more Health Plus Medicaid members who have complicated chronic medical conditions.
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