Public Policy and the Prevention of AIDS at the State Level. Abstract, Executive Summary, and Final Report. Technical rept. 1 Jul 94-30 Jun 95.Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb.; Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. Center for Research Dissemination and Liaison.
Product Type: Technical report Page Count: 212 pages
Date: 1995
Author: J. N. Schubert
Paper Copy: US72.50
Downloadable product from U.S Goverment agency database - only US25.00 (On line credit card payment accepted)
Three broad tasks were addressed through this research. First was to systematically describe state legislative policy over the period 1983-1992. The original texts of 750 pieces of state legislation were acquired and coded. The authors assessed whether these reflected the appearance of policy models of contain-and-control and cooperation-and-inclusion for responding to epidemic disease in the American states. These models do describe the policy choices made by states. The second task was to explain different levels of policy development by the states within these models. Structural equation analysis shows that policy of the cooperation-and-inclusion variety was significantly and substantially affected by economic and governmental capabilities; in contrast, liberal political values were relevant only for states with relatively low caseloads. Contain-and-control policies are predicted by urbanization and associated with the characteristics of persons with AIDS in states with higher caseloads. Third, the authors assessed the impact of state policies upon the epidemic.
For full report details : contact kjnven@maxis.net.my in Malaysia
|