Publications & Presentations

Assessing the Impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act

Year Three Report, May 2012

Detailed Reports from Individual Studies

Prevalence and Trends in Overweight and Obesity among MS Public School Students 2055 - 2011 (to be published in May 2012)

2010 School Wellness Policy Principal Survey Report

Parent, Youth, & Policymaker Perspectives Year Three Report

MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS-NEEDS) Year Three Report

MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS-NEEDS) Comparison Report

Building a Health Insurance Exchange in Mississippi: Winter 2012 Update

Issue Brief, January 2012

Report, January 2012

Secondhand Smoke: Impact on Health and Economy

             Issue Brief, December 2011

What Do Mississippi Parents Think About Sex-Related Education in Public Schools?

Issue Brief, December 2011

Detailed Report, November 2011

The Impact of the Farm Bill on Southern States

Issue Brief, September 2011

Assessing the Impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act

Year Two Report, April 2011

Detailed Reports from Individual Studies:

Parents’, Youth and Policymakers’ Perspectives Year Two Report

MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS NEEDS) Year Two Report

MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS NEEDS) Year One vs. Year Two Comparison Report

Building a Health Insurance Exchange in Mississippi

Issue Brief, March 2011

School Nurses in Mississippi

Updated Issue Brief, February 2011

Distracted Driving in Mississippi

Full Report: Distracted Driving in Mississippi: A Statewide Survey and Summary of Related Research and Policies, September 2010

Issue Brief, December 2010

Health Insurance Coverage in Mississippi

Chartbook on Adult Coverage, December 2010

Chartbook on Child Coverage, December 2010

From Field to Fitness: Aligning Farm Policy with Health Policy to Improve Nutrition & Health

Full Report, September 2010

Issue Brief, September 2010

Health Reform Implications for Employers

Issue Brief, September 2010

An Overview of Health Reform

Issue Brief, September 2010

All-Terrain Vehicles in Mississippi: Policy Options for Saving Lives

Updated Issue Brief, September 2010

School Nurses in Mississippi

            Updated Issue Brief, March 2010

Assessing the Impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act:

Year One Report, January 2010

Detailed Reports from Individual Studies:

2008 School Wellness Policy Principal Survey

Parents’, Youth and Policymakers’ Perspectives on the Mississippi Healthy Students Act of 2007

MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS NEEDS)

Building Mississippi's System of Care: An Interagency Solution for Mississippi's Children

C4MHP Issue Brief, December 2009

Full Report: An Assessment and Study of the Mississippi System of Care

Human Service Collaborative, November 2009

All-Terrain Vehicles in Mississippi: Policy Options for Saving Lives

Issue Brief, November 2009

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009: Implications for Mississippi

Issue Brief, February 2009

School Nurses in Mississippi

Issue Brief, February 2009

Mississippi Initiatives to Address Childhood Obesity

Issue Brief, April 2008

Children's Health Coverage in Mississippi

Report, January 2008

Issue Brief, January 2008

Mississippi Trauma Care Task Force Final Report

Task Force Report, November 2007

Issue Brief, December 2007

Options for a Statewide Health Data Reporting System in Mississippi

NAHDO Report: November 2007

Issue Brief, December 2007

Prevalence of Overweight among Children and Youth in Mississippi: A Comparison between 2003 and 2005

USM Report: December 2007

Proposed Rule on Medicaid School-Based Administrative Claiming

Issue Brief, September 2007

Health Care Spending in Mississippi

Report, January 2007

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program in Mississippi:  Reauthorization Issues

Issue Brief, January 2007

How the SCHIP Funding Formula Disadvantages Mississippi

Technical Brief, January 2007

Mississippi Trauma Care:  Life Saving Care Is No Accident

Report, January 2007

What Do Mississippians Think About Childhood Obesity?  Findings from the 2006 Mississippi Public Perception of Childhood Obesity Survey

C4MHP Issue Brief, January 2007

USM Research Highlights, December 2006

USM Complete Report, December 2006

The 2006 School Wellness principal Survey

USM Report, January 2007

Presentations on State Initiatives to Address Childhood Obesity:

MS Association of School Superintendents, January 2007

State Board of Education, October 2006

House Education Subcommittee on Nutrition & Physical Education, Sept. 2006

The Lewin Group Report on the Economic Impact of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, December 2006

C4MHP Issue Brief, December 2006

Presentation by the Lewin Group, October 2006