THE CARSEY INSTITUTE
BROWN BAG SERIES
Spring 2007
Policies for Families and Communities
Presentations are held in the UNH Memorial Union Building (MUB) from 12:40 – 2pm unless otherwise noted. Please bring your lunch. All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, February 15
Topic: Children’s Health Insurance in New Hampshire: An Analysis of the New Hampshire Healthy Kids Program
Speakers: Sally Ward, Professor of Sociology, UNH Nena Stracuzzi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Carsey Institute Sarah Savage, Research Assistant, Carsey Institute
The New Hampshire Healthy Kids program for children's health insurance has been described as a great success. Researchers at the Carsey Institute were asked to provide an objective analysis of the extent to which this claim is supported by data. The speakers will present key findings from their research, which involved the collection of extensive quantitative data on insurance rates in the state, survey data from the general public and from school nurses, and in-depth interview data from key stakeholders and service providers.
Memorial Union Building Room 332
Thursday, March 8
Topic: Changing Communities: Demographic Trends in Rural America
Speakers: Kenneth Johnson, Visiting Senior Fellow, Carsey Institute and Professor of Sociology at Loyola University-Chicago
Over the past few decades, rural America has experienced periods of population growth as well as decline. Recent population growth in rural areas has been uneven, with some areas growing rapidly while others have grown little, if at all. Such uneven patterns of growth are now evident in urban America as well. And, population growth in both urban and rural Ameirca depends increasingly on immigration. This selective deconcentration of the population presents important new challenges for scholars as well as for planners and policy-makers.
Memorial Union Building Room 334
Thursday, March 29
Social Infrastructure in New Hampshire: Results from the 2006 Social Capital Survey
Speakers: Lewis Feldstein, President, NH Charitable Foundation Ross Gittell, Senior Fellow, Carsey Institute and James R. Carter Professor of Management, UNH
Professor Ross Gittell and NH Charitable Foundation President Lew Feldstein will review findings from the 2006 Social Capital Survey for New Hampshire. Survey data for New Hampshire will compared to data for the US and to survey results in 2000. The implications of the data and findings for public policies and foundation programs will be reviewed and discussed.
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Memorial Union Building Room 334
Thursday, April 19
Topic: Health Care Reform in New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative
Speakers:James McCarthy, Dean, School of Health and Human Services, UNH Ned Helms, Director, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, UNH
The New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, chartered by the Office of the Governor, is a long-term effort to engage constituents in the reform of the current health care system. Jim McCarthy, Chair of the Initiative’s Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Team, will discuss research on the underlying causes of illness and death in NH and the approach the Health Initiative is taking to address the underlying causes. Ned Helms, Director of the NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice, will discuss the Health Initiative’s overall efforts to improve health care quality while reducing costs.
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This special event will take place from 7 – 9 pm in the Piscataqua Room of Holloway Commons at UNH.