Health Resources for Transitioning Youth, The 2008 Fact Sheet On Health Care Access and Utilization: Adolescents and Youth Adults 2008 Fact Sheet from  the National Adolescent Health Information Center

This fact sheet contains the most recent available data on health insurance
coverage, preventive and other health services, and unmet need among
adolescents and young adults ages 12-24, including those with special
health care needs. The fact sheet, produced by the National Adolescent
Health Information Center at the University of California, San Francisco,
with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, highlights trends
and presents data by age, gender, income level, and race and ethnicity. The
fact sheet is available in pdf (6 pages, 640 KB).
http://nahic.ucsf.edu//downloads/HCAU2008.pdf

Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) releases its Purchasers Guide on the Medical Home

The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) released its Purchaser Guide to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The guide is a compilation of PCMH pilot and demonstration projects. It serves as a handbook for understanding the medical home model and taking action to advance its implementation.

Maternal and Child Health Library(MCH) Releases New Edition of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Knowledge Path

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Knowledge Path is an electronic guide to recent resources about preventing, identifying, and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health. The knowledge path, produced by the MCH Library, contains information on Web sites, publications, databases, and electronic newsletters. Separate sections present resources for professionals (health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, researchers) and consumers. A special topics area lists resources about cultural and linguistic competence to remove barriers to care and narrow health disparities. The knowledge path is available at: http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_race.html.

MCH Library knowledge paths on other maternal and child health topics are available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html. The MCH Library welcomes feedback on the usefulness and value of these knowledge paths. A feedback form is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/feedback.html.