The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release "Health Information Technology Use Among Adults 18-64 Years of Age," which will be based on early estimates from the National Health Interview Survey's results from the first half of 2009.

OMB Watch, a nonprofit that keeps its eye on the federal budget office and related matters, will host a webcast on Public protections and regulatory approach.

The Division of Aging and Seniors (Public Health Agency of Canada), in partnership with CHNET-Works, (University of Ottawa) will host a teleconference on "How elder care can become elder abuse and neglect." The "fireside chat" will examine the relationship between caregiving, stress and abuse.

The International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism are co-sponsoring a panel discussion on global public health risk communication, which will focus on lessons from the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to the press release.

The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release data on the impact of private insurance type on health access/utilization for American adults.

OMB Watch, a nonprofit that keeps its eye on the federal budget office and related matters, will host a webcast on Recovery Act transparency.

The National Center for Health Statistics is scheduled to release a comprehensive summary of health in the United States in 2009.

The National Center for Health Statistics is expected to release "Viral Hepatitis in the U.S.," a report that will include "trends and prevalence rates for hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and it includes
sociodemographic variables such as race, ethnicity, gender, place of birth and age."

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute will release rankings that, according to the release, "show how counties measure up within each state in terms of how healthy people are, how long they live, and how important factors affect their health, such as tobacco use, obesity, access to healthcare, education, community safety, and air quality."

The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release a statistical portrait of marriage and cohabitation in the United States.

OMB Watch, a nonprofit that keeps its eye on the federal budget office and related matters, will host a webcast on Lobbying and ethics reform.

In "A Population-Based Policy and Systems Change Approach to Prevent and Control Hypertension," the IOM looks at how hypertension can be reduced and controlled through "diet, physical activity and other public health approaches."

The National Center for Health Statistics is tentatively scheduled to release information on the access to and utilization of medical care for young Americans.