<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>5324</rec-number><ref-type>Journal Article</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blacksher, Erika</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carrots and Sticks to Promote Healthy Behaviors: A Policy Update</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ESSAYS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HEALTH</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MEDICAID</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MEDICINE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PUBLIC</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">United</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health Care Reform</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medicine</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal Article</style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hastings Center</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">38</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13-16</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">00930334</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An essay is presented on the promotion of healthy behaviors in the U.S. It discusses the two basic forms of the proposals to promote healthy behaviors. Based on the article, state legislatures are planning or have implemented policies designed to encourage Medicaid beneficiaries to take up health-promoting behaviors and stop health-harming ones. The author asserts that what is well established within public health circles is that typical health promotion policies tend to benefit advantaged groups more than they benefit disadvantaged ones.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hastings Center ReportAccession Number: 32727110; Blacksher, Erika; Source Info: May/Jun2008, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p13; Subject Term: ESSAYS; Subject Term: HEALTH behavior; Subject Term: MEDICINE &amp; psychology; Subject Term: HEALTH promotion; Subject Term: MEDICAID; Subject Term: PUBLIC health; Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 923130 Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs); NAICS/Industry Codes: 525120 Health and Welfare Funds; Number of Pages: 4p; Document Type: Essay</style></notes></record></records></xml>