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Tough Choices in Tough Times: Debt and Medication Nonadherence
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Kalousova, Lucie; Burgard, Sarah A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Debt is a ubiquitous component of households' financial portfolios. Yet we have scant understanding of how household debt constrains spending on needed health care. Diverse types of debt have different financial properties and recent work has shown that they may have varying implications for spending on needed health care. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Economic Climate, Correlation, Drug Therapy
Debt and Foregone Medical Care
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Kalousova, Lucie; Burgard, Sarah A. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2013
Most American households carry debt, yet we have little understanding of how debt influences health behavior, especially health care seeking. We examined associations between foregone medical care and debt using a population-based sample of 914 southeastern Michigan residents surveyed in the wake of the late-2000s recession. Overall debt and…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Health Behavior, Organizations (Groups), Medical Services
What Did They Just Say? A Performance Improvement Journey through Nomenclature
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Stephens, Alicia R. – Performance Improvement, 2012
A domestic credit union engages in a systematic performance improvement plan to better leverage a technical application within its organization. By engaging stakeholders early in the process, standardizing the organization's nomenclature, and building strategic partnerships, the credit union was able to achieve both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Institutions, Group Membership, Money Management
Student Centered Financial Services: Innovations That Succeed
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Sinsabaugh, Nancy, Ed. – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ3), 2007
This collection of best practices shares how 18 higher education institutions across the country have successfully evaluated and redesigned their student financial services programs to improve services to students and their parents and find cost savings for the institution. This volume illustrates how other institutions have successfully tackled…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Financial Services, Models
Credit: Using Other People's Money. A Teacher Inservice Module for Secondary Level Consumer Education Units in Home Economics, Business Education, Social Studies and Related Areas.
Thelen, Judy – 1977
This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the second in a series of three, was developed to provide information on credit and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer education, an overview and rationale, five performance objectives…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Course Content, Credit (Finance)
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program. Access to Loans in Michigan 1971-72 to 1974-75. Michigan Business Reports Number 63.
Cross, Cynthia Sahagian – 1979
A study of loan availability in Michigan through the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program outlines the evolution of federal lending programs for college students and describes program characteristics, funds, costs, defaults, and funding systems. The situation for borrowers and lenders in the state and its regions is examined, including…
Descriptors: Banking, College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis