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08.09.2017 Doula's hands holding a patient's hands

Health Equity

Managing Community Health Worker Contracts

Organizations planning to develop a community health worker (CHW) workforce should prioritize contract design, or health care administrators may unwittingly undermine CHW effectiveness.

Guest Authors Lauren A. Taylor, Michael Anne Kyle

08.07.2017 Dental pick and mirror with a tooth reflected in it

Health Equity

Disparity and Dental Therapy

Dentist visits can strike fear into the hearts of even the toughest of people. While some avoid the scraping and poking by choice, others are kept from their yearly recommended check-ups because of high costs and a lack of insurance.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

07.21.2017 Map of the US showing persons of concern

Health Equity

UPDATE: The Refugee Crisis and Returning Home

Three important statistics from new data released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) on the world's refugee and displaced persons crisis.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

07.19.2017 Painted stencil on a brick wall that says Single Payer Healthcare, everybody in, nobody out

Trump Voters for Single Payer

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has four options now that his latest bill has failed. Single payer probably isn’t one of them, but maybe should be according to many Trump voters. Could Donald Trump be the single payer president?

Editor David K. Jones

07.18.2017 Graph showing Medicaid spending on Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, and Naloxone Prescriptions for OUD

BCRA Undercuts Opioid Treatment

The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) creates a $45 billion fund for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. However, this amount is unlikely to overcome Medicaid spending restrictions proposed in the bill.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

07.07.2017 A toy figure wearing a hazmat suit

Health Equity

Emergency Unpreparedness

The United States tends to fund and focus on emergencies after they happen and once they have already become disastrous. State and local emergency preparedness funds and hospital preparedness funds have dwindled by one-third and one-half, respectively, since 2004.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

07.05.2017 a watermelon with a watermelon exploding

Calculating the Cost of Firearm Injuries

Partisan disagreements on the interpretation of the Second Amendment often hinder policy action aimed at improving public safety in this area. One aspect of firearm violence that is independent of this debate is the high healthcare cost surrounding these injuries.

Guest Author Sarabeth Spitzer

06.28.2017 Abandoned rowhouses in Baltimore

Urban Blight

A recent Urban Institute report shows that urban blight, defined as substandard housing, abandoned buildings, and vacant lots, is major stressor. Repairing neighborhoods can improve individual and community health and well-being, and even reduce gun violence.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

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