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02.22.2018 A graph showing hospital on community benefits as a portion of total spending

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Are Hospitals Spending Enough on the Community?

Do nonprofit hospitals invest enough in community health initiatives to compensate for tax exemption status? New research shows spending on community health benefits remained essentially unchanged between 2010 and 2014.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

02.21.2018 A case of glass soda bottles, one with a red Coca-Cola cap

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Tomorrow in Mind: Corporate Social Responsibility

PHP Fellow Gilbert Benavidez writes on corporate social responsibility to respect and protect human rights, and how public health must be a leader in building partnerships with corporations to influence social policy.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

02.20.2018 A close up of many french fries

How the Food and Beverage Industry is Driving the NCD Pandemic

Food and beverage corporations are under scrutiny for aggressive techniques that contribute to the global burden of obesity, cardio-vascular diseases, and hypertension.

Guest Author Salma Abdalla

02.16.2018 Graph showing Child Mortality iin the US vs OECD19 by age group from 1960-2010

Dying Young in the USA

Child mortality is declining worldwide. The United States, however, has had higher rates of mortality for kids aged 0-19 compared to other wealthy nations, since the 1980s.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

02.15.2018 Prescription bottles for oxycodone with pills

Provider Engagement is Key for Effective Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

Significant public policy responses to opioid prescribing practices have taken place at the state level.

Guest Authors Tom Buchmueller, Colleen Carey

02.14.2018 Drawing of two women saying I do, with a red heart above their heads

Support of Same-Sex Love and Marriage Improves Health

Happy Valentine’s Day from Public Health Post! The spirit of the day presents a special opportunity to emphasize the connection between love, law, and health outcomes, in this case, the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

02.12.2018 Hands showing dirt from manual labor

A History of Work Requirements

Nine states have pending waiver requests that would require work as a condition for receiving Medicaid benefits. Work requirements are not a new policy idea. Politicians, especially conservatives, have been proposing the addition of work requirements to every existing type of public benefit program for decades.

Guest Author Allyson Baughman

02.08.2018 Rally for DREAMers at the US Capitol building

The Health of DREAMers

DREAMers suffer from stress and anxiety related to their immigration status and poor access to health care including vaccination, reproductive care, and annual physicals. PHP Fellow Gilbert Benavidez writes on how congressional intervention can play a major protective role in these hundreds of thousands of lives.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

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