Policy Archives

02.28.2023 a woman sitting on stairs with her head in her hands

Teen Dating Violence: State Laws on School Prevention and Response

As of 2020, 38 states had at least one law related to addressing teen dating violence in schools. However, there is substantial variability in the content of these laws.

Guest Author Avanti Adhia

01.26.2023 a map of the united states

Dobbs and Doctors

Of the more than 6,000 residents training to be OB-GYNs in the U.S., 43.9% are at programs in abortion-restrictive states and therefore will not have access to abortion training.

Fellow Connor McCombs

12.13.2022 a woman with tattoos on her arms

Health Equity

Nicole Martin

Nicole Martin is a cofounder and director of political education at Indigenous Women Rising, an organization committed to reclaiming identity, culture, tradition, and language from colonialism.

Fellow Abby Outterson

12.05.2022 hand filling out unemployment benefits form and mask

Health Equity

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment benefits expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced racial and ethnic disparities.

Guest Authors Don Mar, Paul Ong, Tom Larson, James Peoples

10.07.2022 Theoharis

Health Equity

Liz Theoharis

Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and a lecturer at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

Fellow Abby Outterson

09.30.2022 a man in a white coat with a stethoscope around his neck

Health Equity

Utibe R. Essien

Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a general internist and health disparities researcher at the VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion.

Fellow Abby Outterson

03.17.2022 Birth Certificates

Birth Certificate Policies and LGBTQ+ Families

Birth registration systems in some states have begun to include options for diverse family structures, but this is not the case nationally.

Guest Authors Adary Zhang, Stephanie A. Leonard, Juno Obedin-Maliver

02.22.2022 a graph with black lines and white text

Does Data Matter to Policymakers?

Research findings could be used to motivate elected officials to put greater emphasis on evidence in their decision-making process.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

02.15.2022 covid knocking dominoes over

Covid-19's Wide Ranging Impacts

Public Health – Seattle & King County worked with partners to access new, timely data to monitor Covid-19 indicators for better decision-making.

Guest Authors Abigail Sekar, Eva Wong, Amy Laurent

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