Policy Archives

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

10.21.2021 environmental justice illustration

Environmental Justice Finally Legitimized in Massachusetts

The authors highlight recently passed Massachusetts environmental justice legislation and its implications.

Guest Authors Pierce Louis, Alexandra Skinner

10.13.2021 person performing cpr

Laws That Help Fight Overdose Deaths

Nearly all states currently have "good Samaritan" immunity laws to encourage calls for assistance during overdose emergencies, but statutes differ widely from state to state.

Guest Author Thomas Griner

10.12.2021 calendar with mammogram on it

The Ethical Trade-Offs in Offering Mammography Screening Incentives in Medicaid

Incentivizing mammography is ethically complex, especially as women’s autonomy may be undermined if financial incentives are used without the promotion of informed decision-making.

Guest Authors Claire T. Dinh, Harald Schmidt

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