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COVID-19

Defunding WHO: Why The President’s Decision Makes America Less Safe
By Ashish K. Jha

The World Health Organization (WHO) is not perfect. But it is key to ending this pandemic. To defeat COVID-19, end deaths around the globe, and keep Americans healthy, it is essential that, contrary to President Trump’s recent decision. we fund and support WHO. Read More >>

No Longer Invisible: The Critical Role Of Local Health Departments In Responding To COVID-19
By Erika G. Martin and Jessica Kronstadt

We need to ensure that local health departments do not slip back into invisibility but instead receive the ongoing support necessary to maintain their cornerstone role in protecting and promoting the health of our communities. Read More >>

Health And Social Services Integration Is Mission-Critical In The Coronavirus Response
By Caroline Fichtenberg and Laura M. Gottlieb

Deepening our focus on social determinants in the health care sector right now should be a cornerstone of the health care sector's response. Here are four things a health care organization should do to lessen the adverse impacts of the virus on vulnerable communities. Read More >>

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

Can Churches Bring Addiction Treatment To Rural Areas?
By Alex Woodruff and Austin B. Frakt

Due to the relatively high rates of religious participation in many rural communities, faith-based community initiatives may be a respectful and impactful approach to providing addiction treatment. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH

Cash Benchmarking For Integrated Health Care And Human Services Interventions: Finding The Value Added
By Seth A. Berkowitz, Samuel T. Edwards, and Daniel Polsky

Health-related social problems, which include food insecurity, housing instability, and lack of transportation, are strongly associated with poor health outcomes, more health care use, and higher health care spending. Integrating human services that address health-related social needs into health care may address these issues. Seth Berkowitz and coauthors propose an innovative methodological approach (borrowed from developmental economics) called cash benchmarking, which can help determine when health care and human services integration is most useful. Read More >>

A CLOSER LOOK—Advance Care Planning

The Institute of Medicine’s report on Dying in America called for honoring treatment preferences near the end of life for seriously ill patients. To achieve this objective, the report recommended that patients, their family members, other loved ones, and providers engage in shared decision making about current and future treatment decisions (that is, advance care planning). In a Health Affairs article, Amber E. Barnato evaluates the challenges in understanding and respecting patients’ preferences.

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