RWJF statement on racial injustice, violence, and health in America
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Policies for Action stand in solidarity with those speaking out against, and working to end, anti-Black racial violence and other forms of interpersonal and structural racism and seeking racial justice in America.
State legislative strategies to covertly preempt local public health policymaking
Local governments are often on the forefront of enacting innovative public health policy, and local control over public health issues is especially vital to addressing social inequities. But states are increasingly preempting, or prohibiting, local control over public health issues. In a new paper, researchers at the New York University School of Global Public Health systematically identified strategies to pass, obscure, or enhance preemption in five policy areas.
Benefits of increasing postpartum Medicaid coverage
Alarming increases in U.S. maternal mortality have generated national attention, a search for policy solutions to promote maternal health, and an increased recognition of how important the postpartum period is for mothers’ and infants’ health and well-being. In a new brief, Urban Institute researchers provide new evidence on the access and affordability barriers that could be reduced and the health problems that could be treated if uninsured new mothers were to gain coverage through a postpartum Medicaid extension or broader Medicaid expansion.
The P4A research hub at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and the University of California, Berkeley, has postponed the last webinar on the impacts of work supports on health outcomes. This final webinar will take place on Thursday, June 25, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on the earned income tax credit and health. Register here.
RWJF’s Healthy Eating Research Program has issued a call for proposals to inform decisionmaking regarding innovative policies and programs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about this opportunity and apply here (PDF). Proposals will be accepted through July 1 on a rolling admission.
RWJF’s Evidence for Action Program has issued a call for proposals to research policies, practices, and interventions that are advancing gender equity around the world and to understand how they can be adapted to improve health and well-being for everyone in the U.S.—regardless of gender and sexual identity. Learn more and apply here.
P4A national advisory committee member Darrick Hamilton served as a panelist alongside Senator Kamala Harris and Andrew Yang on “The Briefing,” a coproduction of Now This and The Appeal. Professor Hamilton discusses how implementing a basic income in the U.S. could help Black and brown families during the current economic crisis and its impact on conversations about race.
Former P4A research hub leader Paula Lantz contributed to amicus briefs in support of Michigan’s public health measures. Learn more.
