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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
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TODAY ON THE BLOG
CULTURE OF HEALTH
Making Anti-Racism A Core Value In Academic Medicine
By J. Nwando Olayiwola, Joshua J. Joseph, Autumn R. Glover, Harold L. Paz, and Darrell M. Gray, II
Academic medical centers and health care organizations that are not acting to eliminate racism are perpetuating its proliferation. The Ohio State University’s Anti-Racism Action Plan provides a model for actively working against racism, by evaluating curricula, practices, training models, behaviors, and actions through a lens of anti-racism. Read More >>FOLLOWING THE ACA
Trump Administration Deems Georgia’s 1332 Waiver Application, With Individual Market Restructuring, Complete
By Katie Keith
While not as dramatic as Georgia’s initial application, the revised Georgia Access Model would still—if approved—make marked changes to the state’s individual market and would be the broadest waiver ever approved under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH
Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Health Care Use And Costs Among Canadian Adults
By Fei Men, Craig Gundersen, Marcelo L. Urquia, and Valerie Tarasuk
This study marks an important step toward understanding the relationship of household food insecurity to individual health, health care use, and public health expenditure. Fei Men and coauthors note: "The study was situated in the Canadian context, where the costs of acute care hospitalization and same-day surgery were fully covered by universal health insurance, thus minimizing the selection bias introduced by affordability." Read More >>
SNAP Participants Improved Food Security And Diet After A Full-Service Supermarket Opened In An Urban Food Desert
By Jonathan Cantor, Robin Beckman, Rebecca L. Collins, Madhumita Ghosh Dastidar, Andrea S. Richardson, and Tamara Dubowitz
Jonathan Cantor and coauthors explore the intersection of two US government efforts to improve access to food—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). They test the impact of a new, HFFI-financed, full-service supermarket on SNAP participants in an urban food desert. Read More >>
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