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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Wednesday, October 21, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Connecting The Dots: Improving Child Care Workers' Conditions Leads To
Better Health, Economic Stability, And Greater Equity

By Debbie I. Chang

Child care workers are a linchpin for broader health and economic
security, especially during the pandemic, says the leader of a
California foundation. Improving these workers' wages, job quality, and
work conditions leads to better health for children and economic
stability for the workers and the families they serve. We must invest in
child care and child care workers at a level commensurate with the value
of improved health outcomes for millions of families and the value of
our economic stability and recovery. Read More >>

COVID-19

Applying Value Assessment To The Health Care Sector For COVID-19

By William V. Padula

Investing in rapid diagnostics for COVID-19 testing, managing critical
care volume surges, or finding potential cures or vaccines are obvious
steps, but to what extent are these investments cost-effective? I
explore the role of value assessment in identifying ways to address the
COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future crises. Read More >>

Opportunities To Improve Value In Health Following The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Kevin N. Griffith and Melinda B. Buntin

What could possibly make the COVID-19 tragedy even worse? Failing to
take advantage of a learning opportunity. The pandemic presents a
natural experiment, where researchers could observe the consequences of
stalled routine/elective care for patients' short- and long-term
health outcomes. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Children's Oral Health: Progress, Policy Development, And Priorities
For Continued Improvement

By James J. Crall and Marko Vujicic

James Crall and Marko Vujicic examine children's oral health. They
report declines during the past thirty years in dental carries-the
most common pediatric oral disease-with particular improvement among
poor and near-poor children and Mexican American children. Yet major
gaps in coverage and care remain, leading the authors to recommend a
range of payment, delivery system redesign, and education reforms. Read
More >>

Changing The Face Of Health Care Delivery: The Importance Of Youth
Participation

By Linda S. Sprague Martinez, Catalina Tang Yan, Astraea Augsberger,
Uchenna J. Ndulue, Emanuel Ayinde Libsch, Ja'Karri S. Pierre, Elmer
Freeman, and Katherine Gergen Barnett

Linda Sprague Martinez and coauthors partnered with twelve Black and
Latinx youth researchers, ages 13-18, to conduct a youth needs
assessment in six Boston neighborhoods. Although two-thirds of survey
respondents agree that mental health is important for young people's
well-being, only 29 percent think it is easy to get help.
Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Health, Income, and Poverty

There is strong evidence linking income and health, which suggests that
policies promoting economic equity may have broader health effects. How
can we address these issues and create a better culture of health? Read
current NYC Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi's 2017 policy brief
.

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