A new health policy brief from Health Affairs with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides a general overview of the research on suicide risk and protective factors, highlights current suicide prevention strategies, and notes policy opportunities for improving multisectoral prevention efforts. This brief joins Health Affairs’ ongoing series of policy briefs on social determinants of health.
With the promise of new vaccines, there has been great speculation around how to distribute the vaccine in historically marginalized communities. We argue that digital health has the potential to facilitate a more widely distributed model of vaccine delivery. Read More >>
On January 28, President Biden took executive action directing HHS to expand access to ACA coverage and bolster the Medicaid program. He also issued a memorandum on women’s health. These directives make clear that the Biden administration considers HealthCare.gov and Medicaid to be critical tools in its pandemic response toolbox. Read More >>
More philanthropic organizations need to catalyze public health advocacy to realize sustainable, people-driven improvements in public health. The authors, who are both at Bloomberg Philanthropies, provide examples of funding advocacy work, including its funding of efforts to reduce use of sugary beverages in Mexico and improve maternal mortality rates in Tanzania. When philanthropy supports advocacy groups to push government to do better and serve communities through policy change, that support can help improve and save lives. Read More >>
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Listen to Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts discuss the Biden administration's vision for advancing racial equity and the new Health Affairs health equity project.
A CLOSER LOOK—Nonprofit Hospitals And Community Health Needs
Hospitals should adapt to best serve their specific patient populations. For nonprofit hospitals to maintain their tax-exempt status, the Affordable Care Act requires them to conduct a community health needs assessment and create a strategy to address these needs. In a June 2017 paper, Amy Carroll-Scott and coauthors explored the extent to which nonprofit urban hospitals identified equity among the health needs of their communities and proposed health equity strategies to
address this need.
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