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Friday, June 25, 2021

Dear John,

June's Narrative Matters essay recounts the stigma and shame one
mother faced after testing positive for COVID-19 shortly before giving
birth.

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With COVID-19, I Faced Stigma And Shame

"That nasal swab changed my entire birth experience," writes
June's Narrative Matters author, Sara Edmond. She tested positive for
COVID-19

one day before her scheduled cesarean delivery.

In her essay, Edmond describes her attempts earlier in pregnancy to
understand the protocols around giving birth for those who test positive
for COVID-19, and the dismissive tone with which she was met by health
care providers. When she did test positive, Edmond faced consistent
judgement and questioning of her behavior by hospital staff.

As a clinical health psychologist who specializes in patient-provider
communication, Edmond explains, "Shame-induced stigma is an
ineffective tool for motivating behavior change and does not encourage
future risk reduction, and most health care providers should know
this."

Listen to Edmond read her essay

on our Narrative Matters podcast
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Rena Conti and coauthors propose four
reforms

to address the incentives that drive high prices-even in the absence
of clinical benefit-for prescription drugs paid for through
Medicare's Part B.

In a GrantWatch post, Shao-Chee Sim and Andrea Ducas discuss a
collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
Episcopal Health Foundation to address challenges in the safety net and
rural health care
.

Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In a 2016 EntryPoint article, David
Tuller discussed the body of research that finds a positive association
between legal same-sex marriage and improved health outcomes
.

Your Daily Digest

As A Mother With COVID-19, I Faced Stigma And Shame

Sara N. Edmond

Podcast: As A Mother With COVID-19, I Faced Stigma And Shame

Sara N. Edmond

Reform Medicare Part B To Improve Affordability And Equity

Rena M. Conti et al.

How Two Funders Collaborated To Address Challenges In The Safety Net And
Rural Health Care

Shao-Chee Sim and Andrea Ducas

The Health Effects Of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

David Tuller

Podcast: Unpacking Apple's Health Care Efforts And Digital Health's
Overall Maturity

Jeff Byers and Brian Dolan

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Unpacking Apple's Health Care Efforts And Digital Health's Overall
Maturity

Listen to Health Affairs' Jeff Byers and Exits & Outcomes' Brian Dolan
discuss Apple's moves in health care and the overall maturity of the
digital health industry.

Listen Here

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