October Events:

Health Affairs Briefing: Perinatal Mental Health

Date: Friday, October 8, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Pacific

Mental health conditions are diagnosed in one of every five pregnant or postpartum people, yet perinatal mental health is poorly addressed by the US health care system. The October 2021 issue of Health Affairs is mostly devoted to perinatal mental health, and this virtual forum will draw attention to the evidence related to and to further the policy discussion of these important issues. It will feature US Representative Lauren Underwood (IL), the co-founder and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus and a lead sponsor of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, and presentations by a select group of authors from the issue.

Policy Spotlight: Loyce Pace, Director of the Office of Global Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific

Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil welcomes Loyce Pace, Director of the Office of Global Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for a discussion of her role rebuilding relationships and advancing the US international health agenda through multilateral and bilateral forums. When you register, make sure to submit your questions in advance!

Journal Club: Medication Expansion Associated With Some Improvements in Perinatal Mental Health

Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pacific

The focus of the October Health Affairs Journal Club meeting is with Health Affairs author Claire Margerison of Michigan State University. Her study, "Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health," is based on survey data linking Medicaid expansion with positive mental health outcomes during pregnancy. This event is an opportunity for an up-close look at the research, methods, and findings of this paper from the October 2021 issue of the journal, which is mostly devoted to the topic of perinatal mental health.

Lunch and Learn: What is Health Affairs doing to Advance Racial Equity in Scholarly Publishing?

Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific

Health Affairs Director of Health Equity, Vabren Watts, PhD, will give an update on the implementation of the journal’s initiative to advance racial equity in scholarly publishing of health services research. He will discuss Health Affairs’ strategy and programming over the past eighteen months to increase the quality and quantity of health equity content published in all aspects of the journal, and the number of contributors from racially diverse backgrounds.

About Health Affairs

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