The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
October 10,
2021
Dear John,
Read on for highlights from Health Affairs this week.
What's New In Health Affairs
The newest issue of Health Affairs was released this week.
Mental health conditions, such as mood and anxiety disorders, are diagnosed in one of every five pregnant or postpartum people.
Despite its high burden of morbidity, mortality, and economic cost, perinatal mental illness is poorly addressed by the current US health care system.
The October 2021 issue of Health Affairs features a large cluster of articles focused on perinatal mental health. These papers discuss several dimensions of perinatal mental health, including maternal morbidity and mortality, adverse birth outcomes, and systemic oppression faced by many birthing people with mental illness.
Health Affairs thanks Jennifer Moore, founding executive director of the Institute for Medicaid Innovation, for serving as theme adviser for the perinatal mental health papers in the October issue. We thank theCalifornia Health Care Foundation, Perigee Fund, and ZOMA Foundation for their financial support of this issue. Health Affairs is excited to share our October schedule of free virtual events designed to showcase exciting thinkers, policy makers, and policies; drill deeper into our signature content; and hone the skills of a new generation of health policy researchers and aficionados.
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On Thursday, October 14, at 2:00 p.m., you are invited to join Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil when he 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.
Reporting directly to the HHS Secretary, Pace is the Office of Global Affairs’ lead on setting priorities and policies that promote American public health agencies and interests worldwide. Previously she served as president and executive director of the Global Health Council (GHC) and was a member of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. Earlier, she spent more than a decade working with community-based organizations and grassroots leaders in countries across Africa and Asia on campaigns
calling for person-centered access to health.
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern Place: Online details to be shared upon registration
Please email your questions in advance to [email protected] and we will make every effort, in the limited time available, to have them addressed.
The Health Benefits Of Paid Sick Leave Reach Farther Than You Think
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jody Heymann from the University of California Los Angeles to talk about access to paid and unpaid sick leave and why the US stands alone globally in having a limited safety net for sick leave—and what that means for population health.
Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack, Ellen Bayer, and Kathleen Haddad discuss the publication process and research insights from the October 2021 issue on perinatal mental health.
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