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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs

Friday, October 15, 2021

Dear John,

Two articles in the October 2021 theme cluster on perinatal mental
health focus on transforming systems and addressing racism.

Visions For Change

Through interviews with Black maternal and infant mental health
stakeholders, Kay Matthews and coauthors identified key pathways

to advance equitable and antiracist maternal mental health care:

* educating and training practitioners; 

* investing in the Black women mental health workforce;

* investing in Black women-led community-based organizations; 

* valuing, honoring, and investing in community and traditional healing
practices; and

* promoting integrated care and shared decision making.

"Reimagining the maternal mental health care landscape is essential to
addressing the Black maternal health crisis," they conclude.

In a commentary, Vu-An Foster and coauthors present an alternative
vision

for perinatal mental health that connects health and broader social
systems.

An interdisciplinary and intergenerational team of authors employed
personal and professional expertise to "disrupt underlying assumptions
about psychosocial aspects of the perinatal experience and reimagine a
new way forward to facilitate well-being in the perinatal period."

They describe policy changes needed to address the effects of racism,
poverty, lack of child care, inadequate postpartum support, and other
types of structural violence on health.

These changes include diversifying the perinatal health workforce,
universally expanding insurance coverage, providing universal paid leave
and universal childcare, and more.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, Peter Pitts argues that a Deputy
Commissioner for Regulatory Competitiveness

could improve the Food and Drug Administration.

Aneesh Mehta and coauthors explain how a Care Delivery Network

would provide coordinated, standardized, and equitable care to patients
infected by a special pathogen.

Elevating Voices: Hispanic Heritage Month: In March 2021, Jorge
Rodriguez and coauthors published a paper about disparities in
telehealth use

among California patients with limited English proficiency. "Patients
with limited English proficiency had half the odds of using telehealth
services compared with English-proficient patients," they found.

Listen to our latest podcasts .
On today's episode of This Week
,
Rob Lott interviews Michael Lens about health and housing.

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You are invited to join us on Thursday, October 21, for the next meeting
of the

**Health Affairs** Journal Club. Organized for researchers to keep
abreast of the latest developments in the field and to promote
evidence-based practices, Journal Club features authors of an impactful

**Health Affairs** study for an up-close look at research, methods, and
findings.

The focus of the October meeting is "

**Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In**Perinatal
Mental Health," a study based on survey data linking Medicaid
expansion with positive mental health outcomes during pregnancy.

The session is intended to be a highly interactive, and participants
will interact directly with the lead author,

**Claire Margerison,**an associate professor in the Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University.

Date:    

**Thursday, October 21, 2021**Time:    

**3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. (EDT)**Place:    

**Online details will be shared upon registration**

Please direct questions to Debbie Boylan, [email protected]
.

Register Here

Your Daily Digest

Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care:
Insights From Black Women Stakeholders

Kay Matthews et al.

Reimagining Perinatal Mental Health: An Expansive Vision For Structural
Change

Vu-An Foster et al.

FDA Needs A Competitiveness Czar

Peter J. Pitts

To Prepare For The Next Pandemic, Build A National Care Delivery Network
By Leveraging Existing Systems

Aneesh Mehta et al.

Podcast: Zoning Policy Is Health Policy

Rob Lott and Michael Lens

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Zoning Policy Is Health Policy

Listen to Health Affairs' Rob Lott interview Michael Lens from the
University of California Los Angeles about his recent Health Policy
Brief and how low-density zoning relates to health and health equity.

Listen Here

 

 

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