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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Thursday, October 31, 2019**

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

To Save New Mothers, We Need To Rethink Care Delivery

By Charles Jaynes

Building strong relationships between patients and maternity care
providers is an essential component of clinical and system-level
approaches to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Read More >>

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

The Field Of Health Services Research: Time To Change Its Paradigm

By Sherry Glied and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Could it be that some of the processes and methods that have reinforced
the rigor of health services research now stand in the way of it being
effective, relevant, and timely? AcademyHealth has launched a project,
funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to redesign how such
research is conducted and disseminated. The authors cochair this effort
in which some 120 volunteers are participating. Read More >>

GRANTWATCH

Why We Are Building A Community Of "Emotional Support Humans"

By Nikki Highsmith Vernick (10/24/19)

You may have heard the phrases "emotional support animals" or even
"emotional support humans." A foundation has created a different kind of
mental health campaign. It urges family members and friends to become
emotional support humans who provide comfort and compassion to their
loved ones struggling with mental illness, especially depression and
anxiety. And no special certification or training is needed to do this.
Read More >>

The Surprising Roles That Landlords (And Philanthropy) Can Play In
Promoting Children's Health

By Daniel Cohn and Cara Matteliano (10/9)

If health advocates want to make serious headway in protecting children
from the lifelong effects of lead poisoning, they must get both public-
and private-sector buy-in and develop solutions that work for all,
including landlords. Leaders in Cleveland, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York,
have built strong public-private partnerships to deploy new tools to
help landlords make their properties safe. Various foundations-both
place-based and national-are funding efforts to prevent lead
poisoning. Read More >>

Just Putting Patients At The Center Of Health Care Is Not Enough To
Improve Care

By Megan Collado (10/3)

AcademyHealth and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) held a May
2019 conference to discuss what is impeding the health care system from
delivering patient-centered care. Attendees discussed four major
barriers outlined in a report by Anna Sinaiko and colleagues. And what
do patients think is standing in the way of delivering patient-centered
care? Two patients express some interesting viewpoints. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

GRANTWATCH

Funders' Efforts To Prevent Violence In The US

By Lee L. Prina

The October 2019 GrantWatch column focuses on foundations' funding of
projects to prevent violence. Read about the National Collaborative on
Gun Violence Research, the Fund for a Safer Future, the Harvard/Utah
Suicide Database, the Hope and Heal Fund, the National Network of
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs, as well as a recent Joyce
Foundation survey, Blue Shield of California Foundation's funding in
domestic violence prevention, and more. In Key Personnel Changes, the
Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) bade a fond farewell to
Kathy Sessions after 20 years and has named a new executive director.
And Liz Fowler is now working in philanthropy.Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOK-Population Health

****Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp planned to unveil the state's Medicaid
waiver proposal today. In a September blog post, Harris Allen urged
Georgia lawmakers, and policy makers nationwide
, to
shift their focus to health outcomes. He proposed an initiative-using
Georgia as his test case-to leverage county health rankings to drive
local officials to improve health. 

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