The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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Thanks for being a part of the Health Affairs community. We recently released a new resource for authors where they can learn about Health Affairs as an organization and how to publish with it.
Early COVID-19 Vaccine Access in
Florida
In the early weeks of COVID-19 vaccine availability,
one-quarter of Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine doses were distributed through pharmacies at Publix grocery stores.
Publix was the first retail pharmacy in the state to provide vaccinations to the eligible general public, and for more than a month after the initial rollout, Publix remained the sole retail pharmacy authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
As featured in the December issue of Health Affairs, Jennifer Attonito and coauthors analyzed the locations of Publix stores in Florida and found that they tend to be located in areas with an older, higher-income, and larger share White resident population. Areas with a greater percentage of the population at or below poverty, or identifying as Hispanic, had access to fewer vaccination sites than their wealthier
or Whiter counterparts.
Attonito examines this research in more detail in a recent episode of A Health Podyssey.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Courtnee Melton-Fant and coauthors discuss how structural change is necessary to empower local governments to address pressing health challenges.
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The new Help For Authors page and related pages serve as an introduction to new or existing authors where they can learn about Health Affairs as an organization and how to publish with it. The original Health Affairs’ author journey was text heavy and didn’t present information that was easy and clear to follow visually.
The new author journey design and layout presents visual cues and guides to help new
and existing authors through the submission, review, and publishing process. In this new design we also highlight additional content creation opportunities: podcasts and events. We also include an FAQs section which we didn’t have before.
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