Thursday, January 27, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Today in Forefront, Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil discusses how Health Affairs is setting priorities to advance health equity scholarship and elevate new scholarly voices.
GrantWatch: Incarceration and Health
In the January GrantWatch column, author Lee L. Prina highlighted recent grants funding health care for those who are, or were formerly, incarcerated. Following are a few examples.
Funded by Arnold Ventures, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, the Aspen Health Strategy Group focused their studies on incarceration and health in 2021. A final report is expected early this year.
In April 2021 the New York State Health Foundation awarded a $210,000 grant to the Osborne Association “to improve health care and outcomes for
older adults in New York State correctional facilities,” according to the foundation’s website.
In November 2020 the California Wellness Foundation awarded a $422,500 grant to the Transitions Clinic Network, a consortium of primary care clinics aiming to increase access to health services and reduce recidivism among people with chronic illnesses who have recently been released.
For more information about funders supporting health care for the justice-involved population, read January’s GrantWatch column.
The Health Affairs Health Policy Brief “Prison and Jail Reentry and Health” is helpful background reading on the topic of incarceration and health.
In the brief, Ebony Russ and coauthors explained that people reentering communities after being incarcerated face “disproportionate rates of mental health issues, suicide, substance use disorders, disabilities, and physical disorders.”
Take a moment to revisit the most-read GrantWatch
Forefront articlesfrom 2021, which include articles on health equity, maternity care, and social determinants of health. Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Hoangmai Pham and Amol Navathe discuss how CMS should consider where its policies have impact beyond Medicare and where non-Medicare market dynamics modulate the
effectiveness of its programs.
Joshua Cohen and coauthors argue that health technology assessment bodies should promote the consideration of multiple possibilities for qualitative assumptions.
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