In anew Health Affairs Policy Brief released today, William Bleser and coauthors examine pandemic-driven health policies to address social needs and health equity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned new health policies and interventions to address social needs and social determinants of health.
In the brief, Bleser and coauthors share lessons from these interventions and similar prepandemic initiatives and describe how they can guide policy makers in designing more permanent approaches.
“Policy implementation and design must meaningfully engage communities and historically marginalized populations to build trust, respect, and cultural competency,” they write, citing North Carolina’s COVID-19 Support Services Program as a success on this front.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Benedic Ippolito and Joseph Levy explain that price data from SSR Health include important assumptions and features that need to be recognized to produce accurate analysis.
Elevating Voices: Women’s History Month: In her November 2021 Narrative Matters essay, Nora Super shares her story of living with major depression and calls for better treatments.
Super argues that we need to reduce stigma surrounding depression, make care more accessible and equitable, better support alternative treatment options, and explore social prescribing.
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