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Dear John,

In conjunction with the October issue of Health Affairs, which will focus on disability and health, the Narrative Matters section is holding a poetry contest.

We are looking for well-crafted poems that touch on topics related to disability and health, by writers with lived experience of disability. (Note: This includes family members or caregivers of people with disabilities.)

The winning poet will receive a $500 prize and publication in the October issue of Health Affairs. The contest is open until July 25.

Political ideology has long been known to affect health-related behaviors, attitudes, and risk perception. Partisan differences in attitudes toward COVID-19 policies including requiring masks, social distancing, and vaccines are apparent in the United States.

In a June article of Health Affairs, Neil Sehgal and coauthors compare the number of COVID-19 deaths through October 31, 2021, among counties with differing levels of Republican vote share, using 2020 presidential election returns to characterize county political affiliation.

They find that counties in which a majority of presidential votes cast were for the Republican presidential candidate in 2020 experienced 72.9 additional COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people relative to majority Democratic counties.

“It is likely that individual political beliefs compromise the effectiveness of local policies and public health measures,” Sehgal and coauthors conclude.

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Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Anthony Barrueta and coauthors argue that reestablishing confidence in the safety and effectiveness of Food and Drug Administration–approved drugs requires changes to federal policy.

Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In a 2017 article published on Health Affairs Forefront, Kathy Greenlee argued against the elimination of measures of sexual orientation and gender identity from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants.

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