COIR integrates effective surveillance and a coordinated response by community partners with emphasis on building trust and achieving equity.
Effective implementation of COIR depends upon adequate and sustainable funding, a diverse and COIR-trained workforce,
local data surveillance, and information sharing.
The authors emphasize that the COIR model’s potential reaches far beyond COVID-19 and would add value in efforts to address other infectious diseases, opioid addiction, and illnesses related to environmental pollution.
Today in Forefront, Frederick Cerise and David Nelson argue that hospitals can and should bridge the gaps in postpartum coverage for Medicaid recipients.
In 2021 we announced our commitment to advance health equity through research and practice at Health Affairs. Our goals for the project, which began in 2020 and launched with funding from the Colorado Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, are to:
Ensure racial/ethnic diversity of journal authors and reviewers
Increase the quality and quantity of published content on racial health equity
Address our own biases as part of the publishing enterprise
Lead transformation in improving racial equity alongside other health-associated journals
During Women's History Month, we're highlighting influential voices and organizations that have made an impact on women's
health equity and policy.
In a January 2023 article, Maria W. Steenland and coauthors evaluate whether Medicaid expansions affected rates of postpartum hospitalization.
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