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Health Equity Tools Are Key to Improved Policies and Outcomes

Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a collaborative framework for helping policymakers, industry, and community leaders understand the potential health effects of decisions they make. One such approach is a health impact assessment (HIA), which helps policymakers and researchers evaluate the potential health effects of a plan, project, or policy

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Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data

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Health Impact Assessments, Community Engagement Can …

WEBMethodology. The research summarized information from 246 HIAs and seven other initiatives, grounded in HIA principles, conducted between January 2004 …

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Public Health Agencies Need Better Data to Promote Well Being …

WEBKathy Talkington directs The Pew Charitable Trusts’ public health programs. We all deserve to lead healthy lives, but many factors that affect our well-being are …

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In 2021, Biomedical Research Mattered More Than Ever

WEBSeveral current and former Pew scholars spent 2021 looking at this complex system to better understand how it fights COVID-19 and other threats. For example, in …

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To Address Health Disparities, Race and Ethnicity Data Is Key

WEBA: Data on race and ethnicity can be included with many different types of public health data. "Case surveillance" means reporting cases of tuberculosis, COVID …

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State Initiatives Pivot to Address Public Health Challenges During

WEBResearch has consistently demonstrated strong links between people’s health and societal sectors such as employment, community development, education, …

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New Federal Office to Address Climate Change as a Health Equity …

WEBTo address the impact of climate change on the health of the American people, President Biden directed the department of Health and Human Services to …

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Do Health Impact Assessments Promote Equity

WEBMore than two-thirds of the completed HIAs studied included equity considerations. Frequently helped increase people’s knowledge about health and …

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More Universal Use of Electronic Health Records Is Improving …

WEBAnyone who has tried and failed to share information across devices on competing software platforms knows firsthand the critical importance of interoperability. …

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America's Oral Health Is Improving Thanks to Better Prevention

WEBOn Feb. 28, 2007, The Washington Post reported a tragedy: “Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday.A routine, $80 tooth extraction might …

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America's Mental Health Crisis The Pew Charitable Trusts

WEBYoung people are contending with anxiety, jails have become de facto mental health centers, and deaths are rising from drug overdoes—but we know the way …

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Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address …

WEBBlack adolescents are significantly less likely than their peers in other demographic groups to receive mental health care. This is due, in part, to systemic …

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Community Partnerships Are Critical to Improving Maternal, Infant

WEBTo improve maternal and infant health, organizations and agencies can design systems of care that are responsive to client and community needs. Using a …

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A User’s Guide to Legislative Health Notes

WEB1 Health Notes in Action Health notes have been used to examine the potential health and equity implications of proposed policies related to housing, education, employment, and …

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Emerging Technologies: Health Care Products The Pew Charitable …

WEBThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates a wide variety of innovative health care technologies, many of which are rapidly evolving and can allow …

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State Prisons and the Delivery of Hospital Care

WEBIts findings include: Off-site care costs are a significant part of correctional health budgets. For example, Virginia spent 27 percent of its prison health care budget …

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Prison Health Care Costs and Quality The Pew Charitable Trusts

WEBPrison health care sits at the intersection of pressing state priorities. From protecting public safety to fighting disease and promoting physical and behavioral …

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For Too Many With Mental Illness, Incarceration is the Default

WEBMore than a million people in America’s prisons and jails have behavioral health conditions. Many of them probably never needed to be there. This nation …

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States Face Challenges and Opportunities Using One-Time Federal

WEBAs the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, state policymakers faced the challenge—and opportunity—of allocating billions of dollars in federal relief aid in ways …

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It’s Time to Create Mentally Healthy Workplaces

WEBCompanies, nonprofits, and government entities are making mental health part of their internal programming to grapple with increasingly complex workplaces. As …

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Coming Together to Achieve Effective Policy Solutions: A …

WEBIn an increasingly complex world, moving public policy in a positive direction requires dedication and collaboration. So on April 2, The Pew Charitable Trusts hosted a …

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Atlantic City's Watchdogs The Pew Charitable Trusts

WEBThis report was updated on Nov. 20, 2015 with a new cover image. Overview . When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie named an emergency manager …

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As Property Tax Bills Rise, States Look for Long-Term Solutions

WEBProperty tax relief is high on the agenda of many lawmakers from states in the Mountain West, where property values have skyrocketed in part because of an influx of …

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In Western Australia, a Conservation Model for the World

WEBFrom a conservation perspective, the sprawling, sun-drenched expanse of Western Australia is a prime opportunity. The state’s rich tapestry of life – which includes …

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