Queering Community Health Care
A gender-affirming pediatric care clinic in Washington state is a model for other community health centers to establish clinics for underserved and rural patients.
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Words of Encouragement
An action-oriented letter encouraging applicants to complete their already started health insurance enrollment proved effective.
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Trading Truth for Stigma
Presenting myths and facts as health education strategy could inadvertently increase perceptions of myths it intends to dispel.
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How Are Health Care Workers Holding Up?
Researchers investigated the factors driving health care workers and first responders to leave their jobs.
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Healthcare at Home: Lessons from COVID-19
Medicaid recipients who self-directed their care during COVID reported many benefits from the added flexibility.
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Bike Safety for Kids: A Vicious Cycle
Pediatric bike-related injuries were most common in areas with low household income that were adjacent to interstates.
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Seeing a Path Forward
Researchers evaluated a school-based vision program that provides vision care for Baltimore City Public Schools elementary and middle school students.
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How Accurate is Your Estimate? Depends on Your Race
Researchers assessed the relationship between patient race, estimated and actual oxygen levels, and clinical outcomes.
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Michelle Holder
Michelle Holder is the president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the City University of New York. She talked about barriers to equitable growth in the U.S., the health impacts of those barriers, and policies that can combat those barriers.
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Are You Smarter than Your Doctor?
Deductibles, coinsurance, copays, and out-of-pocket maximums can turn predicting medical costs into a multi-step logic puzzle.
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