Category Archives: Health

2022’s most interesting health care research papers, according to the experts – Vox.com – Featured Articles

Though the pandemic and all its attendant health care crises remained the major health care story of 2022, churning all the while in the background has been the critical work of academic scholars, operating on longer timelines, who are still trying to make sense of US health care and of medicine itself, to get a […]

2023 Health Agenda – Colorado Health Institute – Featured Articles

Climate and Health Colorado’s warming climate is hazardous to our health. Extreme heat affects the human body and increases environmental perils such as air pollution, fires, and floods. Often, people with the least resources are at the highest risk for climate-related illness and death. We need to protect people’s bodies and minds from the damaging […]

2022 RI Life Index Finds Social Determinants of Health Barriers in RI – HealthPayerIntelligence.com – Featured Articles

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$2M to help county improve ‘health literacy’ in students – The San Diego Union-Tribune – Featured Articles

The San Diego County COVID-19 Health Disparities Project recently awarded $2 million to the San Diego County Office of Education to support the office’s work in improving students’ “health literacy.” Students who are health-literate are able to understand basic health information, directions and services, according to SDCOE. This means they can apply the information to […]

2021 Howard County Health Assessment Survey Reveals New Areas of Focus – Howard County Government – Featured Articles

Columbia, MD – Results from the 2021 biennial Howard County Health Assessment Survey have just been released revealing several new focus areas.  The survey, first conducted in 2012, and updated in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021, was postponed in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 2,031 residents over the age of 18 […]

2022 Health Benefits: Preparing to Make Partnership Decisions – FEI Daily – Featured Articles

©marchmeena29/iStock/Getty Images Plus There is no question that we’re in the midst of a serious labor shortage, and financial executives across the country are feeling its effects. In this tight labor market, we’ve never been more aware that employees are our greatest asset. If you weren’t already, you’re likely taking a hard look at your […]