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Addressing Lives and Livelihoods with a Whole-of-Government Approach – The First Wave of Biden Health Policy

Health Populi

President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. ” The plotline goes….

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Food Is Medicine, Especially When You Are Hungry – The American Heart Association‘s FIM Initiative

Health Populi

This partnership is focused on people who are at higher risk for heart disease — conditions that are generally amenable to lifestyle changes such as healthy food shopping and eating, exercise and activity, and mindfulness practices — all with growing evidence bases.

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Access to Technology Is the New Pillar for Well-Being: CES & the UN Partner for Human Security for All

Health Populi

In the first six months of the pandemic, I collected all kinds of data about how consumers’ behaviors were adapting to the repurposing of homes for living, working, educating, praying, cooking and baking (sourdough breads posted on Pinterest), exercising, and socializing….all,

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The State of Healthcare in America, State-By-State

Health Populi

I link to the League of Women Voters’ website , an organization I support and learn from; both my mother and mother-in-law were members of LWV, exercising their own political muscles at a quite different socio-political moment in time. ” Women’s health care is health care. Wade ( aka the Dobbs Decision).

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

households with broadband have at least one connected health device, which could be a smart watch, a fitness tracker (such as Fitbit), connected exercise equipment (like a Peloton and the NordicTrack Vault), a heart rate monitor (like OMRON’s HeartGuide), a weight scale (like Withings smart scales), or a sleep monitor (e.g.,

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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022

Health Populi

.” One of the side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the digital transformation of people — using Zoom for work, going to school from home via Internet connection, attending prayer services to connect with faith communities, taking exercise classes at home in groups, virtually — via tele-exercise whether via the Y, Orangetheory, (..)

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Reflecting on my many conversations during CES last week, I’m evolving the concept to our homes morphing into health delivery platforms. The pandemic has bolstered fitness at home with gyms largely closed and people making room at home for exercise.