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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

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.” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity. For more on this issue, see Health Populi here ]. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 2 – Our Mental Health

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Surgeon General, the fact is that a growing number of Americans are feeling negative mental health impacts…and it’s only early April in what will be a many-month new-normal of physical distancing. Exercise with a gym app , do Denise Austin’s indoor walking regime via AARP’s website , or join a yoga group online.

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Humana Foundation Invests in Innovative Mental Health and Nutrition Programming for Seniors and School-Aged Children

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million grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS) to initiate and elevate mental health programs at chapters in the four geographies, including mental health first aid training for mentors and related coursework for youth. Today, there’s a critical need to provide young people with mental health supports.

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

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While the digital health stakeholder community is convening this week at VIVE in Los Angeles to share innovations in health tech, NABIP has assembled health insurance leaders in Washington, DC, for the 2024 Capital Conference to focus on major health reform issues that are top-of-mind for health care payors — which in today’s U.S.

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Behavioral Health Side-Effects in the COVID Era

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“This surge of people experiencing acute behavioral health problems…has the potential to further impact the healthcare system for years to come,” a report from McKinsey expects looking at the hidden costs of COVID-19’s impact on U.S. health care. could have a behavioral health need in 2021.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

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Risks of social determinants of health like paying for housing, utilities, and food, have been a greater burden during the public health crisis for Black people (32%) and Hispanic folks (28%) than for White people in America (17%), with an average of 22% at-risk for SDoH factors. population by a factor of 2 to 1.

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Still Struggling with Stress in America in 2021

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believe that “everything will work out” after the pandemic ends, the mental, emotional, and logistical daily distance between “now” and “then” brings uncertainty and indeed, prolonged stress. feel the stress compared with other age groups — with Gen Z and Gen Xers following.