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

Health Populi

More than four times as many Black women believe that it’s a bad time to be Black in America in 2020 versus 2011, we learn from The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). This survey was conducted between 20th August and 14th September among 1,769 U.S.

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Our Mental and Emotional Health Are Interwoven With What We Eat and Drink – Chewing On the IFIC 2023 Food and Health Survey

Health Populi

As most Americans confess to feeling stressed over the past six months, peoples’ food and beverage choices have been intimately connected with their mental and emotional well-being, we learn from the 2023 Food & Health Survey from the International Food Information Council (IFIC).

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Survey Findings: Medicaid Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A recent survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), which surveyed state Medicaid officials across 44 states in the US, including the District of Columbia, revealed an increased interest in permanently adopting pandemic-era telehealth policy expansions.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

Health Populi

Sadly, the APA survey found that in just one month, between May and June 2020, the percent of black Americans reporting discrimination is a significant source of stress grew from 42% in May to 55%. Advocate for and fund mental health services for people under stress, among other strategies. In this pandemic era, the U.S.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

Last month, AARP published research on older peoples’ perspectives on their state of mental health and well-being. “While it is understandable to see a decline in mental health or emotional well-being during trying times, this is not a normal part of aging.

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The Patient as Consumer and Payer – A Focus on Financial Stress and Wellbeing

Health Populi

These self-care tasks extended in our health care across all dimensions of “health” including mental health, nutrition and gut wellness, sleep, and certainly financial health. I wrote early on in the pandemic that mental health impacts would be the epidemic inside and beyond the coronavirus itself.

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Still Struggling with Stress in America in 2021

Health Populi

The APA’s August/COVID Resilience Survey was conducted online by The Harris Poll in August 2021 among 3,035 U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Those pandemic-era headaches and sleep habit changes have been impacting more younger people than older people in America, shown in the last chart. As a result, three in four U.S.