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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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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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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

Prudential surveyed U.S. First, foremost, Americans are concerned about the impact of a disease outbreak on their health, personal finances and the U.S. Anderson was co-author with Uwe Reinhardt of “It’s the Prices Stupid,” the landmark Health Affairs essay from 2003 that pointed out the key difference between U.S.

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Stress Is Playing A Big Role in Consumers’ Food Habits: Food-As-Medicine Update from IFIC

Health Populi

In addition, anxiety and stress are mainstream across demographics and have impacted the way people select and consume food, based on findings in the 2022 Food and Health Survey from the International Food Information Council (IFIC). adults ages 18-80 for the survey, oversampling Gen Z consumers ages 18-24.

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“Healthcare Isn’t Healthy:” the Global Challenge of Health Equity, and Calls-to-Action

Health Populi

Discrimination in health care is reported by more people in the U.S. we learn in the research reported in The Intersection of Health Equity in Communities & Business Strategy: A Call-to-Action , from Omnicomm PR Group (OPRG) and Atlantic Insights. than in Germany, Spain, or the U.K.,

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

Power found in their Study which was conducted among 4,306 health care consumers who had used a telehealth service in the 12 months preceding June and July 2022 when the survey was fielded. Power points out several granular perspectives to keep in mind as we design and implement omnichannel health care services: Two-thirds of U.S.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

This initiative resulted in a strategy for tackling loneliness in the United Kingdom. Three quarters of GPs surveyed have said they are seeing between one and five people a day suffering with loneliness, which is linked to a range of damaging health impacts, like heart disease, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease.