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Blog: 2022 NHIS Early Release: Estimates for First Half of the Year Show Continued Fall of Uninsured Rates
Dec. 15, 2022 : As part of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently published a second round of health insurance coverage estimates for the first half of 2022, covering the months of January to June. Uninsurance was again measured at historic lows, with just 8.3% of all ages reporting being uninsured compared to 9.6% in the... Read moreBlog: Examining Gender-Based Discrimination in Health Care Access by Gender Identity in Minnesota
Dec. 09, 2022 : Authors: Jeremy Duval, Natalie Mac Arthur, Kathleen Call Definitions Cisgender/cis: A person whose gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth. Transgender/trans: A person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth. Non-binary: An umbrella term for a person whose gender identity is not binary (... Read moreJournal Article: SHADAC Researchers Co-Author Maternal and Child Health Journal Article on Medical Home Contributions to Child Health Outcomes
Dec. 09, 2022 : SHADAC researchers Natalie Mac Arthur and Lynn Blewett recently published a journal article in Maternal and Child Health Journal that examines the medical home model—a widely accepted model of team-based primary care—and its unique contributions to child health outcomes. Their analysis drew on data from the 2016-2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) to assess five key... Read moreJournal Article: SHADAC in AJPH: Insurance-Based Discrimination Reports and Access to Care Among Non-Elderly U.S. Adults, 2011-2019
Dec. 08, 2022 : This journal article was originally published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). Authors: Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD, Giovann Alarcon-Espinoza, PhD, MPP, Natalie Schwer Mac Arthur, PhD, MAc, and Rhonda Jones-Webb, DrPH SHADAC researchers and external co-authors recently published an article in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) that examines rates of insurance-... Read moreBlog: Neighborhood Support Matters for Child Health
Nov. 22, 2022 : Where people live, work, and play has been shown to have important impacts on health. In addition to one’s physical environment (e.g., access to safe schools, parks, and sources of nutritious food), the extent to which people feel connected to a supportive community with a network of resources is an important factor for health. This concept is known as “social capital," and has been linked with a... Read moreBlog: Charting Two Decades of the Evolving Opioid Crisis
Nov. 18, 2022 : In more than 20 years, the overdose crisis has shifted and grown from prescription opioids to a range of illicitly trafficked drugs Just over a decade after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared an “epidemic” of overdoses from prescription painkillers in 2011, the opioid crisis is worse than ever—yet it only vaguely resembles those... Read moreBlog: Five-Year Review Shows Rising Trends in Adult E-Cigarette Use: 2017 to 2021
Nov. 08, 2022 : BRFSS OVERVIEW This analysis uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey, an annual telephone survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that collects data from respondents across all 50 states and D.C. (as well as three United States’ territories) regarding health-related risk behaviors, chronic... Read moreBlog: California Health Insurance Stable in 2021, but Many Will Need to Switch Coverage Once COVID-19 Pandemic Protections End (CHCF Cross Post)
Nov. 07, 2022 : The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation published on November 4, 2022. Authors: Colin Planalp and Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Employer-sponsored insurance declined significantly; Medi-Cal and individual market coverage held steady During 2021, the second calendar year of the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s health insurance landscape remained... Read morePages
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