Public and Population Health
SHADAC has compiled this blog filled with mental health data and resources. First, we’ll review some mental health survey data sources you could consider using for your own research on mental health in the United States. Then, we’ll review a sample of relevant blogs, publications, and resources.
This Basics Blog explores health care costs and affordability by defining key terms and summarizing how some of the most recent state-level household surveys are asking health care consumers about these topics.
Accurate estimates of uninsured rates (the percentage of people that do not have insurance coverage, also referred to as uninsurance) are important in understanding trends and the impacts of actions, events, or shifts in the economic landscape that may affect health insurance coverage. Learn more… Read more
Our updated uninsured profile mapping tool helps make complex health data easier to understand, providing a visual companion to the tool’s Excel spreadsheet. In this post, we look at the map’s features and how you can use it to explore uninsurance and health care access in MN.
SHADAC Senior Research Associate Natalie Schwehr Mac Arthur and co-authors wanted to better understand provider discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in Minnesota. Their analysis of 2021 & 2023 data from the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) has been published by… Read more
Visualizations, like BRFSS maps and tables, can help users analyze and explore BRFSS data. BRFSS visualization tools on State Health Compare let you easily create clear, understandable, and accessible charts & graphs to start your own analysis of BRFSS data. Learn more in this blog.
What are pre-existing conditions? Pre existing conditions could once lead to automatic denial of insurance coverage. Learn more in SHADAC's latest Basics Blog.
Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp presented his research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their pernicious role in undermining the health of both children and adults in SHADAC’s free webinar on April 24th. View the video, transcript, and slides in this post.
Sunday, March 23, 2025 marked 15 years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. In this post, we take a look at what the Affordable Care Act is, how it’s changed America’s insurance coverage rates, and the impact of the ACA on uninsured populations.
SHADAC researchers have updated our ‘Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile’ to include the latest ACS data from 2019 - 2023.