by Madeleine Deye | Sep 19, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives
The Clinical and Economic Impact of Obesity Obesity presents a formidable challenge to health care financing systems. According to the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES), rates of obesity among U.S. adults have now climbed to 42.8% (Hales...
by Madeleine Deye | Jun 13, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Leaders and practitioners across industries—including public health, health care, and clinical settings; local, state, and federal government agencies; and academic institutions—are asking hard questions about what it will take to achieve health equity....
by Madeleine Deye | Jun 13, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Health researchers, leaders in health care and public health, and funders have long valued the concept of community engagement, when residents authentically connect on issues or amplify their voices to drive policy decisions affecting the health and...
by Madeleine Deye | May 9, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Currently, there are no effective disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) (National Institute on Aging, 2021). In this context, considerable attention has been given to prevention of ADRD. The 2020 report of the Lancet...
by Madeleine Deye | Jan 21, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives
It should not be more difficult for health care providers to prescribe life-saving medications that treat opioid use disorder than to prescribe addictive opioid pills themselves. Yet, that is the reality clinicians face today. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to...
by Madeleine Deye | Jan 10, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives
The Biden Administration—with its Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, which was released on January 20, 2021—created a timely opportunity to dismantle racism throughout and across a...
by Madeleine Deye | Dec 16, 2021 | News
In order to address the urgent and complex opioid crisis, the NAM’s Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic Health Professional Education and Training Workgroup has released the new Special Publication titled Educating Together, Improving...
by Madeleine Deye | Nov 22, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
Every dollar spent on food in the United States produces two dollars of negative impact on public health and the environment. Today’s food system feeds people but harms the environment and the health of humans, animals, and plants globally (The Rockefeller...
by Madeleine Deye | Nov 22, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Abstract Since the publication of our integrated framework for the prevention and treatment of obesity and related chronic diseases in 2015, more than 140 Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) have been established in an effort to develop multi-sectoral...
by Madeleine Deye | Nov 9, 2021 | News
To inform the next steps in their organizational strategy, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), enlisted the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to convene meetings of experts to identify emerging priorities for the future of health care. These...
