Health Disparities
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 8, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction The long delay between the creation of new evidence for primary prevention by public health and widespread adoption into best practice by the health care system is well documented and a source of great frustration (Haynes and Haines, 1998). The...
by Laura DeStefano | Dec 3, 2015 | Commentary, Perspectives
The authors gave a presentation at an Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Literacy workshop titled “Health Literacy and Palliative Care” in July 2015. The presentations highlighted the experience of the health care system for those who need palliative care and...
by Laura DeStefano | Dec 3, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In struggling high-poverty neighborhoods across the country, community development and medical professionals, who often serve the same population but who have historically operated in silos, are beginning to work together in new and exciting ways. One of the most...
by Laura DeStefano | Dec 2, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction In 2010, Campbell Soup Company rolled out its 2020 destination goals for Corporate Responsibility (Campbell Soup Company, 2011). Broadly, these goals are: to nourish our consumers, neighbors, workforce, and planet. The goal of nourishing our...
by Laura DeStefano | Oct 20, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Abstract This paper offers a perspective with recommendations on opportunities for the private sector to improve road safety outcomes globally. Road safety has been recognized as an increasing public health burden that disproportionately affects low- and...
by Laura DeStefano | Oct 15, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Abstract Health care and public health are finding common—but conflicted—ground in population health. Current discussions in the two fields are collecting a large and growing set of tools, but with little clarity about which are appropriate for exactly what...
by Laura DeStefano | Sep 25, 2015 | Commentary, Perspectives
As of 2011, 25.3 million people in the United States had limited English proficiency (LEP). This number includes people born outside and inside the United States (Zong and Batalova, 2015). Spanish is the most spoken language in the United States after English,...
by Laura DeStefano | Aug 26, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Abstract Dose Matters describes the concept of “population dose”—an approach to strengthening and evaluating the impact of complex multisector, multilevel, place-based initiatives. This discussion paper reports on what is promising about the approach while...
by Talia Lewis | Jul 24, 2015 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
A core aim for improving health care is to provide equitable care or “care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status” (IOM, 2001). We believe that an essential...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 22, 2015 | Commentary, Perspectives
Prevention is the best investment we can make in behavioral health—and the time to make it is now. Every day, across America, behavioral health problems in childhood and adolescence take a heavy toll on millions of lives. These problems cause deep, often...
