Health Policy Institute
Our Mission: To ignite a Fair Health movement that gives people of color the inalienable right to equal opportunity for healthy lives.
The Joint Center Health Policy Institute (HPI) is a pioneering program of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. HPI’s research, publications, activities, and projects are designed to accelerate progress beyond listing and analyzing a litany of health disparities. Rather, they are directed toward collective strategies that will produce real change—and real opportunities for health. We invite your participation in this important endeavor.
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Webinar: Implications of the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act for Health Inequities
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the National Health Policy Training Alliance for Communities of Color held a 90-minute webinar to announce the release a new report, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Advancing Health Equity for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations. The report takes a comprehensive look at the new health reform law to understand its implications for addressing health inequities. The report identifies areas where the law may significantly improve health and health care access and quality and reduce health inequities, as well as areas where more work is needed to fully eliminate inequities.
The webinar was held on Monday August 23, 2010 at 1pm EST. To listen to an archived version of the webinar, visit http://www.dialogue4health.org .
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Funding Healthy Society Helps Cure Health Care
August 23, 2010 The San Francisco Chronicle
I had known and adored Jeremy's family for several years. So when the sandy-haired, good-natured 8-year-old came to see me in my clinic with abdominal pain, I bent over backward to find out why his tummy hurt. I poked and prodded; did tests of his urine, stool and blood; and took X-rays, over the course of several months. When those tests came back normal, I did more. I had trained at a top medical school and gone on to one of the best residencies in my specialty; in Jeremy, I thought I had identified a real clinical mystery. But in the end, the mystery was not a best-seller: It turned out that Jeremy's family couldn't afford to buy food. Continue reading...
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It Takes Two to Tango: Defining the Role of Fathers
The National Healthy Start Association has released an issue brief - "It Takes Two to Tango: Defining the Role of Fathers" - which examines the impact of paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes. The brief also presents recommendations and strategies to increase the inclusion of men in policies related to maternal child health. To view the brief, click here.
