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The July 2020 issue of Health Affairs contains a cluster of articles on a Culture of Health, specifically how factors outside the health system -- like food, income, and work -- play a significant role in health and health equity.
On Wednesday, July 8, Health Affairs editor-in-chief Alan Weil will host an online forum featuring a selection of authors who contributed to the policy proposals and analysis in the issue and leaders in state and local governments who everyday are striving to find creative, effective, and equitable ways to deliver services during these most extraordinary and challenging times.
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. (Eastern)
Place: Online details to come after you've registered
Speakers to include:
- Kimm R. Campbell, Assistant County Administrator, Broward County, Florida
- Emilie Courtin, Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on "The Health Effects Of Expanding The Earned Income Tax Credit: Results From New York City."
- Julia Goodman, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, on "Among Low-Income Women In San Francisco, Low Awareness Of Paid Parental Leave Benefits Inhibits Take-Up."
- Erica Kenney, Assistant Professor, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, on "Impact of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on Obesity Trend"
- Marc Nicole, President, National Association of State Budget Officers
- Mona N. Shah, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Affairs thanks Romana Hasnain-Wynia of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority for serving as adviser on the culture of health articles. We thank the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their financial support for publishing these articles and this event.
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Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.
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