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Quarterly Topic
Quarterly Article
August 2020 Paula M. Lantz,
“Compression of morbidity,” a notion introduced by physician James Fries in 1980, remains an important construct in aging and population health… More
August 2020 Ana V. Diez Roux,
This has been an incredible period for public health: a time of unprecedented discussion of the science of population health in the media and in… More
August 2020 Tamar Goldenberg, Sari L. Reisner, Gary W Harper, Kristi E. Gamarel, Rob Stephenson,
Context: In the 2010s, the number of federal, state, and local transgender-specific policies increased. Some of these policies advanced protections… More
August 2020 Ju Nyeong Park, Saba Rouhani, Leo Beletsky, Louise Vincent, Brendan Saloner, Susan Sherman,
Context: Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Synthetic opioids, predominantly illicit fentanyl and its… More
August 2020 Jennifer Karas Montez, Jason Beckfield, Julene Kemp Cooney, Jacob M. Grumbach, Mark D. Hayward, Huseyin Zeyd Koytak, Steven H. Woolf, Anna Zajacova,
Context: Life expectancy in the United States has increased little in previous decades, declined in recent years, and become more unequal across US… More
Quarterly Opinion
July 2020 David Rosner,
At last, some good news! According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), this year has witnessed a 25% decrease in energy demand in a large number… More
May 2020 Nason Maani, Sandro Galea,
Not only is the US population unhealthier overall than many of its peers, but there also are stark racial and social health disparities driven by inequitable socioeconomic conditions and racism, which make it harder to adhere to physical distancing requirements. More
April 2020 Marianne Bitler, Hilary Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach,
Over the past two months, the United States has seen a historic increase in unemployment. While some of these jobs quickly will be regained when the… More
March 2020 Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, Michael Leighs, Mandy K. Cohen,
North Carolina is building infrastructure and developing strategies to expand cross-sectoral collaboration across health care, education, employment, law enforcement, housing, environmental quality, and other systems. More
March 2020 Emilie Courtin, Sooyoung Kim, Shanshan Song, Wenya Yu, Peter Muennig,
Context: Insurers and health care providers are investing heavily in nonmedical social interventions in an effort to improve health and potentially… More
