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September 19, 2013 | Report
Overcoming barriers to access will require innovative use of a well-trained, non-traditional workforce using strategies that re-engage populations with a history of poor access.
September 19, 2013 | Report
Seven oral health programs that provide preventive oral health care to young children (<5 years old) in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, Early Head Start, and primary care settings are examined here.
September 17, 2013 | Program Results Report
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships is a 25-year-old national program providing matching grants for innovative community-based projects aimed at improving the health and health care of underserved and vulnerable populations.
September 5, 2013 | New Public Health Post
APA’s new PSA series, called “A Healthy Minds Minute,” features a number of celebrities and prominent figures calling for equal access to quality care and insurance coverage for people with mental illness and substance use disorders.
September 1, 2013 | Report
Oral health innovations seeking to increase access to preventive oral health care in non-dental settings are the focus of this report
August 27, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services finds that Medicare beneficiaries’ access to care has remained high and stable in recent years.
August 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
In the U.S., life expectancy and other health status measures vary dramatically depending on factors, such as race, gender, educational attainment, and ZIP code. This brief reviews recent research on health disparities.
August 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Health care coverage is the fiduciary responsibility of a country to its citizens, and should be provided, first through primary prevention modalities, most especially to the poor and underserved.
August 13, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Some individuals get to optimize their health while others are denied such opportunities; inefficiencies, inequities, and persistent disparities result. It seems that the U.S. health care system has many aspects of a "tragedy of the commons."
August 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
We all agree on the importance of universal access to basic stabilizing treatment, Kori Sauser says. The next step is to agree on the importance of universal access to basic preventive and primary care as well.