Correction: Maternal oral health framework: integration of oral health into perinatal care
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Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 13, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Does family medicine reduce household health expenditures: evidence from T ürkiye
AbstractT ürkiye introduced a family medicine-centered primary healthcare model in 2005 as part of the Health Transformation Program, which aimed to reduce household healthcare expenditures, improve access to health services, and reduce the crowding-out effect in first-stage hospital institutions. We investi gate the impact of the family medicine program on household healthcare expenditures in Türkiye, focusing on doctor visits, medication prescriptions, and hospitalization expenditures. Using data from a large representative household survey, we employ a difference-in-differences approach combined wit h the entropy-bala...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Recommendations for maternal mental health policy in India
AbstractMental illnesses are a serious concern in India where every seventh person suffers from mental health problems —with women more affected than men. While the burden of perinatal mental illnesses grows, India lacks exclusive policies to address it. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on routine antenatal care and institutional deliveries and has also affected the mental health of pregnant women and mothe rs. We evaluated existing policies. Policy options were evaluated against criteria like cost–benefit analysis, administrative feasibility, human resources, and equity along with the intended and unintended co...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Investigating the relationship between alcohol consumption and subjective poverty in Russia
We examined the relationship between alcohol consumption and subjective poverty in Russia using the special survey of the Levada Analytical Center conducted in 2017. Subjective poverty represents an individual ’s perception of personal well-being when an individual’s income is lower than the required not to feel poor. We found that the status of being subjectively poor was associated with the increased probability of consuming vodka for women and the probability of consuming beer for men. Results info rm decision-makers about the importance of subjective poverty issues for understanding alcohol consumption. (Source: Jo...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Spatial analysis of community service availability in rural Kentucky, United States
This study examined community service provider (CSP) availability relative to neighborhood socioeconomic status and its association with health-related social needs in Eastern Kentucky, United States. We used GIS methods to generate 10-mile network service areas around addresses of 736 CSPs and 10,161 Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries screened August 2018 –April 2020 in 27-county study region. We observed wide variation in CSP availability and an inverse relationship between CSP availability and rates of unemployment, poverty, and federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The CSPs appear to have higher availab...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
A prescription drug monitoring program, data sharing, and upholding states ’ rights under the United States Constitution
AbstractAbuse of physician prescribed opioids contributes to health and economic burdens associated with dependency, overdose, and death. Since the 1900s, the United States (U.S.) Congress has legislated use and misuse of controlled substances. Under the U.S. Constitution, states developed prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) that determine how the program is managed, what data to track, and what information to share with other states. Lack of a standard data set that allows providers to see prescribing data for designated controlled substances across state lines, limits benefits of state PDMPs. A federal PDMP wit...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Intellectual humility in public health training, research, and practice
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Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Could we survive a belief crisis?
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Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - January 9, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Integrated approaches to COVID-19 emergency response in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings: a public health policy brief
AbstractIn the absence of fully effective measures to prevent and treat COVID-19, the limited access to and hesitancy about vaccines, the prolongation of the on-going pandemic is likely. This underscores the need to continue to respond and maintain preparedness, preferably using a more sustainable approach. A sustainable management is particularly important in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable countries of sub-Saharan Africa given several peculiar challenges. ThisViewpoint proposes policy options to guide transitioning from current COVID-19 emergency response interventions to longer-term and more sustainable respon...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - December 23, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
What drives health mindset and expectations in the United States?
AbstractHealth mindset is a group of beliefs or assumptions that individuals hold about the causes of health and well-being. Strengthening our understanding of factors that shape mindset and how mindset shapes expectations for who can and should be responsible for health can inform the success and sustainability of solutions to current health crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing disparities in health outcomes, and gun violence. We first examined associations between personal characteristics and experiences with health mindset. Next, we examined the association between mindset and the belief that government invol...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - December 16, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Differences in psychosocial factors of mental health in an ethnically diverse Black adult population
We examined mean differences in self-reported medical mistrust, use of mental health services, depression symptom severity, mental health knowledge and stigma behavior (or a desire for separation away from people living with a mental illness) according to ethnicity, citizenship status, age group, and gender. African Americans with moderate to severe depression symptoms had greater stigma behavior (mean = 12.2, SD = 3.2) than African Americans who screened in the minimal to mild depression range (mean = 13.1, SD = 3.5). Across the spectrum of depression, immigrants showed greater stigma than African American...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - November 25, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The need for a holistic approach toward pandemic control: lessons from a cross-sectional study on COVID-19 in Meghalaya, India
AbstractWe conducted a community-based cross-sectional survey of 416 participants from Meghalaya, India to assess knowledge, perceptions, and practices toward recommended COVID-19 preventive measures, and to explore health-seeking behavior and stigma during early phase of the pandemic. Most participants had knowledge of the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 (94%) and its spread (96%), and reported positive behavior change such as handwashing ≥ 6 times/day (41% pre-COVID-19 vs. 81% during COVID-19,P < 0.001), sneezing or coughing into sleeves (65% pre-COVID-19 vs. 89% during COVID-19,P < 0.001) and stayi...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - November 14, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
MyPlate and urban low-income Asian Americans in the United States: a study to improve nutrition education
This study describes barriers to using theMyPlate visual as a resource for communicating dietary recommendations to Asian American participants of a federally funded nutrition education program. To identify potential barriers to usingMyPlate, an interdisciplinary team collected quantitative (n = 349) and qualitative (n = 40) data via a cross-sectional survey and a series of focus group interviews with convenience samples of Cambodian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean adult participants of a nutrition education class in downtown Los Angeles. Findings showed that 13.2% of the participants ate meals...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - November 9, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The integrity of the antimicrobial supply chain in Bangladesh: assessing the regulatory environment and contextual challenges
AbstractMost low- and middle-income countries lack the regulatory capacity to contain substandard and falsified (SF) medicines. Innovations for strengthening regulatory systems are needed to protect public health. We assessed the integrity of the antimicrobial supply chain in Bangladesh. We employed qualitative methods comprising policy content analys is, and literature and database reviews. Using a framework modified from the World Health Organization’s and the United States Pharmacopoeia’s, the Bangladesh National Drug Policy (BNDP), was evaluated for provisions on medicines quality assurance mechanisms. We used ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - November 9, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Evaluation of “Catch Up to Get Ahead” efforts on administration of routine childhood vaccinations during COVID-19 pandemic, United States Indian Health Service, 2020
AbstractRoutine immunization rates in the United States (US) declined immediately after the US declared COVID-19 a public health emergency in March 2020. Decreases in childhood vaccination place children at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases and communities at risk for outbreaks from these diseases. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched “Catch Up to Get Ahead” in August 2020 to promote routine childhood immunization. The decline in mean coverage of the combined 7-vaccine series among children aged 19–35 months was less in Indian Health Service (IHS) federal health centers that implemented ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - November 9, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
