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Welcome to the AcademyHealth blog, together with our members, we promote interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives. Here we offer important perspectives from people passionate about expanding access to care, reducing costs and improving quality, as well as updates on AcademyHealth activities relevant to the community.

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STI Testing among Medicaid Patients (STAMP) Project publishes timely results in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

With funding from the CDC Foundation, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, in collaboration with five Southern state-university partnerships, publish timely findings on prenatal syphilis screening rates among Medicaid enrollees.
Posted Jan 14, 2022 By Caitlin Otter
Topics Public & Population Health Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid
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Charting the Course to a Reimagined Public Health System

Following a joint convening with the American Public Health Association and key public health leaders, AcademyHealth outlines priority areas for public health services and systems research across the following domains: preparedness and resilience; structure; performance; workforce; data and technology; and financing and economics.
Posted Jan 12, 2022 By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Sarah Millender, Marya Khan, M.P.H.
Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Public & Population Health
Blog Post Increased caseloads and COVID-19 complications erode school nurses’ critical role in facilitating childhood vaccinations

Increased caseloads and COVID-19 complications erode school nurses’ critical role in facilitating childhood vaccinations

Burnout threatens to upend the traditional school nurse gatekeeping function that upholds state laws requiring vaccines for school attendance.
Posted Dec 21, 2021 By Robin Fleming, RN, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Venice Ng Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., CHES, Erin M. Mobley, Ph.D., M.P.H., Donna Woods, Ed.M., Ph.D.
Topics HSR Workforce Development Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health Health Equity