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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

Bill of Health

This disturbing health crisis is insidiously ingrained in the culture of corrections and surprisingly neglected in American public health scholarship. People who are incarcerated already exhibit elevated rates of morbidity , and it is likely that the sleep deprivation associated with corrections only depresses health outcomes.

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Health Disparities and the Risks of Social Determinants for COVID-19 – 14 Months of Evidence

Health Populi

suggested social determinants were at play in the disparate outcomes for people of color. For some people such as American Indian and Native Alaskan folks, geography, remoteness, and lack of public health infrastructure are challenges. Analyzing county-level data for 3,142 U.S.

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Applying Luck Egalitarianism to Health Resource Allocation

Bill of Health

While personal responsibility is sometimes considered when past actions influence treatment outcomes (e.g., patients with alcohol use disorder not being eligible for liver transplants), in general, the reasons for ill health are not an explicit consideration in most health decision-making in the U.S.

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Organ Transplant Candidates Who Use Medical Cannabis Face Discrimination

Bill of Health

face discrimination in seeking health care services, including restrictions against obtaining solid organ transplants. Legal strategies to prevent discrimination Further research on cannabis use and post-transplant health outcomes will be important to generate a stronger evidence base to inform transplant policies.

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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“Healthcare Isn’t Healthy:” the Global Challenge of Health Equity, and Calls-to-Action

Health Populi

The study convened many advisors from a range of fields in public health, health equity, disability/ability community, academia, clinical practice, and community leaders in the LGBTQIA+ community, among others. AI tools can bring transformative changes that enhance the delivery of care and improve health outcomes.”

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The authors suggest that investing more in prevention and health promotion for these groups could improve health outcomes and get to more equitable spending levels. Spending per person for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native people was significantly lower than for other racial/ethnic groups.

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