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Health Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

WebDr. El-Sayed is a public servant, Michigan politician, former public health professor, and a medical doctor. He served as executive director of the Detroit Health Department and Health Officer for the city …

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PubPol 750.012: Topics: Politics of Healthcare Reform

WebInstructor: Jonathan Cohn. This class will focus on answering the question of what it takes to pass a major piece of legislation -- and what that answer says about the structure of …

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Advancing Health Policy Research and Reducing Social Disparities …

WebPaula Lantz, PhD, joins Michigan Minds to discuss the social determinants of declining birth rates, the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social …

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Global perspectives on public …

WebAt the foundation of universal health coverage, primary healthcare is a vital first line of defense against disease outbreaks, but also for providing services for communicable and …

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City of Dearborn Department of Public Health Gerald R. Ford …

WebThe Dearborn Department of Public Health (DPH) was formally launched in April 2022, becoming only the second city in Michigan with a public health department, and the first …

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Demographer Paula Lantz on the challenges of designing public …

WebThe government has a clear role in promoting and assuring the goals of public health—the prevention of illness and injury, prolonging life, and promoting the collective health of the …

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Redesigning healthcare towards equity Gerald R. Ford School of …

WebFacilitated by faculty discussant Abdul El-Sayed, a Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, this session focuses on health equity, why it matters, and …

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Lantz warns of medicalization of public health

WebHow does the medicalization of public health undermine effective community-based governance responses? Paula Lantz, James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy, dove …

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Poverty Solutions study: Homeless teens face significant health …

Web"Data also show that homeless youth face much higher risks to their health and well-being and are accessing primary health care at much lower rates than their housed peers. In …

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Paula Lantz: Population health disparities

WebSo health insurance is not healthcare, and it's certainly not health policy. So this is a bigger pattern. So, now, here we go. Population health has now become medicalized and …

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Federal unemployment money boosted health care spending

WebEmergency federal dollars given to the unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic bolstered health-care spending as jobless rates skyrocketed, a new University …

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Fatima Hassan: Global vaccine equity and health justice

WebOur featured guest today is social justice activist and human rights lawyer, Fatima Hassan, who is the founder of the Health Justice Initiative in South Africa, an expert in human …

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The tenets of Critical Race Theory are essential for addressing

WebSix states have banned the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other frameworks about structural racism in K-12 settings, and many more are considering similar policy …

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PubPol 750: Topics: Public Policy Approaches to Social Disparities …

WebA social demographer, Lantz studies the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social disparities in health. She is currently engaged in research regarding …

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Health Economics and U.S. Health Policy Fall, 2019

WebClass 1: Sept. 6—Overview of health economics and U.S. health policy. The goal of the first lecture is to explain how economists think about public versus private goods versus …

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New study explores the negative effects of housing instability on

WebThis study’s conclusions may indicate that mental health issues could lie ahead — or are already present — for many Americans during the ongoing economic challenges …

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Health Effects of Non-Health Policies Gerald R. Ford School of …

WebThe conference will feature twelve papers by scholars who were commissioned by the National Poverty Center to explore the health impacts of six areas of social and …

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“Trust in public health is essential amid COVID-19 pandemic” write …

WebMarianne Udow-Phillips and Paula Lantz “Trust in public health is essential amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” write Marianne Udow-Phillips and Paula Lantz in a new Journal of …

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Fatima Hassan on global vaccine equity and health justice

WebA public servant, Michigan politician, former public health professor at Columbia University, and a medical doctor, Dr. El-Sayed was executive director of the Detroit Health …

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El-Sayed appointed as Wayne County health director

WebDecember 5, 2022. Last week, Wayne County tapped Abdul El-Sayed, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, to take over as health director in March, and, in the …

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The Economics of Health Decision-Making in Mozambique

WebProject Overview. We study the economics of health decision-making in a panel of households in central Mozambique. We shed light on how a community HIV/AIDS …

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