Population Health and Disparities
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A Conversation on America’s Mental Health Crisis
On June 2, join the Schaeffer Center and USC Sol Price School of Public Policy for a webinar that will address the pandemic’s mental health crisis, how it is affecting employers and schools, and the opportunities and challenges of digital health.
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Will the Rise of Work From Home Improve Our Health?
As the pandemic becomes endemic, major companies have announced varying polices about the future of remote work. Matthew Kahn argues that government and industry should accommodate WFH or hybrid plans because the benefits are manifold.
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Racial Disparities in Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Highlights Work to Be Done
Older Americans are increasingly seeking treatment for substance use disorders with older Black Americans who start treatment being much more likely to have their treatment terminated and not finish compared to white adults.
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Biomedical Expert Designs Health Dataset Representing All Demographic Groups
Although big data is revolutionizing healthcare, its potential has been limited by underrepresentation of vulnerable populations, including marginalized racial and socioeconomic groups that are at higher risk for poor health outcomes.
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Before Prescribing Opioids, Draft a Deprescribing Plan
To get past the allure of continued and often troublesome opioid use patterns, patients and doctors need a plan in hand before the first opioid is ever used.
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Frameworks for Protecting Workers and the Public from Inhalation Hazards
A National Academies committee will consider the oversight and regulatory processes needed to ensure the public and such workers have access to effective respiratory protective devices and guidance on their use to mitigate exposures to inhalation hazards—including those arising during disasters and public health emergencies.
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Schaeffer Expert Warns of Lax Regulation of U.S. Cannabis Market at U.N. Event
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula presented findings at the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event.
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A Conversation on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Drug Control Policy
The USC Schaeffer Center and the Institute for Addiction Science will host a conversation with White House Director of National Drug Control Policy, Dr. Rahul Gupta.
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Projecting Future Health and Service Use Among Older People in Ireland: An Overview of a Dynamic Microsimulation Model in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Demographic ageing is a population health success story but poses unprecedented policy challenges in the 21st century. Policymakers must prepare health systems, economies and societies for these challenges. Policy choices can be usefully informed by models that evaluate outcomes and trade-offs in advance under different scenarios.
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Changes in the Availability of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Prisons and Jails in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies relaxed buprenorphine prescribing restrictions including for incarcerated individuals.
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