A Health Podyssey

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Each week, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil brings you in-depth conversations with leading researchers and influencers shaping the big ideas in health policy and the health care industry. A Health Podyssey goes beyond the pages of the health policy journal Health Affairs to tell stories behind the research and share policy implications. Learn how academics and economists frame their research questions and journey to the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Health policy nerds rejoice! This podcast is for you.

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Amy Stiffarm on Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Within Indigenous Communities

Apr 22 2024 30 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Amy Stiffarm of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: The Montana Coalition on her recent paper that explores strategies to support perinatal mental health by collaborating with tribal communities in Montana.Order the "Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being" issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is f

Jessica Harrison on Integrating Mental Health In Perinatal Care

Apr 15 2024 24 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jessica Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco on her recent paper that explores the perspectives of interprofessional clinicians and what the best approach is to integrating mental health into perinatal care.Order the "Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being" issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 perc

Tova Walsh on Fathers' Inclusion Within The Scope of Perinatal Mental Health

Apr 08 2024 23 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tova Walsh of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on her recent paper that explores perinatal mental health and the inclusion of fathers at the local, state, and national levels. Throughout their conversation, Walsh identifies recommendations that could lead to more inclusive approaches that aim to improve parental mental health

Emily Dossett and Karen Tabb Dina on Perinatal Mental Health

Apr 01 2024 32 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Emily Dossett of the University of Southern California and Karen Tabb Dina of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work about their roles as theme issue advisers for the April 2024 Health Affairs issue focused on perinatal mental health and well-being. The authors also provided an overview paper that ex

Amanda Chen on New CMS Nursing Home Ownership Data

Mar 25 2024 25 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Amanda Chen of Harvard University on her recent paper that identifies major gaps and discrepancies in new CMS nursing home ownership data. From the insights provided by Chen and coauthors, they highlight that transparent ownership data is fundamental to understanding the adequacy of public payments to provide patient care, enable

Courtney Baird on How County-Level Mandates Slowed COVID-19 Transmission

Mar 18 2024 28 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Courtney Baird of Brown University on her recent paper that explores how county-level mandates were generally effective at slowing COVID-19 transmission. Through their research, Baird and coauthors discovered strong evidence for the overall protective effect of mask mandates and, to a lesser degree, anti-congregation policies.

Sarah Gordon on Lessons from the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision

Mar 11 2024 22 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Sarah Gordon of the Department of Health and Human Services and Boston University on her recent paper that explores lessons from the continuous enrollment provision of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. Those provisions led to an increase in the rates of continuous coverage for one year postpartum, and they elim

John Bowblis on Increased Reliance on Staffing Agencies in Nursing Homes

Mar 04 2024 20 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews John Bowblis of Miami University on his recent paper that explores trends in the use of staffing agencies among nursing homes. Through this study, Bowblis and coauthors observed an increased reliance on these agencies for direct care nursing due to chronic staff shortages. Order the March 2024 issue of Health Affairs.Currently, m

Kierra Barnett on The Impacts of Discriminatory Policies on Housing and Health

Feb 26 2024 23 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Kierra Barnett of Nationwide Children's Hospital on her recent paper that details the history of discriminatory policies in the Ohio Neighborhood of Linden and what impacts they've had on housing as well as maternal and infant health. Order the "Housing and Health" issue of Health Affairs.Currently, more than 70 percent of our co

Sandra Newman on Housing Vouchers and the Measurable Medical Benefits Provided

Feb 19 2024 26 mins  
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Sandra Newman of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on her recent paper that explores the measurable health and related benefits of housing vouchers to families. The benefits observed included parental stress reduction, improved cost burdens, neighborhood safety as well as many other impacts.Order the "Housing an