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Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population

Maternal Health Task Force

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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Pictures of health: Photos help East Point show community’s challenges, but also joys

HEALTHBEAT

Placed alongside the photos are quotes from residents about the challenges they face paying bills and raising children, how housing affects health, and how the arts promote mental health in people of all ages. The exhibit is part of a partnership between the city and Morehouse School of Medicine that started in 2021.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

A resilient, well-funded, and equitable public health infrastructure is essential to addressing health disparities and improving overall health outcomes for urban populations nationwide. To do its work well, the public health workforce should be protected from undue partisan political influence.

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Managed Care History Part II- HMOs Give Way to Managed Care “Lite”

The Health Care Blog

Hospital Revenue Sources: Median Values Source: Moodys Investor Service, 2021 By 2013, capitation as a percentage of primary care office based income had fallen to only 5% from 15% mid the previous decade, according to HHS analysts. Jeff Goldsmith is a veteran health care futurist, President of Health Futures Inc and regular THCB Contributor.