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Quarterly Topic
Quarterly Article
April 2020 Peter D. Jacobson, Colleen Healy Boufides, Denise Chrysler, Jennifer Bernstein, Toby Citrin,
Context: The Flint, Michigan, water crisis resulted from a state‐appointed emergency financial manager’s cost‐driven decision to switch Flint’s… More
Quarterly Opinion
March 2020 Joshua M. Sharfstein,
Since 2015, I have taught a course at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health called Crisis and Response in Public Health Policy and… More
February 2020 Robert P. Pack, Cheryl G. Healton, Sandro Galea,
Rather than distribute funding to states as the tobacco master settlement agreement did, the authors of this Opinion propose that 70% of all resources from a potential opioid agreement should be used to create a new national nonprofit that would allocate resources to communities most affected by or at risk of being impacted by the opioid crisis. More
January 2020 David Rosner,
Two decades ago, seeing a windmill while driving through the countryside was a rare, special event. I can remember my 11 year‐old daughter… More
January 2020 Derek Carr, Sabrina Adler, Benjamin D. Winig, Jennifer Karas Montez,
This study finds an equity-first “preemption” framework can help ensure that local governments can innovate to address health inequities, while also allowing states and the federal government to block local laws or policies that are likely to create or perpetuate inequities. More
January 2020 Patrick Bernet, Gulcin Gumus, Sharmila Vishwasrao,
A 10% increase in pregnancy-related public health spending led to a 13.5% decline in maternal mortality rates among black mothers and a 20% reduction in the black-white maternal mortality gap in Florida between 2001 and 2014. More
December 2019 David A. Kindig,
High rates of infant mortality are well documented in the United States, compared with those of peer nations. Shocking and unacceptable rates of… More
December 2019 Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Ronald Bayer,
In 2017, a large randomized controlled trial expected to resolve a 40-year controversy over the impact of moderate drinking on heart disease was halted following news reports about its industry funding. In a new Perspective, Gerald M. Oppenheimer and Ronald Bayer of Columbia University trace the history of that controversy. More
November 2019 Sandro Galea,
Although it has been 84 years since The Milbank Quarterly published Edgar Sydenstricker’s “The Changing Concept of Public Health,” the article’s emphasis on preventing poor health outcomes by bolstering economic security, safe and equitable housing conditions, and access to nutritious food and exercise remains as salient as ever. More
