Vaccination
How other countries get parents to vaccinate their kids (and what Australia can learn)
Countries around the world, including Australia, are using different ways to get parents to vaccinate their children.
Sep 18, 2019
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Milbank Quarterly
Health
Study exposes historical barricades to health in tobacco-growing states
The major tobacco-growing states lag behind the rest of the nation in adopting measures effective in reducing tobacco use. Consequently, these five states—Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee—are ...
Jun 24, 2015
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Health
Doing the right thing when things go wrong
The University of Michigan Health System doesn't claim to be perfect. But its response to medical errors, near-misses, unexpected clinical problems and unintended outcomes is a model for the nation that other hospitals can ...
Dec 14, 2012
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Health
Researchers say where you live could add years to your life
Could where you live dictate how long you live? New research at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, published today in the Milbank Quarterly, shows Americans who live in so called blue states tend to live longer than those ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Health
Tobacco industry tactics influential in e-cigarette policy
By employing the same tactics it used to drive policymaking from the 1970s-1990s, the tobacco industry has become successful in influencing pro-industry e-cigarette laws at the state level, according to a UCSF study published ...
Sep 15, 2016
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Health
Cultural racism found to worsen health inequities between racial groups
Racism expressed through cultural norms can perpetuate negative health outcomes for non-white groups, according to a study by UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
Sep 22, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Low-income communities face dual barriers to maternity care access: Study
Research led by Peiyin Hung has dug deeper into the challenges surrounding maternity care access that the health services policy and management assistant professor has been unveiling through her recent research. Adding to ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Surgery
Perioperative Surgical Home improves quality, reduces health care costs
The Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model consistently and significantly improves quality of care for patients and reduces health care costs, reports a first-of-its-kind, large-scale literature review of the PSH in the ...
Dec 12, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
States that support access to health information can decrease colon cancer deaths
Despite medical advances in colon cancer screening and treatment, people with a lower socioeconomic status remain at a higher risk of dying from colon cancer. A new study in The Milbank Quarterly finds that states and communities ...
Sep 26, 2012
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Health
Study highlights the benefits of a salt reduction strategy to US food industry
New research, published in the Milbank Quarterly, highlights the potential health and economic impact of the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed voluntary salt policy on workers in the US food ...
Jul 24, 2019
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