Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine
Public Health
Scholarly Publications
Modeling Contact Tracing Strategies for COVID-19 in the Context of Relaxed Physical Distancing Measures
August 2020
Stanford Health Policy’s Joshua Salomon, a professor of medicine and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and colleagues developed a mathematical model to...
Hepatitis C Treatment in Prisons — Incarcerated People’s Uncertain Right to Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy
August 2020
In a recent perspective published by the New England Journal of Medicine(NEJM), Stanford Law student Alexandra Daniels analyzed a growing body of federal litigation brought by prisoners with the...
Operational Considerations on the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidance for K-12 School Reentry
August 2020
There is general consensus among experts that K-12 schools should aim to reopen for in-person classes during the 2020-2021 school year. Globally, children constitute a low proportion of coronavirus...
Other Publications
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
July 2020
Yet there has been no national-level, comprehensive review of the evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) practices.
How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences From Taiwan
July 2020
Reopening colleges and universities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a special challenge worldwide.
Coronavirus Could Make America’s Gun Problem Even Deadlier
June 2020
Millions of Americans have experienced the coronavirus pandemic directly, as they or their loved ones suffered through infection.
News
Research Looks at Policy Fix for Hepatitis C Infections in Prisons
August 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, to guarantee prisoners a minimum basic level of health care. Yet even...
Rosenkranz Prize Winner Leads Effort to Protect Health-Care Workers from COVID-19 in Under-Resourced Countries
August 2020
Stanford postdoc Ashley Styczynski and collaborators build a website devoted to protecting health-care workers in under-resourced countries, using infographics and videos to show them how to create,...
Coronavirus Could Make America’s Gun Problem Even Deadlier
June 2020
Several myths cloud public understanding of the connection between guns and suicide. Perhaps the most pernicious is the idea that people who really want to end their lives will find a way to do it,...
Events
Elena Lucchese, "Ambulance response time: why should we care?"
March 15, 2017
Please note: All research in progress seminars are off-the-record by default.
Health Policy through 2020: The ACA, Payment Reform and Global Challenges
August 29, 2016
This event has reached capacity. Please join us to watch the live-stream at this link. The symposium will focus on the key questions that impact health through the year 2020.
Children in Crisis Project
April 7, 2011
Paul Wise is a clinical professor of pediatrics and a CHP/PCOR core faculty member.
Projects
The role of message framing in health behavior promotion among older adults
Adherence rates to public health recommendations are low, and seem to be falling.
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Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among the Elderly in China
September 2020
This project studied the patterns of health and health care disparities across elderly and non-elderly in China, including the impact of earlier educational and public health interventions on...
English
Health Implication of Urbanization, Migration and Obesity in India
September 2020
Urbanization and obesity-related chronic diseases are cited as threats to the future health of India's older citizens.
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