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Legal Look at Proof of Vaccination & Ongoing Fight Against COVID-19
Stanford health law experts Michelle Mello and David Studdert discuss the ongoing pandemic, proof of vaccination “passports” at the state and federal levels, and a July 19 ruling that Indiana...
Contact-tracing App Curbed the Spread of COVID in England and Wales
Digital contact tracing has the potential to limit the spread of COVID-19. A contact-tracing smartphone app that has been readily adopted by people in England and Wales has shown efficacy in reducing...
Far More Transparency is Needed for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
November 2020
With vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, on the near-term horizon, U.S. policymakers are focusing on how to ensure that Americans get vaccinated.
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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
Stanford Health Policy's Health Equity Panel
October 29, 2021
Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee SHP’s inaugural Health Equity Panel will take place on Friday, October 29, 2021 from 12pm – 1:15pm.
Research in Progress: Stacie B. Dusetzina - Improving Access to Prescription Drugs through Policy Change
September 29, 2021
Stacie B. Dusetzina, Ph.D Associate Professor, Health Policy Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr.
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
October 2021
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...
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Health Implication of Urbanization, Migration and Obesity in India
October 2021
Urbanization and obesity-related chronic diseases are cited as threats to the future health of India's older citizens.
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