Health Equity - Summer 2023 Edition

<p>Listen to <em>Health Affairs</em>' Ryann Tanap and Vabren Watts discuss what policies and news developments have been shaping the health equity landscape this summer. They discuss the proliferation of LGBTQIA+ policies, affirmative action, Bebe Moore Campbell Minority Mental Health Month and the one-year anniversary of 988, the suicide and crisis hotline.</p><p><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/you-re-health-policy-wonk-if?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Read the "You're A Health Policy Wonk If..." submissions.</a></p><p>Read the new Ahead-of-Print article, "<a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00146?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Early OxyContin Marketing Linked To Long-Term Spread Of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use</a>."<br> <br>Read the CVS Health-sponsored series "<a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/topic/ss250?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week"><em>Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.</em></a><em>"</em></p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/diversity/education">Diversity &amp; Health Equity</a> (American Psychiatric Association)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.aamc.org/news/black-men-make-less-3-physicians-requires-immediate-action-say-leaders-academic-medicine">Black men make up less than 3% of physicians. That requires immediate action, say leaders in academic medicine.</a> (AAMC)</li> </ul><p>C<em>urrently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/subscribe/individual?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_campaign=individual+subscriptions"><em>With your support,</em></a> <em>we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront</em> <em>and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p>