What We're Learning | Evidence for Action

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Private Law Alternatives to the Individual Mandate

Dr. Epstein discusses potential strategies to increase insurance sign ups, including altering the ways insurance plans work (e.g., 5 year plans versus single year plans) or changing the ways that insurance plans are marketed (moral framing versus economic self-interest framing).

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Can moral framing drive insurance enrollment in the United States?

Results show that ads with moral framing, rather than economic self-interest framing, may lead to more Americans signing up for health insurance.

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Adults Shield Children When Nutritional Assistance Ends

When families lose access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC) there appear to be no negative impacts on nutritional intake for kids.

Food & Nutrition

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Outcome of the AVID College Preparatory Program on Adolescent Health: A Randomized Trial

Participation in a college preparatory program (AVID) that groups together middle-performing with high-performing students was associated with better outcomes related to health behaviors, social networks, and psychosocial wellbeing.

Education

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Higher COVID-19 Vaccination and Narrower Disparities in US Cities with Paid Sick Leave Compared to Those Without

From the abstract, "Cities with a paid sick leave policy had 17 percent higher vaccination coverage than cities without such a policy. We found stronger associations between paid sick leave and vaccination in the most socially vulnerable neighborhoods compared with the least socially vulnerable ones, and no association in the population ages sixty-five and older. Paid sick leave policies are associated with higher COVID-19 vaccination coverage and narrower coverage disparities. Increasing access to these policies may help increase vaccination and reduce inequities in coverage."

New Measure Development

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The effectiveness of value-based messages to engage gun owners on firearm policies: a three-stage nested study

New research confirms that messages using respectful and transparent language in gun violence prevention advocacy efforts are the most likely to encourage gun owners to support those policies advocated by public health professionals.

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A database of US state policies to mitigate COVID-19 and its economic consequences

This paper introduces the COVID-19 US State Policy (CUSP) Database, a continuously updated repository of policies, as well as highlights how the research conducted using the database has impacted policy decisions.

New Measure Development

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The TROLLEY Study: assessing travel, health, and equity impacts of a new light rail transit investment during the COVID-19 pandemic

The TROLLEY (TRansit Opportunities for HeaLth, Livability, Exercise and EquitY) study will use rigorous methods, as described in this Study Protocol paper in BMC Public Health, to advance our understanding of health, well-being, and equity-oriented outcomes of new light rail transit (LRT) line in

Transportation Equity

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Impact of Family Development on Family Health & Well-Being

Family Resource Centers are community-based hubs that share the philosophy that strengthening families through a strengths-based, culturally relevant, family-centered approach is a key mechanism to foster healthy communities.

Economic Opportunity

Briefs, Reports, and Infographics resource

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What You Need to Know About Prenatal Substance Use Laws

Prenatal substance use laws are aimed at reducing the use of illicit substances during pregnancy. Supportive laws increase access to substance use treatment during pregnancy, either through additional funding or priority access for pregnant people.

Tobacco/Substance Use

Briefs, Reports, and Infographics resource

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Protecting High-Risk Individuals Means Considering the Economic Cost of COVID-19

Research shows that the risks and burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic are larger for marginalized populations, with Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous peoples more likely to contract and die of COVID.

Economic Opportunity

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Mothers as Insurance: Family Spillovers in WIC

When children are no longer eligible for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) due to age requirements, mothers reduce their own nutritional intake to provide more food for their children.

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