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Impacts of Global Cannabis Policy Changes on Substance Use: A Systematic Review of Quasi‐Experimental Studies

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The liberalization of medical and recreational cannabis policies may increase cannabis initiation across age groups, with increased prevalence of cannabis use among young adults and adults and weaker effects among youth. Evidence also suggests increases in cannabis‐related health care utilization among adults.
SARAH B. WINDLE   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Disease and Disability in the United States: Trends, Inequities, and Imperatives for Policy Reform

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Position Universal, High‐Quality Education as a Foundational Public Health Strategy. Long‐term health and life expectancy in the United States are shaped more by educational attainment than by any other single factor. Disparities in access to early childhood, K‐12, and higher education perpetuate cycles of chronic disease, economic ...
ALI H. MOKDAD   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Public health has lost political influence because of a mismatch between the forms of power primarily deployed in this field—knowledge and moral authority—and the forms of power that currently shape societal rules and health outcomes—economic, political, ideological, and physical.
JONATHAN C. HELLER
wiley   +1 more source

Stigma as a Social Determinant of Health: A Policy Classification Framework and Call to Action

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Stigma functions as a social determinant of health (SDOH), producing population health inequities through resource deprivation, social exclusion, constrained health care, physiological stress, and diminished agency—yet it lacks formal SDOH classification.
LISA CARTER‐BAWA
wiley   +1 more source

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