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The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Population Health Through Housing Policy: Lessons From the Public Housing Program

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Housing is a fundamental social determinant of health and is particularly amenable to policy intervention. Policies that seek to improve health should improve housing quality, affordability, and stability. The public housing program has improved health across the life course, but the structure of the program currently limits its ...
ANDREW FENELON
wiley   +1 more source

Care and COVID 19: Lessons for liberals and neoliberals

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Within the liberal political traditions, care is regarded as a private matter, a problem of ethics rather than justice. Social justice is framed as an issue of economics (re/distribution), culture (recognition) and/or politics (representation).
Kathleen Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Absence as a Public Health Priority: A Framework for Coordinated Action

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Chronic absence should be recognized as a public health indicator and early warning sign that systems are failing to meet the developmental, social, and health needs of students. Improving student attendance requires cross‐sector policy action across education, health, and public health to address the structural and social determinants of
CATHERINE FALCONER   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opening the Door Wider to Community Support of People With Serious Mental Illnesses: What States Can Learn From the IDD Experience

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The federal government should provide states with authorities under Medicaid that allow greater use of home and community‐based services for people with serious and persistent mental illness. This requires deemphasizing authorities that require budget neutrality in a post‐institutionalization world (Section 1115 waivers) and relying on ...
HAROLD POLLACK   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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