Guest: Philip Alberti, Founding Director, AAMC Center for Health Justice & Senior Director, Health Equity Research & Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Philip Alberti from the AAMC to discuss health outcomes and what it means to achieve health equity across sectors.

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

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• The projected costs and economic impact of mental health inequities in the United States (Deloitte)
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• The $2.8 trillion opportunity: How better health for all can drive US economic growth (Deloitte)
• Ohio Presents Opportunities For Understanding Hospital Alignment With Public Health Agencies On Community Health Assessments (Health Affairs) 
• To Design Equitable Value-Based Payment Systems, We Must Adjust For Social Risk (Health Affairs) 

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A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.

Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.

In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Ingrid Gould Ellen from the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.

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• Eviction and Health: A Vicious Cycle Exacerbated by a Pandemic (Health Affairs)
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Guest: Andrew Winn, Executive Director, Insight Garden Program

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Andrew Winn from the Insight Garden Program about the relationship between the environment and people in incarcerated spaces and access to nature as a human right.

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

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• Why climate resilience is key to building the health care organization of the future (Deloitte)
• Health Affairs Health Policy Brief: Prison and Jail Reentry and Health
• Jail Conditions and Mortality: Death Rates Associated with Turnover, Jail Size, and Population Characteristics (Health Affairs)

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A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.

Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.

In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Craig Pollack from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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• Using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to Fill the Rental Housing Gap (Health Affairs)

Guest: Sarah Hemminger, Co-Founder and CEO, Thread

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Sarah Hemminger of Thread about social isolation and wellbeing, particularly for young people. They discuss innovative ways to connect people and achieve transformational change. 

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.

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• Advancing health through alternative sites of care (Deloitte)
• Health Equity through Analytics: Social connectedness (Deloitte)
• Health Affairs Health Policy Brief: Social Isolation and Health
• Meeting The Needs Of Socially Vulnerable Patients: Views Of ACO Leaders On Moving From Intent To Action (Health Affairs) 
• Networks Of Support Help Patients Navigate Complex Systems (Health Affairs) 

The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.

A Health Podyssey is taking a holiday break. We will return to regular production on January 14, 2025.

Until that time, enjoy a special series we created on our other podcast, Health Affairs This Week. In this special series, Rob Lott gets an update on health policy briefs surrounding the release of our theme issue on housing and health, which was released in February of this year.

In this episode, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Corianne Scally from the Urban Institute.

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• Housing and Health: An Overview of the Literature (Health Affairs)
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Guest: Alex Keuroghlian, Director, Division of Education and Trainings, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Alex Keuroghlian from Fenway Health about the role that identity plays in the health care workforce. They also discuss best practices for creating safe spaces of care for LGBTQIA+ populations and health policies critical to providing nondiscriminatory care.

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

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• Pride and equity (Deloitte)
• How employers can spark a movement to help us live longer and healthier lives (Deloitte) 
• Health Equity through Analytics (HExA): Literacy and numeracy (Deloitte) 
• Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among LGBT Adults, 2013-19 (Health Affairs)
• Sexual Orientation, High-Deductible Health Plans, And Financial Barriers To Care (Health Affairs)

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Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Richard Hughes IV of Epstein Becker Green and George Washington University about his recent paper that reviewed school-entry vaccine policies on a state level and observed how the responses to federal recommendations varied.

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Guest: Kimberly Driggins, Executive Director, Washington Housing Conservancy

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Kimberly Driggins from the Washington Housing Conservancy about the connections between housing security, economic mobility, and health outcomes. They also explore what it will take to reinvent an equitable, anti-racist housing system. 

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

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• Infrastructure law may smooth the road to health equity (Deloitte)
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• Neighborhoods and Health: Interventions at the Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs)
• Primary Care–Based Housing Program Reduced Outpatient Visits; Patients Reported Mental And Physical Health Benefits (Health Affairs)  
• Gentrification Yields Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Exposure To Contextual Determinants Of Health (Health Affairs)  

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Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jared Walker of Dollar For about his recent paper that explores the widely varying criteria amongst US nonprofit hospitals to determine who qualifies for free and discounted charity care.

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