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An Opportunity to Remedy a Health System in Crisis: Increasing and Diversifying America’s Health Professions sfdsdf

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An Opportunity to Remedy a Health System in Crisis: Increasing and Diversifying America’s Health Professions
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Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
Ilana S. Mittman, Ph.D.
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October 1, 2010
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Healthcare is one of the nation’s largest industries, providing 14.3 million jobs. Health careers offer rewarding, prestigious and well-paying jobs in a stable sector even in harsh economic times. Accordingly, the strength and quality of our health workforce is not only central to the capacity and effectiveness of our healthcare system, but it is also a crucial component of the nation's economic infrastructure and ongoing economic security.

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Following the Money: Tracking Federal AIDS Appropriations to Address Disparities in HIV and AIDS Treatments in the United States sfdsdf

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Following the Money: Tracking Federal AIDS Appropriations to Address Disparities in HIV and AIDS Treatments in the United States
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Allen A. Herman, M.D., Ph.D.
Winifred Carson Smith, Esq.
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April 1, 2010
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The Joint Center's Health Policy Institute, recently released a report entitled "Following the Money: Tracking Federal AIDS Appropriations to Address Disparities in HIV and AIDS Treatment in the United States", which explores the path of federal funding in HIV and AIDS prevention. The Report finds that HIV/AIDS is not one epidemic in the United States but rather has become multiple epidemics affecting different communites at different rates and through different vectors of transmission. Tragically, some of the communities least prepared to deal with the spread of HIV are communities that are most vulnerable and have received the least federal resources to combat the disease. There are several strategies needed to ensure the resources flow to communities proportionate to need.

 

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Tackling Health Challenges Facing African Americans: An Interview with Dr. Reed Tuckson sfdsdf

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Tackling Health Challenges Facing African Americans: An Interview with Dr. Reed Tuckson
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FOCUS Staff Writers
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January 1, 2008
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A new assessment that measures the healthiness of states shows a
decline in the overall health of the nation. The American Public
Health Association and Partnership for Prevention collaborated
with the United Health Foundation to produce the 18th annual edition
of America’s Health Rankings: A Call to Action for People & Their
Communities.

The report found that the overall health of the nation fell by a rate of 0.3
percent between 2006 and 2007. By contrast, the nation’s average annual
improvement was 1.5 percent between 1990 and 2000. Even reductions in
the rates of cancer and cardiovascular mortality could not offset growing
rates of obesity, an increase in the number of uninsured and persistent risks
such as tobacco use and violent crime.

The report ranked Vermont, Minnesota, Hawaii, New Hampshire and
Connecticut as the five healthiest states. The least healthy states are
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Reed Tuckson, M.D., a member of the board of the United Health
Foundation, discussed the report and the problems it highlights with
FOCUS. The entire report can be viewed at www.americashealthrankings.
org or www.unitedhealthfoundation.org.

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Prospects for Addressing Health Disparities in 2009 sfdsdf

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Prospects for Addressing Health Disparities in 2009
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Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D.
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March 31, 2010
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The Director of the Joint Center’s Health Policy Institute, Dr. Brian D. Smedley, discusses the health implications of an Obama administration and the challenges to health care reform in trying economic times.

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Health Policy in the 2008 Presidential Election: How Will the Candidates Address the Issue of Equity? sfdsdf

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Health Policy in the 2008 Presidential Election: How Will the Candidates Address the Issue of Equity?
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Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D.
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March 19, 2010
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During the only televised debate of the major vice-presidential candidates in the 2004 election cycle, moderator Gwen Ifill asked Dick Cheney and John Edwards about the crisis among African-American women, and what they-if elected-would do about it.

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Race, Ethnicity, & Health Care Reform sfdsdf

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Nadia J. Siddiqui, MPH
Jonathan Purtle, MSc
Dennis P.Andrulis, Ph.D, MPH
Lisa Duchon, Ph.D., MPA
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December 1, 2009
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This issue brief identifies, analyzes and compares provisions which explicitly address the health and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities within the two leading Congressional health care reform proposals: The Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3962) passed in the House of Representatives on November 7, 2009; and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (H.R. 3590) introduced in the Senate on November 18, 2009, as a merged version of the Senate Finance Committee’s America’s Health Future Act (S.1796) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’ (HELP) Affordable Health Choices Act (S. 1697). Additionally, this issue brief explores the potential implications of broad health care reforms for racial and ethnic minorities. Also discussed is how each bill could decrease disparities and improve minority health, where each falls short in advancing these goals, as well as the transitional challenges and questions for the future should health care reform legislation be enacted.

 

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Medicaid Responsiveness, Health Coverage, & Economic Resilence: A Preliminary Analysis sfdsdf

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Medicaid Responsiveness, Health Coverage, & Economic Resilence: A Preliminary Analysis
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September 1, 2005
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With $10 billion in Medicaid spending reductions under consideration by Congress, the issue of Medicaid has returned to the forefront of the nation’s public policy debate. One recurring proposal to limit federal Medicaid spending would place firm caps on either Medicaid enrollment or federal Medicaid spending.

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Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D. sfdsdf

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Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute
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Dr. Brian D. Smedley is Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, DC. In this position, Dr. Smedley oversees all of the operations of the Institute, which was started in 2002 with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Institute has a dual focus: to explore disparities in health and to generate policy recommendations on longstanding health equity concerns.

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Professional Associations
 
American Public Health Association
American Psychological Association
National Academy of Social Insurance
Society for Community Research and Action
Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Honors
 
American Public Health Association, Community Health Planning and Policy Development Section, Vision Award for Excellence in Health Planning, awarded November 2009.

Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Leadership in Advocacy Award, awarded April 2009.

National Academy of Social Insurance, Fellow, 2009-present. 

American Psychological Association, Presidential Citation, recognizing “outstanding leadership to promote health and mental health,” awarded November 2005.

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Health Trailblazer award, recognizing “outstanding leadership in research on healthcare equity,” awarded June 2004.

Institute of Medicine, Cecil Award for Research, recognizing outstanding contributions to the Institute of Medicine, awarded October 2003.

Congressional Black Caucus, Healthcare Hero Award, recognizing “stewardship of the IOM Study on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare,” awarded April 2002. 

American Psychological Association, Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, awarded August 2002.

National Academy of Sciences, Individual Staff Award, recognizing “highest standards of service," awarded May 2000.

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Smedley, B., Alvarez, B., Panares, R., Fish-Parcham, C., & Adland, S. (2008). Identifying and Evaluating Equity Provisions in State Health Care Reform. New York: The Commonwealth Fund.

Smedley, B.D. (2008). Moving beyond access: Achieving equity in state health care reform. Health Affairs, 27:447-455.

Smedley B.D. & Jenkins, A. (Eds.). (2007). All Things Being Equal: Instigating Opportunity in Inequitable Times. New York: The New Press.

Smedley, B.D. (2007). The Diversity Benefit: How Does Diversity Among Health Professionals Address Public Needs? In R.A. Williams (Ed.), Eliminating Health Care Disparities in America. Towtowa, NJ: Humana Press.

Smedley, B.D. (2006). Race, poverty, and health disparities. In The State of Black America 2006: The Opportunity Compact. New York, NY: The National Urban League.

Smedley, B.D. (2006). Expanding the frame of understanding health disparities: from a focus on health systems to social and economic systems. Health Education and Behavior, 33(4):538-41.

Smedley, A. & Smedley, B.D.  (2005).  Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race. American Psychologist, 60(1), 16-26.

Smedley, B.D., Stith-Butler, A.Y., & Bristow, L.R. (Eds.). (2004). In the Nations Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Smedley, B.D., Stith, A.Y., & Nelson, A.R., (Eds.). (2003). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Washington, DC: The National Academy Press.

Smedley B.D., Syme, S.L., Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public’s Health.  (2001). Promoting health: Intervention strategies from social and behavioral research. American Journal of Health Promotion, 15(3), 149-66.

Smedley, B.D., Stith, A.Y., Colburn, L., & Evans, C.H. (2001). The Right Thing to Do, the Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in the Health Professions. Washington, DC:  The National Academy Press.

Smedley, B.D. & Syme, S.L. (Eds.). (2000). Promoting Health:  Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academy Press.

Smedley, B.D.  (1999). The Cancer Gap: Research Needs of African Americans. In W. Spreggs (Ed.), The State of Black America 1999. New York, NY: National Urban League.

Haynes, M.A. & Smedley, B.D. (Eds.). (1999). The Unequal Burden of Cancer:  An Assessment of NIH Programs and Research for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

 

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Jermane Bond, Ph.D. sfdsdf

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Jermane Bond, Ph.D. is currently a Research Scientist in the Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.  His research interests include paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes, men’s preconception health and care, preterm birth, infant mortality, and men’s reproductive health.

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Professional Associations

American College of Epidemiology
American Public Health Association
International Society of Men’s Health

Honors

Family Health and Birth Center, Washington, DC, Chair, Program and Research Committee, 2009-present

Howard University Graduate School Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Frederick Douglas Doctoral Scholars Fellowship, awarded for 2007 - 2008

Howard University Graduate School Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Trustee Scholarship Award, awarded for 2006 - 2007

Family Health and Birth Center, Washington, DC, Vice President, Board of Directors, 2005-present

Howard University Graduate School Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Graduate/Teaching Assistantship Award, awarded for 2004 - 2005

Select Published Works

Alio, A.P., Bond, M.J., Padilla, Y.C., et al. (Under review). Addressing policy barriers to paternal involvement during pregnancy. Maternal and Child Health Journal.

Bond, M.J., Lu, M.C., Parker, W., et al. (2010). Commission Outlook: Best and Promising Practices for Improving Research, Policy, and Practice on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Bond, M.J. (2010, June). First call: Why expectant fathers play a vital role in improving pregnancy outcomes. Healthy Men, Healthy Communities newsletter, 4. Retrieved from http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs050/1103295306119/archive/1103523943306.html.

Bond, M.J., Heidelbaugh. J.J., Robertson. A, et al. (2010). Improving research, policy and practice to promote paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes: The roles of obstetricians - gynecologists. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 22, 525-529.

Bond, M.J., Cunningham, S., Lu, M.C., et al. (2010). It Takes Two To Tango: Defining the Role of Fathers. Washington, DC: National Healthy Start Association.

Bond, M.J. (2010). The missing link in MCH: Paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes. American Journal of Men’s Health, 4(4), 285-86.

Bond, M.J. (2010). Paternal perspectives: Identifying measures and predictors of paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes. Journal of Men’s Health,7(3), 289.

Lu, M.C., Jones, L., Bond, M.J., et al. (2010). Where is the F in MCH?: Father involvement in African American families. Ethnicity and Disease, 10:S2, 49-61.

Bond, M.J. (2009). First things first: Identifying best practices to improve paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes. Focus, 37(1), 9-12.

Leigh, W.A. & Bond, M.J. (2008). Access to and Satisfaction with Health Care Choices: A Joint Center Survey of African American Seniors and Medicare. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Bond, M.J. & Umans, J.G. (2006). Microvascular complications and the diabetic pregnancy. Current Diabetes Reports, 6, 291-296.

 

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