Health
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A Deep Dive into Immigrant Children’s Health
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Recent research highlights the diverse ways an immigrant parent’s demographics correlate with the likelihood his or her child receives healthcare services.
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The Mindfield: Navigating Veterans Mental Health Policy
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OIF and OEF heroes team with mental health professionals in the closest armed services-to-research relationship to date on the issues of PTSD and Veteran’s affairs
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Ebola’s Devastation: On the Ground in Liberia
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Aid worker Nina Goricar gives an eye-witness account of the Ebola quarantine in Monrovia, what’s missing from mainstream media coverage, and the effect of the crisis on Liberia’s basic health care and civic institutions.
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Containing Ebola
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What is Ebola, and why does it matter for public policy? This CPR special report and infographic explains what you need to know.
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Finance for Social Good: Are Microloans Truly Empowering the Impoverished?
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An experiment in rural Morocco finds that economic gains from access to microfinance are highly variable, and there are no significant indirect impacts on the status of women and children.
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Making Sure Healthcare Reaches the Young Invincibles
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Chicago Policy Review talks with Rory O’Sullivan, Deputy Director of Young Invincibles, a national non-profit organization, on its role in expanding ACA healthcare coverage to hard-to-reach younger populations.
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Medicare Advantage – An Advantage to Whom?
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Thanks to limited competition, additional Medicaid Advantage payments are captured by insurers and other third parties instead of being passed along to beneficiaries.
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What’s Race Got to Do With It? The Relationship Between Race and Health Outcomes in Segregated Neighborhoods
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New research finds that race and ethnicity are important mechanisms through which neighborhood segregation affects self-rated health.
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Policy Radio | Feeding America’s Sophie Milam on Food Insecurity in America
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Sophie Milam with Feeding America discusses the current state of food insecurity in the United States and the impact of new farm bill legislation on food assistance programs.
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Stigma of Mental Illness: Where Can Public Policy Step In?
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Mental illness is common, often serious, highly treatable, and sometimes curable – yet stigma and discrimination often stand in the way of people getting help. Patrick Corrigan provides insight into the role of public policy in addressing stigma.
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Policy Radio | Rob Christie on the Affordable Care Act and Chicagoland Health Care
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This week, Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Rob Christie discusses the ACA and making health care accessible in Chicagoland.