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Reports | March 29, 2018

UC Berkeley Report Examines Health Care Market Concentration, Finds Disparate Costs between Northern and Southern California

On Monday, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Nicholas C. Petris Center for Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare released a report entitled, Consolidation in California’s Health Care Market 2010-2016: Impact on Prices and ACA Premiums. The report examines the rapid and significant consolidation of hospital, physician, and health care insurance markets throughout California…

Announcements | March 29, 2018

APHA’s National Public Health Week 2018 Set for Next Week

The American Public Health Association’s (APHA) National Public Health Week (NPHW) is set to occur next week, April 2, 2018 – April 6, 2018. NPHW is utilized to highlight the ever-important work of public health in creating the healthiest nation in one generation. The week celebrates the power of prevention, advocacy for health and fair…

Reports | March 29, 2018

New Report Details Labor and Economic Impacts of Opioid Crisis

This week, the American Action Forum released a report examining the labor market and economic impacts on the nationwide opioid epidemic. The report measures the direct cost on the economy and estimates the number of workers absent from the labor force due to opioids, hours lost at work, and the subsequent decline in real economic…

Reports | March 29, 2018

National Physical Activity Plan Releases Report on Walkable Communities

The National Physical Activity Plan Alliance (NPAPA) recently released the report Promoting Walking and Walkable Communities – Cross-Sector Recommendations. The report includes recommendations to identify and prioritize the most critical activities that will result in the greatest impact to improve walkability and increase walking throughout the country. A number of cross-sector strategies and tactics are…

Federal | March 23, 2018

Trump Outlines Strategy to Address Opioid Epidemic, Focuses Largely on Law Enforcement Approach

On Monday, President Donald Trump unveiled his Administration’s wide-ranging plan to address the nation’s opioid epidemic, vowing to “liberate” the country from the crisis. Recall, President Trump convened an opioid commission last year to identify recommended interventions, declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency five months ago, and hosted an opioid epidemic summit at…

Announcements | March 23, 2018

CDC Declares April STD Awareness Month

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared April 2018 as STD Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Treat Me Right” which is intended to encourage health care providers to foster a trusting patient-provider relationship and ensure patients are correctly diagnosed. The theme is also intended to encourage patients to know what…

Reports | March 23, 2018

Brookings Institution Publishes Housing and Health Report

Recently, the Brookings Institution released the report Housing as a Hub for Health, Community Services, and Upward Mobility, which explores ways in which housing can impact the overall health, lives, and success of individuals and details how the effect varies for differing segments of the U.S. population. The report determines that, in many instances, a…

Federal | March 23, 2018

Trump Administration Names Redfield CDC Director

On Wednesday, the Trump Administration named HIV researcher Robert Redfield, M.D. as the next director of the U.S. Centers and Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to a statement from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Redfield served as the founding director of the U.S. Military’s HIV Research Program Department of Retroviral Research and…

Announcements | March 23, 2018

Save the Date—Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention Regional Convening

The CHEAC-CCLHO California Chronic Disease Prevention Leadership Project will be hosting a regional convening workshop titled, Innovative Approaches to Creating an Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention Agenda. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 13 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at The California Endowment – Oakland Regional Office in Oakland, California. Local health department…

Legislative Updates | March 16, 2018

One Week Remains before Legislature’s Spring Recess

With one week remaining before its one-week spring recess, the California Legislature continues with its busy spring, amending bills and scheduling and holding policy committee hearings. The CHEAC Legislative Committee met last Friday to review the second batch bills introduced in 2018 and identified nearly 60 new bills that have an impact on public health…