IHPL periodically develops briefs on current issues with a special focus on oral health, hunger, and mental/behavioral health. We hope that our “Issue At A Glance” will inform our readers and spark a dialogue among stakeholders to better promote health and prevent disease. To access previous issues, please visit our archive.
Given that more than 300 mass shootings have occurred in the United States so far in 2022, this brief will explore the short- and long-term effects of gun violence exposure on children’s health.
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Access to oral health care is disproportionally lower in certain groups, such as people living in poverty, certain racial/ethnic minority groups, and people living in rural areas. This brief will provide an overview of some indicators of a lack of access to oral health care and barriers to accessing oral health care.
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Although sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the US, it does not receive adequate federal or private funding. This brief will highlight the SCD funding and research disparity and provide an overview of two pivotal state and federal SCD policies.
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how significant internet-based technology is to accessing telehealth services and how the digital divide worsened existing inequities in access to health care. This brief provides an overview of the relationship between the digital divide and telehealth and highlights federal and state policies that aim to close the digital divide.
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Climate change is one of the foremost factors challenging public health today, and this issue brief delves into how climate change affects food insecurity, another important public health issue.
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Climate change has direct and indirect effects on mental health of individuals and communities, and this issue brief highlights some of these effects.
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