Issue At A Glance - 2025 | Institute for Health Policy Leadership

December 2025. Climate Impact of Healthcare

This brief describes the healthcare sector's impact on climate change and outlines how the healthcare sector can help improve health by working towards net zero carbon emissions.

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November 2025. Digital Marketing and Childhood Obesity

This brief explores how the digital marketing of junk food, sugary drinks and unhealthy snacks influences childhood obesity and health.

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October 2025. Advancing Oral Health Equity

This brief provides an overview of health disparities in oral health, the Dental Public Health Residency Program, and legislative efforts to advance oral health equity.

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September 2025. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress

This brief provides an overview of the health effects of ACEs and toxic stress, California’s ACEs Aware initiative, and the ACEs and Toxic Stress campaign.

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August 2025. Vision and Eye Health in Children and Adults

With August being Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, this brief provides an overview of the importance of early vision screening in children, the Vision Healthcare Initiative, and policies proposed to address eye health among children and adults.

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July 2025. Summer Food Insecurity Among US Children

This brief examines the rise in food insecurity among school-aged children during the summer months that results in health and educational consequences, current programs aimed at closing the summer nutrition gap, and barriers to accessing these programs.

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June 2025. The Health and Housing Nexus

This brief provides an overview of the negative effects of housing instability on health, the CalWORKS Homeless Assistance program, and California’s legislative efforts to promote health through housing.

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May 2025. Food Insecurity Among US Seniors

This brief examines the impact of food insecurity on the health of older adults and highlights the persistent barriers to effectively addressing this issue in the United States.

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April 2025. Barriers to Mental Health Care for Ethnic Minority Groups

With April being National Minority Health Month, this brief examines three primary barriers to adequate mental healthcare for minority groups.

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March 2025. Confronting Health Misinformation

This brief provides an overview of the former U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory on health misinformation and methods for identifying health misinformation.

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February 2025. Rising Rates of Early Onset Cancer

February being National Cancer Prevention Month, this brief provides an overview of the relationship between tobacco use and cancer, Every Woman Counts initiative, and the rising cancer rates in young adults.

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January 2025. Healthcare Coverage for Immigrants in the U.S.

This brief provides an overview of the history and trends in policies affecting healthcare coverage for immigrants in the United States.

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