Alyssa Sterner
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Health policy
Mental health policy has gained increasingly earned attention in the last decade, and policy solutions are needed now more than ever. According to the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, the United States has the second-highest rate of self-reported…
Mental health policy has gained increasingly earned attention in the last decade, and policy solutions are needed now more than ever. According to the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, the United States has the second-highest rate of self-reported emotional distress among high-income nations. Among high-earning adults in these countries, those in the U.S. were the most likely to have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, or other mental health …
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How the happiest countries protect mental health
Health policy
Rural health clinics (RHCs) are Medicaid-funded community-based interventions that significantly improve maternal health in rural areas by increasing access to care. A study done in Egypt, an extremely rural country, showed that community clinics for rural health provided evidence-based interventions…
Rural health clinics (RHCs) are Medicaid-funded community-based interventions that significantly improve maternal health in rural areas by increasing access to care. A study done in Egypt, an extremely rural country, showed that community clinics for rural health provided evidence-based interventions that have drastically lowered complication rates during pregnancy. Complications during pregnancy dropped from 38.1 percent to 15.1 percent, and postpartum complications from 81.7 percent to 7.0 percent. Although these solutions …
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How rural health care access impacts maternal mortality
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