Publications

This article argues that the current approach to evaluating a journal's impact does not speak to a researcher’s contribution to furthering health outcomes for all populations. The article proposes the implementation of a Diversity Factor to fulfill this need and supplement the current metrics.

This report summarizes local views on the key success factors and barriers to establishing rapid mortality surveillance in 13 countries supported in these efforts by Vital Strategies in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These guides reveal how each state in the U.S. will receive and allocate opioid settlement funds.

This cohort study of 17, 428 Medicaid-enrolled patients demonstrated that Pennsylvania's Opioid Hospital Quality Improvement Program was associated with an increased initiation of buprenorphine in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) presenting to the Emergency Department, suggesting that such statewide incentive programs may effectively improve outcomes for patients with OUD.

This commentary reflects on recent experiences of the sugary drinks industry's marketing responses to taxes instituted to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks. It presents evidence that strategic communication can play an instrumental role in protecting strong taxes from industry responses.

This study aimed to quantify the health and economic impacts of air pollution—fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ground-level Ozone (O3), which exceeded the local and global ambient air quality standards—in Jakarta Province, the capital of Indonesia.