Determinants of health are a broad range of factors that influence an individual’s health status, which, ultimately, impacts the performance and quality of the state’s healthcare system. Determinants of health are typically categorized into the following categories: Education Access & Quality, Healthcare Access & Quality, Economic Stability, Neighborhood & Build Environment, Social & Community Context. To read more about these determinants impact Mississippi, read our latest report, “Healthcare System Performance, Mississippi Indicators & Healthcare Infrastructure: Opportunities for Improvement https://mshealthpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Health-Care-System-Performance-Report-May-2022.pdf… Read more...
Tag Archives: Health
Mississippi Adult Health Coverage Profile 2019 Data
Researchers from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota compiled Mississippi data from the 2019 United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) at the request of the Center for Mississippi Health Policy. The ACS asks a representative sample of households about their health insurance
coverage. This chartbook summarizes the responses provided by non-elderly (19 through 64 years of age) Mississippi adults. Data found at Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)(https://usa.ipums.org/usa/index.shtml).
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Postpartum Medicaid
Receiving medical care at all stages of childbearing from preconception and pregnancy to delivery and postpartum has implications for women’s health, infant health, and later episodes of pregnancy. This brief explores the postpartum period when some women are at risk of illness or death due to pregnancy-related complications. Medical care after pregnancy has the potential to address pregnancy-related injury or illness as well as control lingering conditions that could impact a subsequent pregnancy.
To access this issue brief
https://mshealthpolicy.com/postpartum…
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What is Health Policy?
A video that describes the basics of what health policy is and how it relates to public health in Mississippi.… Read more...
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAMS
Medical Marijuana Laws (MMLs)
Medical Marijuana Laws (MMLs) have gained support in scientific communities, therapeutic circles, and public opinion over several decades. Based on a recent report from the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine there is conclusive or substantial evidence for the use of marijuana as an effective treatment for chemotherapy-induced nausea, and chronic pain, while other conditions had lesser supporting evidence. Seventy-four percent of Mississippi voters approved the MML during the November 2020 referendum vote. Research shows … Read more...