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Beneficiaries eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have complex care needs, yet a lack of coordination between payment programs leads to higher costs and poorer health outcomes. An integrated, whole-person care approach can better meet their unique needs: ow.ly/qUbR50PaN1W

With veterans in redlined neighborhoods at a higher risk of CV-related events and deaths, DPHS’ Colleen Burke and Hayden Bosworth say this could help researchers find better treatment methods and encourage changes from policymakers. Read more: healio.com/news/cardiolog…

A new cohort study involving Sudha Raman, Cassie Ford, Brad Hammill, George Jackson and Amy Clark provides several novel insights on acute care hospitalizations with OUD among commercially-insured adults. Read the full report here: link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Gastric cancer is a leading cause of global mortality, yet its footprint remains unequal. A new review from DPHS’ Meira Epplein and colleagues sheds more light on the disease and assesses current treatment strategies that can be used to improve outcomes: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36706842/

In Missouri prisons, 19.1% of all deaths this year have been because of accidental overdoes, despite efforts to keep drugs out. DPHS' Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein discusses why proper addiction treatment can help avoid these outcomes: kansascity.com/news/state/mis…

Survey score interpretations are often plagued by sources of construct-irrelevant variation. A new study featuring DPHS' Christina Zigler proposes using an IRTree Model to account for response styles via self-report items and anchoring vignettes: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Care partners face several challenges when it comes to assisting veterans. An innovation update from Nathan Boucher looks at how using trained navigators could help partners find helpful resources and services, and what steps lie ahead for the research: hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/f…

New research finds that being active and spending time together has health benefits for both grandparents and grandchildren. DPHS' Cody Neshteruk joins other experts to discuss how to make the most of this one-on-one time: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

As temperatures increase, vulnerable communities in the U.S. find themselves unable to keep cool with electric fans. Read the recent study featuring contributions from DPHS’ Sudha Raman on the need for extra resources for heat adaptive strategies: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

While HIV disproportionately impacts African Americans, few use PrEP. New research from DPHS’ Suur Ayangeakaa and colleagues looks at sociocultural and structural factors that serve as barriers to PrEP usage: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

A recent study featuring DPHS’ Matt Maciejewski analyzed adverse #COVID19 outcomes for veterans during the delta and omicron variant waves, showing those vaccinated had fewer and less severe infections than those who weren’t: bmj.com/content/381/bm…

DPHS is proud to have collaborated with RCI Caregiving to develop unique #caregiver profiles to serve as the basis for ongoing efforts to refine and develop resources to best #support those who care for others. Learn more health.gov/news/202401/ho… #carepartner

Attention diverse graduate students interested in population health sciences! Our BRIDGE Program is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. Apply by March 1, 2024. populationhealth.duke.edu/education/brid… #Mentorship #HealthEquity #HealthDisparities

Registration for Summer Institute 2024 is open! Our workshops provide remote or in-person instruction by leading Duke experts that will help you enhance your understanding of population health sciences. Learn more & register: populationhealth.duke.edu/education/summ…

From 2000 to 2020, #cancer mortality rates in the U.S. declined – yet striking #healthdisparities remain, especially for non-Hispanic Black patients. Tomi Akinyemiju PhD and Anjali Gupta take a deeper look at these trends in JAMA Health Forum jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…