What We're Reading

Health Policy Journal Club, December 2024

The health policy journal club is an interdisciplinary, inter-professional group convened monthly by the Farley Health Policy Center to discuss timely topics in health policy. A curated selection of high-yield articles provides the basis for discussion. Past topics have included income inequality and health, professionalism in medicine, patients as consumers, and adjusting payment for measures of social risk. This page presents the reading list from the most recent journal club.

Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families, 2024 NASEM report

Readings

1. Child health and health care: uniqueness, societal importance, and vision for the future. Chapter 1. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Pages 54-78 (1-7 — 1-31).
2. Insurance and other financing for clinical services. Chapter 6. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Pages 244-257 (6-27 — 6-40; welcome to read from the beginning but this is a very long chapter so can focus on the section starting with "Key Challenges of Health Insurance").   
3. Investing in child health through population- and community-level primary prevention. Chapter 7. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Pages 258-284 (7-1 — 7-27).
4. Murthy V. Keynote address, 2024 NAM Annual Meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJI2EkkfV0 n
5. Improving the health and wellbeing of children, youth, families, communities, and the nation. Chapter 10. Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.  Pages 340-361 (10-1 — 10-22).
6. Optional/additional references:
   1. 2024 Kids Count Data Profile: Colorado. 
   2. Kids Count in Colorado! 2024. Colorado Children's Campaign. Child and Family Health. Pages 25-36.