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 include 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.

The Farley Center’s August Health Policy Journal Club focused on centering community in medicine.

Articles:

Uniting community and health care:

• Mullan F, Epstein L. Community-Oriented Primary Care: New Relevance in a Changing World. Am J Public Health. 2002;92(11):1748-1755.
• Folsom Group. Communities of solution: the Folsom Report revisited. Ann Fam Med. 2012 May-Jun;10(3):250-60.

Social participation and community goals in health care:

• Bok A, Mothci D, Austin J.Action is needed to implement World Health Assembly social participation resolution. BMJ. 2025;391:r2445.
  • Optional/for reference: Social participation for universal health coverage, health and well-being. World Health Organization Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly. 2024.
• Alberti PM, Bierman AS, Brush R, Darien G, De Guia S, Dravid N, English Q, Hekler E, Im J, Jaco A, Joseph PV, Lofton S, Martin G, McDonald M, Plank S, Simmons WJ. Centering What Matters: Aligning Action with Individual and Community Health Goals. Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation. April 27, 2026. National Academies of Medicine Discussion Paper. Status and Trends on Individual and Community Engagement, pages 10-16.

Examples of community partnerships and social prescribing:

• Nogueira A, Fitzpatrick MM, Gresh A, McDaniel K, Riser TJ, Lindsay T, Woods R, Eisape A, Stambolis L, Cooke A, Leff B, Perrin E, Hammond R, Szanton SL. Now What? Neighborhood Nursing's Answer to the US Health Care Paradox of Spending More but Getting Less. Milbank Q. 2025 Dec;103(4):988-1002.
• How Community Engagement Can Support Whole-Person Primary Care. AHRQ Integration Academy. February 2025.
• What is Social Prescribing? AND Frequently asked questions about social prescribing page. National Academy for Social Prescribing. Take a look through the website!
  • Can find additional information/links here: Social prescribing. NHS England.

Paradoxes and particulars of social care:

• Porterfield LR, Walcher CM, Santiago Delgado ZM, Xie CZ, Vaughan EM, Campbell KM. The Paradoxes of Social Care: Reframing Apparent Conflicts. Ann Fam Med. 2026;24(4):350-358.
• Gottlieb LM, Tucher E, Hessler D. Social Care via In-Person Navigation or Signposting? Evidence from a New Randomized Trial Points Toward Intensity. Ann Fam Med. 2026;24(4):287-290.