Thank you, @publichealthpod.bsky.social for the opportunity! As a longtime listener who has learned so much from the podcast, I was both honored and grateful for the chance to contribute and share about our work to make buprenorphine available in all San Francisco pharmacies.

Despite how ubiquitous photos are in news reporting on drug use, few studies have focused on their impact on stigma. In our randomized experiment of >3,400 US adults, photos of recovery were associated with lower levels of social stigma towards people with SUD.
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“Its analysis shows that those grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. That translates to a return on investment of $2.56 for every $1 in awards.”

"While the exact numbers of future adverse #HIV outcomes are uncertain, our published model-based results represent a conservative, lower bound of just how much policy decisions put lives at risk."

The impact of these firings will be felt for years -- in the research advances that never happened, the outbreaks that never were prevented, and the illness and injuries that were unnecessary.

Terrific resource showing the profound impact of #NIH, and its many, many contributions to the #health and #wellbeing of our communities, states and the country.

"The mortality rate was 6.5 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 5.9–7.1] per 1000 person-years in the smoking cohort and 9.7 (95% CI = 8.8–10.8) per 1000 person-years in the injection cohort, with a mortality rate ratio of 0.67 (95% CI = 0.58–0.77)."

"This cross-sectional study found that while the percentage of patients with SUD receiving MOUD increased during our study period, in 2023, less than one-quarter of patients with SUDs at FQHCs received MOUD, signaling additional effort is needed to increase access to MOUD within FQHCs."

"The Surgeon General’s Parting Prescription shares Dr. Murthy’s recommendations for how Americans can cultivate health, happiness, and fulfillment by rebuilding community centered around relationships, service, and purpose."

"This evidence does not support policymaker concerns about increased parental substance use outweighing the substantial benefits of [Advanced Child Tax Credit] monthly payments to low-income children and families that have been documented in the literature."

"Our findings demonstrate that higher levels of local governmental investments in [social determinants of health] were associated with significantly lower rates of overdose death in US counties after controlling for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics."