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Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments and Reducing Disparities
Literacy plays a central role in health and health care. A person’s level of health literacy influe
nces their health-related behaviors along with their ability to navigate the complexities of the health-care system.
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Beyond the Limits of Traditional Health Care: A State-Level Systematic Review of Community Health Programs in the United States
Traditional health care has not reached all pockets of the U.S. population due to income inequality
, increasing ethnic and cultural diversity, and deep fragmentation of the health care system.
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staff
Katherine Sacks, PhD
Katherine Sacks is an Associate Director in health economics within the Research Department.
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Are Community Health Workers Saving Lives? A Longitudinal Analysis of State-Level Variation in Community Health Workforce
U.S. health care costs are increasing rapidly while health care outcomes and access vary significan
tly across the country.
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A National Network to Advance Innovative Financing for Women’s Reproductive Health
Investing in women’s reproductive health is crucial for wider economic productivity and social well
-being across the United States.
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From Recovery to Resilience: How Opportunity Zones Can Help Accelerate Post-COVID Economic Resurgence
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to all economies. However, pandemics hit
underserved and vulnerable populations the hardest, and now the crisis will exacerbate their need for capital.
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The Price Women Pay for Dementia: Strategies to Ease Gender Disparity and Economic Costs
Technical Update
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Milken Institute Leaders Share Expertise at United Nations General Assembly Week
NEW YORK, N.Y. (September 20, 2023) — The Milken Institute is on the ground at the 78th Se
ssion of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets Phase I Summary: Developing Action-Oriented Solutions to the Financing Challenges Facing Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Minority-owned small businesses play an important role in the nation’s economic health by driving j
ob creation, raising wages, and elevating better standards of living in communities throughout the United States.
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podcast episode
Ep. 103: A Timely Solution, with EJF Capital’s Manny Friedman and Neal Wilson
“You've got to think big to solve problems….Some of the present bills [have] the potential to solv
e the major inequality problem in the United States.” (Friedman) “Given the historically low rates, what we're saying is the government can be the
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video
May 2 at 1:00 pm PDT | Strengthening Economic Opportunity in America
Economic dynamism and opportunity have enabled the United States to build the most innovative, res
ilient, and prosperous economy in the world.
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Part 1: Conversation with New Jersey Governor Part 2: Inequity in America: Addressing Deficits in Public Health and the Economy
October 16 at 11:15 am PDT/2:15 pm EDT