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Social epidemiologist, former doctor, Associate Professor @UCSF • Policy, health equity, their intersection • Director http://sphere.ucsf.edu • Mama, immigrant • Opinions mine
We know people are doing home #COVID19 tests that don't show up in public statistics. How many are these? In Aug 2022, 80% were unreported according to our latest paper @[email protected]: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2800732 @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Home Testing and Test Positivity

This cohort study examines time trends in officially reported SARS-CoV-2 case counts and unreported home test positivity.

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The GOP just proposed new restrictions on the types of food eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, putting even more pressure on families with children.

In addition, they would aim to keep families with more than one vehicle from receiving help. 👎

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“The GOP just proposed new restrictions on the types of food eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, putting even more pressure on families with children. In addition, they would aim to keep families with more than one vehicle from receiving help. 👎”

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Overcome impostor syndrome & anxiety in population health grant writing. Join our webinar (2/16 Thu, 12p-1:30p ET) to hear from past presidents of IAPHS on how their "failures" led to valuable lessons. Register now! #pophealth #grantwriting http://bit.ly/3CXBQQ3

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Our latest paper out today @[email protected] shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. https://healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733 @[email protected] @[email protected] 1/

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Would you like to disseminate your science thru #socialmedia? Check out our next Research to Action #webinar on Mar 2 at noon ET, “Speaking Science on Social Media” features panelists @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]. https://bit.ly/3osojZL #pophealth #scicomm

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Research to Action Webinar Series

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79. The child tax credit expansion where parents started getting $250-$300 a month per kid for 6 months in 2021 reduced depressive symptoms by 1.7 percentage points and anxiety by over 13%. Effects were even larger for Black and Hispanic parents.

Source: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733

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new paper: the 2021 Child Tax Credit — which from July to Dec 2021 gave qualifying families up to $3,600 per child in auto monthly payments — not only appeared to “reduced child poverty by half” it also notably “improved the mental health of adults in the lowest-income families.”

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“new paper: the 2021 Child Tax Credit — which from July to Dec 2021 gave qualifying families up to $3,600 per child in auto monthly payments — not only appeared to “reduced child poverty by half” it also notably “improved the mental health of adults in the lowest-income families.””

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Our latest paper out today @[email protected] shows mental health benefits of 2021 #ChildTaxCredit for the lowest-income families. The CTC provided monthly payments for virtually all US families to address pandemic financial hardships. https://healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00733 @[email protected] @[email protected] 1/

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The @[email protected] December 2022 Issue is now available! This issue features a collection of articles that focus on the health + policy implications of building income supports for low-income families w/ young children. #SocialSupports

Get your copy: https://bit.ly/3VnT7ZQ

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It's official! @[email protected] mid-year meeting "Epidemiologic Tools for Social Impact" is @[email protected] on Mar 2, 2023. Sign up & check out great panels like ours: "Challenges in assessing the impact of real-world interventions." https://epiresearch.org/mid-year-meeting/mid-year-meeting-united-states/ @[email protected] @[email protected]
Mid-Year Meeting – United States