New paper out in @jamanetworkopen.com! Georgia's conditional Medicaid expansion with work requirements was associated with worsening mental health among low-income adults. Federal law now mandates work requirements nationwide by 2027. The evidence base matters. 🔗: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Conditional Medicaid Expansion and Mental Health Outcomes in Georgia

This economic evaluation examines the association between Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage Medicaid expansion program and mental health outcomes among Medicaid-eligible adults at or below 100% of the fe...

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🎉 New paper out in Addictive Behaviors with @jayjayawardhana.bsky.social ! Cannabis has surpassed tobacco as the most prevalent substance used during pregnancy in the U.S., and the policy implications are significant. 🔗 to full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cannabis surpasses tobacco among pregnant women: national trends and predictors of use in the U.S., 2015–2023

Rapid cannabis legalization in the United States has heightened concern about prenatal exposure as social acceptance increases. While tobacco use duri…

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🔔 New paper just published in Addictive Behaviors‼️ It tells a story about where #adolescent substance use in the U.S. now stands. #Cannabis has surpassed #tobacco as the predominant #substance used by teens. 🔗 to full paper: authors.elsevier.com/a/1n3AR15hbQ... @jayjayawardhana.bsky.social

🚨New Publication Alert ‼️🔔 Very thrilled to share our new publication in Addictive Behaviors! 📊“Cigarette and cannabis use and co-use among U.S. adults: An examination of prevalence and trends during 2015–2023” 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...

@jayjayawardhana.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📢New Publication Alert!! Excited to share our new publication in Addictive Behaviors with @jo-constantin.bsky.social Using NSDUH data, we examined past 30-day use trends for cigarettes, cannabis, and their co-use across U.S. adults over 2015-2023. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Big thanks to @bostonmedical.bsky.social & @americanheart.bsky.social for supporting this work, to @annalsofim.bsky.social for their partnership in the entire review/production process, and to @jo-constantin.bsky.social for her insightful editorial. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Honored to share my editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine on Unconditional Cash Transfers & maternal health. A call for upstream investments to optimize maternal wellbeing & advance equity. 📝🔗: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #HealthPolicy #HealthEconomics #MaternalHealth #HealthEquity

📢 THREAD: The Right to #Education for ALL Women & Girls – #IWD2025 🎓✨ 1/ Education is a right, not a privilege. Yet, millions of girls around the world are still denied access. This #IWD, let’s commit to making education accessible for ALL women and girls.

🚨New publication alert!🚨Thrilled to share our new study in #HealthAffairs: “Association Between #Telehealth Initiation of #Stimulant Therapy and New Substance Use Disorder Diagnoses”. #SUD #HealthPolicy #MentalHealth #HealthServicesResearch Full paper 🔗: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....