JAMA Health Forum Conversations
JAMA Health Forum is an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses policies, structures, and systems that affect health, medicine, and health care.
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- Sep 11, 2026
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Health Policy Research Priorities Toward Improved Rural Population Health (opens the original)
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More than 66 million people live in rural areas in the US. Rural populations have been falling behind urban populations in life expectancy and a range of health indicators for the past 2 decades. Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, of the University of Minnesota joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss health policy and improving health for rural populations. Related Content: Health Policy Research Priorities Toward Improved Rural Population Health
Centering Corporate Activity in the Population Health Research Agenda (opens the original)
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Commercial determinants of health drive chronic disease through corporate influence on science, regulation, and public narratives. JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, speaks with Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, of University of California, San Francisco, about health equity, industry approaches, and policy solutions. Related Content: Centering Corporate Activity in the Population Health Research Agenda
Policy Approaches to Securing an Adequate Nursing Workforce for Years to Come (opens the original)
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There can be no health care system without an adequate supply of well-educated nurses. Linda H. Aiken, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the distinction between a supply problem and a deployment and retention problem and their direct policy implications. Related Content: Policy Approaches to Ensuring an Adequate Nursing Workforce in Coming Decades
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