Several U-M researchers will travel to Washington DC this weekend for the Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health. #ARM19 convenes the “foremost experts at the intersection of health, health care, and policy” to share important findings and showcase the latest research on “how the health system works, what it costs, and how to improve it.”
A cohort of U-M Family Medicine disability health and policy researchers will share their work on the economic and population health implications of hearing loss and hearing aid coverage and usage.
Elham Mahmoudi, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S., assistant professor and Michael M. McKee, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor, co-chair the conference’s Disability Research Interest Group (DRIG) pre-conference session on Saturday, June 1, 2019. They have organized a full line-up of research discussions on disability health research topics. Follow along with the DRIG sessions on Twitter at #AHDisabilityIG and find details for the DRIG session here.
Mahmoudi and McKee will also present the following sessions:
The Relationship between High Deductible Health Plans and Utilization and Cost of Hearing Aids Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss: Implications for Disparities in Preventive Care
Sunday, June 2, 2019, 10:05 AM - 10:25 AM - Marriott Marquis Washington DC - Independence E
B-76 Can Medicare Save Money By Covering Hearing Aids?
Monday, June 3, 2019, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Exhibit Hall E
B-75 Can Hearing Aids Delay the Onset of Alzheimer’s and Other Aging Morbidities Among Adults with Hearing Loss?
Monday, June 3, 2019, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Exhibit Hall E
Melissa DeJonckheere, Ph.D., assistant professor, and Tammy Chang, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., assistant professor, will share works on adolescent health policy, with a focus on youth engagement in health policy-making.
A-102 Youth Self-Management of Health Care: Implication for Policies Surrounding Transitions of Care
Sunday, June 02, 2019, 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
C-46 “Mental Health Problems Are Affecting so Many of Us”: Youth Perspectives on Behavioral Health Benefits
Monday, June 03, 2019, 1:15 - 2:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
Chang also co-authored a series of investigations of the health implications of Medicaid expansion in Michigan with colleagues at the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan, including the following sessions:
C-110 Longitudinal Changes in Enrollees’ Employment and Student Status after Michigan’s Medicaid Expansion
Monday, June 03, 2019, 1:15 - 2:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
C-59 Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Expansion Enrollees
Monday, June 03, 2019, 1:15 - 2:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
C-56 Changes in Enrollees' Health Status after Medicaid Expansion
Monday, June 03, 2019, 1:15 - 2:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
Caroline Richardson M.D., the Dr. Max and Buena Lichter Research Professor and associate chair for research programs, provided senior mentorship for this investigation, from Daphna Stroumsa, M.D., M.P.H., clinical lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan.
C-239 Insurance- and Provider-Level Barriers to Hormone Use in a National Sample of Transgender Respondents
Monday, June 03, 2019, 1:15 - 2:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
Lorraine Buis, Ph.D., assistant professor, will present analysis from a FitBit-enabled physical activity intervention among younger veterans.
C-156 Assessing Gender Differences in Barriers to Physical Activity Among Veterans of Recent Wars Participating in an Mhealth Intervention Trial
Monday, June 03, 2019, 1:15 - 2:45 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E
