Society for the Study of Social Problems: HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER 2023 MESSAGE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS As we are facing emerging public health challenges in the context of pandemic, climate change, and increasing digitalization, we will continue the legacy of our division to inspire and engage dialogues and research to advocate a healthier tomorrow for all people, regardless of whatever differences. - Dr. Yuying Shen and Dr. Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda OUTGOING CO-CHAIR: DR. JENNIFER ROEBUCK BULANDA It has been an honor to serve as Co-Chair of the Division for the past two years. When I originally took the position, I did not anticipate the many opportunities and learning experiences it would provide. Being in this role has allowed me to meet Division members whom I look forward to working with far into the future, to participate in shaping the Division's annual conference sessions, and to better understand the structure of the SSSP organization and the ways we can work together to promote greater justice in health and health care. Even throughout the difficult past two years of the pandemic, our Division members have been able to participate in virtual Division business meetings, share updates through our newsletter, celebrate the accomplishments of our members with scholarship awards, and share our work and advocacy at the annual meetings. Thank you to all of our Division members who have served on committees, organized or presented in conference sessions, or contributed ideas to our Division's work over the past year. I look forward to continuing to actively participate in the Health Division after my role as Co-Chair ends in August, and I really encourage all of the Division's members to consider nominating themselves or a colleague for the Co-Chair role in the future. INCOMING CO-CHAIR: DR. VIRGINIA KUULEI BERNDT Dr. Virginia Berndt, an assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M International University, has been elected as the incoming co-chair for our division. Dr. Berndt will begin her term when our current co-chair, Dr. Jennifer Bulanda, ends her term at the 2023 Annual meeting in August. Please join us in extending our sincere congratulations to Dr. Berndt! As a chronically ill and disabled scholar specializing in the sociology of health and illness, Dr. Berndt is well-positioned and committed to uplift and amplify scholars and activists of underrepresented backgrounds within the organization of the SSSP to strive towards social justice within academia and beyond. We are confident that Dr. Berndt will be a terrific leader for our Division, and we look forward to working with Dr. Berndt to increase our Division's visibility and presence in health-related forums! THANK YOU TO OUR CO-SPONSORING DIVISIONS! SSSP'S DIVISION OF HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES THANKS THE DIVISIONS THAT ARE CO-SPONSORING SESSIONS FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING: Conflict, Social Action, and Change Critical Race and Ethnic Study Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Drinking and Drugs Family Institutional Ethnography Labor Studies Law and Society Sport, Leisure, and the Body HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION SESSIONS FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING Session 006: Experiences of Essential Workers and Health Care Workers in the Context of a Continuing Pandemic Organizers: Christina Barmon & Noreen M. Sugrue Date & Time: Friday, August 18, 8:30-10:10am Location: Salon 5&6 Session 014: Reproductive Bodies & Autonomy Organizer: Virginia Kuulei Berndt Date & Time: Friday, August 18, 12:30-2:10pm Location: Freedom H Session 022: Critical Dialogue: (Re)Emerging Ideologies, Political Polarization, and Drug Policy Organizers: Leslie L. Wood & Avelardo Valdez Date & Time: Friday, August 18, 2:30-4:10pm Location: Freedom G Session 032: Critical Dialogue: Improving Health and Well-Being: Pathways for Health Care Providers, Systems, and Policy Organizer: Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda Date & Time: Friday, August 18, 4:30-6:10pm Location: Freedom G Session 039: Institutional Ethnographies of Health and Wellness Organizer: Colin Hastings Date & Time: Saturday, August 19, 8:30-10:10am Location: Independence D Session 066: Critical Dialogue: Well-being in a Polarized World: Exploring the Consequences of Fragmented Relationships and Institutions Organizer: Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda Date & Time: Saturday, August 19, 12:30-2:10pm Location: Philadelphia Ballroom North Session 067: Critical Dialogue: (Im)mobilities, Health, and the Law: On Remedying Human Rights and Health in Our Own Backyard Organizer: Josephine T.V. Greenbrook Date & Time: Saturday, August 19, 2:30-4:10pm Location: Independence A Session 087: Papers in the Round: Accelerating Health and Health Care Equity: Re-Examining Structural Determinants Organizer: Yuying Shen Date & Time: Sunday, August 20, 8:30-10:10am Location: Philadelphia Ballroom North Session 101: Decolonizing Health Care Systems and Health Care Delivery Organizers: Erin E. Ruel & Josephine T.V. Greenbrook Date & Time: Sunday, August 20, 12:30-2:10pm Location: Independence C SSSP 2023 Annual Meeting Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia, PA) HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, & HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION 2023 OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS Barbara Katz Rothman Barbara Katz Rothman has been awarded the 2023 Outstanding Scholarship award for her book, The Biomedical Empire: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic. "Katz Rothman shows that biomedicine has the key elements of an imperial power: economic leverage, the faith of its citizens, and governmental rule. She investigates the Western colonial underpinnings of the empire and its rapid intrusion into everyday life, focusing on the realms of birth and death. This provides her with a powerful vantage point from which to critically examine the current moment, when the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the power structures of the empire in unprecedented ways while sparking the most visible resistance it has ever seen." William Cabin William Cabin has received the 2023 Outstanding Scholarship Award based on his body of work focused primarily on the Medicare home health and hospice benefits. Bill's work is widely cited and recognized as the leading source of peer-reviewed studies on these topics. With nearly 25 years of experience as a home care and hospice executive-level manager, Bill's work comes from a unique place of lived experience that much academic literature lacks. Bill's research unearths insights on structural issues in a neglected area of policy, centering on the lived experiences of home care nurses and social workers; the impact of ownership type of home health agencies on cost, profit, and quality of care; the adverse impacts of patient care resulting from the capitalization of the Medicare Hospice Benefit; and more. HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETINGS Meeting 1 - Virtual: Join us for our informal virtual division business meeting if you're unable to join us in-person for August's meeting! Date & Time: Tuesday, June 6, 2:00pm EST Zoom Link: https://nsu-edu.zoom.us/j/91071963365?pwd=SFVjMG1XaHNoa0szS0ZmMVVNNHJtUT09 Meeting ID: 910 7196 3365 Pass: 682344 Meeting 2 - In-Person: Join us at our in-person division business meeting at the SSSP Annual Meeting in Philadelphia this August! Date & Time: Saturday, August 19, 10:30am-12:10pm Location: Salon 10 SSSP 2023 Annual Meeting Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia, PA) HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION MEMBER UPDATES Job Announcements: Donalee Unal is now a part-time assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Penn State University College of Medicine. Megan Visser has accepted an advanced (2nd year) clinical residency at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles in Chaplaincy, focused on spiritual care research Grant Announcements: Yuying Shen has obtained a grant of $125,000 from Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC) for a research project entitled, "An Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Effort to Advance Children's Mental Health Equity' to study how children's cybersecurity awareness and skills to help them prevent cyberbullying and improve their mental health. Media Appearances: Virginia Kuulei Berndt has appeared in the Laredo Morning Times [click here], and E&E News [click here] to discuss contraception access post-Dobbs and in disaster settings. alithia zamantakis has appeared on CBS Chicago for Trans Day of Visibility and in Chicago Business discussing abortion pill rulings. Publications: Virginia Kuulei Berndt Brown, Brian and Virginia Kuulei Berndt. (Forthcoming) Body Art (Arts for Health). Emerald Publishing. Manzer, Jamie L., Virginia Kuulei Berndt, and Ann V. Bell. 2022. “Intersections between Culture, Contraception, Knowledge and the Body in the USA.” Culture, Health & Sexuality. Manzer, Jamie L., Virginia Kuulei Berndt, and Ann V. Bell. 2022. “Comparing methods of long-acting reversible contraception: A qualitative study of Delaware women’s perceptions of intrauterine devices and the implant.” Contraception 113: 73-77. Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda: Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck, Angela L. Curl, and Amy Restorick Roberts. 2023. "Marital Quality and Alcohol Use among Couples in Mid- and Later-Life." Journal of Applied Gerontology. Bill Cabin: Cabin, William. 2023. "'They Are Measures Without Impact': Home Care Social Workers Criticize OASIS-E." Home Health Care Management and Practice. Cabin, William. 2023. "'They Live in an Isolation Chamber': Medicare Fails the Depressed Homebound Elderly." Home Health Care Management and Practice. Cabin, William. 2022. "'What Were They Thinking?': The Exclusion of Medicare Home Health from Providing Supplemental Social Needs Benefits." Home Health Care Management and Practice. Cabin, William. 2022. "'It’s Just Too Much': The Financial Calculus in Hospice." Home Health Care Management and Practice.