Dear John,

We offer Health Affairs Scholar as a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal of emerging and global health policy. 

See what we've already published for the month of April!

The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program Model

In the April Perinatal Mental Health & Well-Being issue, Ana Schaefer of Downstate Health Sciences University and coauthors explore the impacts of perinatal psychiatry access programs implemented across the US. 

After conducting a series of interviews with informants from perinatal psychiatry access programs between 2021–22, the researchers find variation in the components implemented in these programs.

For more on this paper, check out a video abstract featuring author Nancy Byatt and revisit her presentation from our theme issue briefing last week.

More On Perinatal Psychiatry

• Addressing Perinatal Mental Health With A Diverse Workforce: A National Call To Action by Nelani Thomas et al.
• Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Benefits To Combat Maternal Mortality And Morbidity by Gray Babbs et al.
• A Health Podyssey: Sara Kornfield on Postpartum Depression, Mental Health and Mother-Infant Bonding During COVID-19

What Would Shifting To A Single-Dose HPV Vaccine Mean For Health And Access?

Matthew Najarian and Amanda F. Petrik

Becoming Public Health Centaurs: Artificial Intelligence In Population Health

Theresa A. Cullen et al.

Health Affairs is implementing a new word limit for journal research articles.

Beginning with submissions received on or after April 1, 2024, the word limit will change from 5,000 words, including endnotes, to 3,250, excluding endnotes.

Research papers using both qualitative and quantitative methods will be allowed a word count of 4,000 (excluding endnotes).

For more on this change, check out an article from Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.