Publications | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

The hidden costs of becoming a nurse: how student debt deepens inequities in the nursing workforce pipeline.

Muench U, Dawson-Rose C, Spetz J

Health Aff Sch 2026 Jun doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxag067

Acceptability of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Prevent the Risk of COVID-19 Infection in the United States.

Murray-Watson RE, Ekanayake-Weber M, Cohen T, Hanmer J, Yaesoubi R

MDM Policy Pract 2026 Jun doi: 10.1177/23814683261455894

Single-Session Interventions as a Sociostructural Response to Behavioral Health Care Gaps in Juvenile Detention.

Irgens MS, Tolou-Shams M, Folk JB

J Correct Health Care 2026 Jun doi: 10.1177/10783458261462943

Leveraging Self-Reporting in an Existing e-Cohort to Identify Clinically Relevant Mitral Valve Prolapse: Pilot Questionnaire Study.

Jhawar R, Rich A, Cristin L, Tastet L, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Delling FN

JMIR Form Res 2026 Jun doi: 10.2196/77968

"Shelter-in-Place" Policies and Changes in Caregiving for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Chen L, Spetz J

Int J Environ Res Public Health 2026 Jun doi: 10.3390/ijerph23070825

Community Midwifery Postpartum Care: National Data From Community Practice.

Thompson-Lastad A, Bovbjerg ML, Harrison JM, Taiwo TK, Erickson E, Cheyney M

J Midwifery Womens Health 2026 Jun doi: 10.1111/jmwh.70149

Digital Health Intervention to Promote Lifelong Specialized Care in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Theory-Driven Community Co-Designed Study.

Agarwal A, Valente J, Buenrostro K, Macholl K, Mehta J, Reddy K, Manayan K, Kim P, Sparks A, Li K, Ahuja P, Sun K, Payton K, Norris MD, Bravo-Jaimes K, Reardon L, Moons P, Okumura MJ, Marcus GM, Gurvitz M

J Med Internet Res 2026 Jun doi: 10.2196/75867

Long-term health risks of e-cigarettes after smoking cessation.

Sheikh M, Ling PM

Nat Med 2026 Jun doi: 10.1038/s41591-026-04470-y

Association of parental holding during therapeutic hypothermia and NICU outcomes for infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Nguyen TT, Glass HC, Chan N, Taketa E, Pineda R, Cornet MC, Miller MJ

J Perinatol 2026 Jun doi: 10.1038/s41372-026-02753-3

Characterising 'Watch and Wait' prescribing patterns in paediatric otitis media using large language models and pharmacy dispense data.

Pourian J MD, Michaels B PharmD, Vo A MD MPH, Holmgren AJ PhD, Garcia-Agundez A PhD, Flaherman V MD

BMJ Health Care Inform 2026 Jun doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2025-101948