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Labor and employment policy is a key structural driver of population health, shaping working and living conditions and access to essential resources. This event explored how labor market changes—such as automation, gig work, and evolving policy—impact health. Speakers examined responses to emerging threats like pandemics and climate challenges, including heat and smoke. The event also addressed occupational policies affecting people with disabilities, the future of employment-based insurance, and strategies to promote health, well-being, and economic stability across workforce sectors. Discussions highlighted the importance of inclusive, adaptive policies in protecting worker health in a rapidly changing world.
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·2025
Labor and employment policies impact where people live and work, as well as their access to health care and overall well-being. The National Academies' Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a public workshop in June 2025 to examine the specific ways in which these policies influence healt...
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Planning committees of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a series of public workshops featuring invited presentations and discussion to explore policy---as a structural driver of population health---in several domains.
(1) Labor policy at different levels of government;
(2) Tax policy at different levels of government; and
(3) Housing policy at different levels of government.
During the year-long series, workshops will explore each policy domain with attention to such factors as the evidence linking policy approaches to improved population health outcomes, design principles for effectiveness and impact, examples of innovative local or regional approaches, and illustrative case examples that highlight the policy environments and themes that cut across the three policy domains.
Each planning committee will identify specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and other participants (with attention to showcasing a wide range perspectives), and moderate the discussions. A proceedings-in brief summarizing the presentations and discussions at each workshop in the series will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
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Staff
Magdaline Anderson
Allie Andrada Silver
Stephanie Puwalski
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Health Care and Public Health Program Area
Lead
