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Telecommuting
Allow employees to work outside a central office, using technology to interact with others inside and outside the organization; also called remote work, telework, or flexible working arrangements
Telemedicine
Deliver consultative, diagnostic, and treatment services remotely, especially for patients who live in areas with limited access to care or who experience transportation or mobility barriers; sometimes called telehealth
Telemental health services
Provide mental health care services (e.g., psychotherapy or counseling) via telephone or videoconference
Tenants’ rights: A matter of health
This episode explores how organizing around housing issues advances public health priorities. We delve into tenants’ rights groups: how and why they started; how they have protected tenants from abuse; how they’ve improved living conditions; and how they’ve encouraged people to become more politically engaged.
Text message-based health interventions
Provide reminders, education, or self-management assistance for health conditions, especially chronic diseases, via text message
The myth of the gender pay gap myth
Type “the gender pay gap” into any search engine and one of the first results that pops up will be: “The gender pay gap myth.” In the final episode of this miniseries, hosts Beth Silver and Ericka Burroughs-Girardi bust myths and break down the toxic narratives around the gender pay gap. They are joined by Dr. Jonathan Heller, a senior fellow at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, who talks about how toxic narratives maintain systems and policies that keep women undervalued and underpaid. Dr. Jessamyn Schaller, an economics professor and co-author of The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap, concludes our series by making the connections between the pay gap and women’s health.
Tobacco cessation contests
Encourage participants to quit using tobacco by a set date or during a specific time period and give successful participants a chance to win financial rewards or other prizes; often called Quit & Win contests
Tobacco cessation therapy affordability
Reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for tobacco cessation therapies such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation counseling participation
Tobacco marketing restrictions
Limit promotion, placement, flavoring, or pricing of tobacco products via regulation
Tobacco quitlines
Deliver phone-based counseling to tobacco users who want to quit, usually with follow-up calls proactively scheduled after initial contact