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JAMA Health Forum Conversations

JAMA Health Forum Conversations

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JAMA Health Forum is an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses policies, structures, and systems that affect health, medicine, and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports, and opinion about national and global health policy; structures and systems that affect health and health care; and health care delivery, economics, access, quality, safety, equity, and reform.2025 American Medical Association. All rights reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Science
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  • The Future of Primary Care in the US
    Dec 12 2025

    Historically, there has been less focus on primary care than on specialist care in US health care. What are the challenges and opportunities in primary care today? What might it look like in the coming decades? Robert Phillips, MD, MSPH, of The American Board of Family Medicine joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the future of primary care in the US.

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    29 mins
  • Changes in Policy and the Health of LGBTQ+ Populations
    Nov 14 2025

    There is abundant evidence that sexual minority groups have worse health indicators than sexual majority groups. Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the current policy landscape and its potential impact on the health of LGBTQ+ populations.

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    • Health Implications of Recent Policy Changes Affecting LGBTQ+ Populations
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    26 mins
  • The Centrality of Women's Health to a Population Health Research Agenda
    Oct 17 2025

    Both sex- and gender-based factors influence the health of women. A fully realized population health agenda needs to center women's health as an area of conceptual and pragmatic focus. Rosa M Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss women's health, inequities, and how women's many and different identities shape their health.

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    • The Consequences of Selective Defunding of Health-Relevant Research Areas
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    28 mins
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