Safer Solutions

Chelsea Boyd and Jessica Shortall are the lead authors of the Safer Solutions newsletter. Every two weeks, they explain a complex health policy topic in about 800 words using easy-to-understand language. Safer Solutions covers community health topics including behavioral health, substance use, and family well-being.

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Newsletters, Real Solutions Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Sexual Health

Safer Solutions: Is It Time to Defund HIV Prevention?

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall March 28, 2025

Analysis, Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions

Safer Solutions: The Misplaced Fear of Needle Exchanges

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall March 14, 2025

Analysis, Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: How Misinformation Impacts Perception and Policy

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Feb 28, 2025

Analysis, Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Sexual Health

Safer Solutions: A Valentine’s Day Reminder that STIs CAN Happen to You

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Feb 14, 2025

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Safer Solutions: What happens when we overestimate the risk of unlikely outcomes?

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Jan 31, 2025

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Safer Solutions: When We Miscalculate Health Risks, We Get Health Policy Wrong

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Jan 16, 2025