Rollins-Gallup Public Health Priorities Survey

https://sph.emory.edu/news/public-health-priorities-survey/index.html?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9JBgXdBvbesXHCu1HeuGfeQDZtfSOwI7S6--d_ZfDYzetdOMObeY1SDVqQrGM_Oi8Qtq4E8pxbBKlctX5fBatkfjkDFA&_hsmi=345746664&utm_content=345746664&utm_source=hs_email What are Americans’ health care priorities? A new report from Gallup and Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health attempts to answer this question. More than 2,100 people responded to an online survey across two weeks in December 2024. Here were some of the findings: One in four respondents said that improving health care access and affordability was the highest priority public health issue for government leaders to address. That was out of 15 potential options that included reducing chronic diseases, preventing gun violence deaths, preparing for emerging infectious diseases, and more. Three-quarters of those who named access and affordability as the top issue also said that the federal government would be better suited than state governments to address the issue. More than half of respondents say that the U.S. has “lost ground” on the opioid epidemic and mental health.