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AcademyHealth Blog

Welcome to the AcademyHealth blog, together with our members, we promote interaction across the health research and policy arenas by bringing together a broad spectrum of players to share their perspectives. Here we offer important perspectives from people passionate about expanding access to care, reducing costs and improving quality, as well as updates on AcademyHealth activities relevant to the community.

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Developing a Research Agenda on High-Value, Equitable Care: Stakeholder Perspectives

In the first blog of AcademyHealth’s series outlining our collaborative process of developing a research agenda to advance high-value, equitable health care, Consensus Group Co-chairs Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D. and Donna Cryer, J.D. lay the groundwork and share their perspectives on our collective efforts to ensure that research and health care prioritize both equity and value.
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Emerging and Understudied Topics at the Intersection of Health Services Research and Climate Change

Research in health services is essential for informing policy decisions to address and forestall the detrimental health consequences of climate change. Part 2 of this blog series identifies priority health services research areas for continued health system reform to address the climate crisis.
Posted Sep 10, 2024 By Kamaria Kaalund
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21st Century Health Challenges: Building Capacity to Address the Climate Crisis through Health Services Research

The evidence generated from health services research is crucial for guiding state and federal policy efforts to ameliorate and prevent the adverse health effects of the changing climate. Part 1 of this blog series provides an overview of health systems resiliency and the role of health services research in building a resilient health system.
Posted Sep 5, 2024 By Kamaria Kaalund
Blog Post       Finding Common Ground and Other Approaches to Navigating the Changing DEIA Landscape as Organizations, Leaders, and Researchers

Finding Common Ground and Other Approaches to Navigating the Changing DEIA Landscape as Organizations, Leaders, and Researchers

Leaders of a Community of Practice for DEIA practitioners reflect on a discussion at the 2024 Annual Research Meeting about how health services researchers and institutions are responding to the changing DEIA landscape—and the importance of community in finding one’s voice to learn from peers and cross-amplify our efforts for impact.
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The Legacy of Sundown Towns: A Persistent Force of Structural Inequities in Health

As we marked the sixty-one-year anniversary of the March on Washington yesterday August 28th—a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement—it’s an important time to reflect on the legacy of exclusionary practices and their impact on modern health care inequities. By understanding and addressing the history of sundown towns, we can more effectively reach and support historically oppressed and underserved communities.
Posted Aug 29, 2024 By Leia Belt, M.A., Ph.D.