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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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Impacts of Food Insecurity on Health: 2024 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge

Winners of the 2024 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge utilized publicly available county-level health data, County Health Rankings, and NCHS datasets to evaluate the relationship between food insecurity and chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity across various regions of the U.S.
Posted Jun 5, 2025 By Chelsea Keating, M.P.H., Emily Boniface, M.P.H., Mina Colon, M.P.H.
Topics Using Health Data
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New Stanford Social Innovation Review Article Highlights Strategies for Funders to Embed Equity in Grantmaking

A new Stanford Social Innovation Review article describes lessons learned from the Community Research for Health Equity program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and managed by AcademyHealth, and highlights strategies for funders to embrace equitable research grantmaking approaches to better support community-led research initiatives.
Posted Jun 4, 2025 By Megan Collado, M.P.H. , Rishika Desai, M.P.H., Jamae Morris, Ph.D., M.A.
Topics Health Equity Building Healthy Communities Delivering Better Care