AcademyHealth Data and Policy Fellows Reflect on ARM Firsts, Student Engagement, and Building Connections
Dr. Leia Belt and Kamaria Kaalund offer takeaways from the 2024 Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore.
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.
Reducing Heart Disease Disparities in South Asian Communities
Following South Asian Heritage Month, a health policy intern and policy analyst from the Weitzman Institute teamed up to explore the disproportionate heart disease burden carried by those with South Asian ancestry and offer policy and lifestyle recommendations.
Senate Appropriators bipartisan call for more AHRQ funding – Read on Washington’s August 2024 Advocacy Update
This month’s “Read on Washington”, available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, Medicare prescription drug negotiations, HRSA funding opportunities, and more.
Can You Hear Me Now? Amplifying the Patient Voice in Research Studies and Clinical Care
A growing evidence base supports the value of incorporating the patient perspective into research studies and as part of routine care using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The PROTEUS Consortium helps optimize the capture and communication of PROM data in research studies and clinical practice by providing free, publicly available, user-friendly tools and resources.
The Value of Community in Studying the Impacts of the Dobbs Decision
Reflecting on a networking session at the Annual Research Meeting, researchers studying the impacts of the Dobbs decision elevate challenges, successes, and opportunities to collaborate with others doing this work, such as through AcademyHealth’s new Research Community on the Equity Impacts of Dobbs.
You Get What You Pay For: Key Insights from the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting on How Payment Policy Affects Minoritized Communities
Emerging research demonstrates how payment policy affects health care delivery for minoritized populations. This blog overviews findings related to CMS innovation models, community benefit spending, value-based purchasing health equity performance metrics, and financial incentives for providers.
Intersectionality, AI, and Health Data: SisterLove's Vision for Equitable Health at Datapalooza 2024
Dazon Dixon Diallo, founder and President of SisterLove, Inc. (SLI) and Health Datapalooza planning committee member, amplifies unheard voices and champion equitable, intersectional health data gathering.
Informing and Evaluating Policy to Further Health Equity: Key Takeaways from ARM
An AcademyHealth member’s perspective on her most memorable policy-oriented 2024 Annual Research Meeting sessions.
The Importance of Science Communication and Lived Experience at the Health Datapalooza
AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll was recently featured on two podcasts in which he expanded upon critical public health challenges and how effective communication and involving those with lived experience a seat at the table leads to better health outcomes for all.