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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.

Blog Post Patient and Patient Advocates’ Reflections on Oral Health Care Challenges for Patients Living with HIV/AIDS

Patient and Patient Advocates’ Reflections on Oral Health Care Challenges for Patients Living with HIV/AIDS

In honor of World AIDS Day, and in alignment with AcademyHealth and the Weitzman Institute’s commitment to center the voices of lived experiences, this blog highlights patient/patient partners’ perspectives on challenges that patients living with HIV/AIDs experience in obtaining oral health care.
Posted Dec 6, 2023 By April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Topics Health Equity Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health
Blog Post Individuals with Disabilities in Rural America: The Need for Health Services Research

Individuals with Disabilities in Rural America: The Need for Health Services Research

Individuals with disabilities face many health disparities, as do rural residents. The recent NIH designation of people with disabilities as a population with health disparities presents a needed opportunity for robust research at the intersection of disability, rurality, and health.
Posted Nov 15, 2023 By Kayla Alvis, Ph.D., M.S.
Topics Advocacy Health Equity Access to Care Public & Population Health
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Introducing a Framework to Understand Economic Impacts on Patients and Caregivers

Working in close partnership with patients, caregivers, researchers, and practitioners, Innovation and Value Initiative and AcademyHealth developed a new framework to recognize the broad health care economic impacts on patients and caregivers and aid researchers in addressing health disparities and creating value for patients and systems.
Posted Oct 30, 2023 By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Beverly Rogers , Mary E. Reed, Dr.P.H., Melanie Ridley
Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Health Equity Using Health Data