Tips for Communicating Evidence to Policymakers
In the second of a two-part series, AcademyHealth member Beth Prusaczyk offers three tips to increase the likelihood your work will reach policymakers.
A Little Known Channel for Getting Evidence to Policymakers
In the first of a two-part series, AcademyHealth member Beth Prusaczyk describes the Congressional Research Service and how policymakers rely on it for evidence relevant to policymaking.
Five Recommendations for How Implementation Science Can Better Advance Equity
Implementation researchers, practitioners, and funders considered how to better support equitable implementation and outcomes. They make five recommendations from changing how we talk about implementation science to how we execute it and who we engage along the way.
Match Made in Health Care: Harnessing the Power of Partnerships
Meshie Knight of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an AcademyHealth organizational affiliate, introduces a framework to engage payer/provider partners to help research findings reach the people who can drive change.
11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health
Another record-breaking year at the Science of D&I Conference.
Capturing the Impact of Research on Policy: Lessons from an AcademyHealth Pilot Project
Establishing whether, how, and why a particular study has directly impacted health policy or health care practice is a persistent and well-documented challenge. A recent article in The Foundation Review chronicles AcademyHealth’s experience with this issue, including lessons learned that may be useful to other organizations that support research and policy analysis.
How AcademyHealth Worked to Make Health and Health Care Better for Everybody from 2015-2017
This 2015-2017 Progress Report details how AcademyHealth worked with our members, partners, and funders to make both health care and research better all with the aim of making health and health care better for everybody.
Rapid Evidence Review: What interventions help teens and young adults prevent and manage behavioral health challenges?
This rapid evidence review found that targeted interventions incorporating some type of cognitive behavioral therapy can lead to small, but positive improvements in a range of behavioral health outcomes for teens and young adults.
Assuring an Adequate Number of Rural Primary Care Providers
A new report finds no single approach is effective to recruit and retain health professionals in rural areas. Only when combined do interventions have a positive effect on both recruitment and retention.
Rapid Evidence Review: What are effective approaches for recruiting and retaining rural primary care health professionals?
This rapid evidence review found that while few approaches have a positive effect on both recruitment and retention, some individual strategies are effective in drawing providers to rural areas and combining individual interventions may be the most effective way to expand and maintain the rural primary care workforce.