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Building Healthy Communities

Health is about more than health care. Where we live, work, and play affects our health. Health services research provides evidence on the factors that affect, and support, the health of communities.

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Walking Two Worlds - Indigenous Health Equity and the Need for Representation in Health Care: An Interview with Arizona State University

In the fourth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Kristin Payestewa from Arizona State University to learn more about their project goals and findings during National Native American Heritage Month.
Posted Nov 22, 2024 By Maura Dugan
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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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Homelessness: Criminalization Will Affect Health Outcomes

The recent Supreme Court decision allowing governments to ban sleeping outside, even when other options are unavailable, will likely have serious health and social repercussions for unhoused populations. We explore the criminalization of homelessness and its implications from the perspective of a federally qualified health center.