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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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AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2022 Annual Research Meeting

Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2022 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to patient and consumer needs, Medicaid access and coverage, COVID-19, and more.
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Topics HSR Workforce Development HSR Resources & Methods Public & Population Health Health Equity Using Health Data Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Access to Care Delivering Better Care Paying for Care Building Healthy Communities
Blog Post Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Context of COVID-19

Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Context of COVID-19

In its latest policy brief entitled “Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Context of COVID-19,” the Weitzman Institute, an AcademyHealth organizational member, examines how the health, social, and economic impact of COVID-19 will result in an increase in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), especially in our most vulnerable populations, and highlights potential public health responses needed to effectively address ACEs in our communities.
Posted Apr 22, 2022 By April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc., May Oo, M.P.H., Daniel Bryant, MSEd, LPC, CCTP, Brandon Azevedo, M.P.H
Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Public & Population Health
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Through Their Eyes: Examining Youth Homelessness with Photovoice

The support of the Aetna Foundation for the “Addressing the Health and Health-Related Social Needs of Homeless Youth” project gave the Weitzman Institute, an AcademyHealth organizational member, the unique opportunity to collaborate with young people experiencing housing insecurity during COVID to examine the web of factors contributing to homelessness in New Britain, Connecticut, through photovoice, a community based participatory research approach that uses photography and storytelling.
Posted Mar 28, 2022 By Melanie Gonzalez, M.A., Zeba Kokan, Brandon Azevedo, M.P.H, April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Public & Population Health
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Charting the Course to a Reimagined Public Health System

Following a joint convening with the American Public Health Association and key public health leaders, AcademyHealth outlines priority areas for public health services and systems research across the following domains: preparedness and resilience; structure; performance; workforce; data and technology; and financing and economics.
Posted Jan 12, 2022 By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Sarah Millender, Marya Khan, M.P.H.
Topics Building Healthy Communities Health Equity Public & Population Health
Blog Post Increased caseloads and COVID-19 complications erode school nurses’ critical role in facilitating childhood vaccinations

Increased caseloads and COVID-19 complications erode school nurses’ critical role in facilitating childhood vaccinations

Burnout threatens to upend the traditional school nurse gatekeeping function that upholds state laws requiring vaccines for school attendance.
Posted Dec 21, 2021 By Robin Fleming, RN, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., Venice Ng Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., CHES, Erin M. Mobley, Ph.D., M.P.H., Donna Woods, Ed.M., Ph.D.
Topics HSR Workforce Development Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health Health Equity
Blog Post Which Came First? New Research Examines Relationship between Food Insecurity and Health Care Spending

Which Came First? New Research Examines Relationship between Food Insecurity and Health Care Spending

Food insecurity and higher than average health expenditures are related, but how and to what degree matters when considering policy interventions. This ‘plain language summary’ reviews recent research published in AcademyHealth’s official journal HSR that finds the relationship is both bidirectional and unequal.
Posted Sep 23, 2021 By Kristin Rosengren
Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health