Assessing Health Equity: Selecting or Creating an Assessment Instrument
Considerations and linked resources to guide selecting or crafting questions to include in a health equity assessment.
This is My Dream Job
At my first Annual Research Meeting as AcademyHealth President and CEO, I shared with attendees what drew me to this role, the challenges we face as a field, and my optimism for how we can draw on our core strengths to make a real difference.
When All Are Counted: An Interview with Think Kids on the Disability Community and Inclusive Health Surveillance in West Virginia
In the second of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Kelli Caseman with Think Kids to learn more about their project goals and findings during Disability Pride Month.
Preliminary Findings from Think Kids’ CRHE project, “When All Are Counted”
In this document, the Think Kids team shares preliminary findings from their recently completed CRHE project, “When All Are Counted,” which examined how West Virginia compiles and reports health surveillance data.
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.
Revitalizing the Oral Health Agenda: A Call for Integrated Health Policy and Practice
Oral health is a critical component of overall health and well-being, yet significant disparities in access to dental care persist globally. This commentary reflects on the efforts to revitalize the Oral Health Interest Group (OHIG) at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Meeting.
Honoring 30 Years of Reproductive Justice with a Revolutionary Vision for the Future
Following the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, Oriaku Njoku, Executive Director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, reflects on a new era of reproductive health, rights, and justice and the role of Health Services Research.
Centering LGBTQ Voices: An Interview with Pride Center San Antonio on their Research and How Knowledge is Power
In the first of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Amy Stone with the Pride Center San Antonio grant to learn more about their project goals and findings project during Pride Month.
Opportunities to Advance Equity through Research Funding, Training, and Networking at the 2024 Annual Research Meeting
From new research funding and networking opportunities to plenary and poster sessions, participants will have ample opportunities to learn about methods to advance health equity at this year’s Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore starting later this week.
Transforming Care for Children with Complex Medical Needs: Emerging Insights from Five HRSA-funded Demonstration Sites
A recent webinar for the HRSA-funded Enhancing Systems of Care for Children with Medical Complexity initiative shared early insights from the project’s five demonstration sites in their second year implementing innovative care models for improved care coordination and health outcomes for children with medical complexity and their families.