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.
Diverse definitions of rurality among government agencies make it difficult to understand rural health. Standardizing definitions and collecting data on disparities within and between rural communities are important for researchers to better inform policy and practice.
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.
In honor of November as National Homeless Youth Awareness month, this blog explores youth homelessness and mental health, funding to address youth homelessness and next steps to further address this issue.
Rural hospital closures impact access to care for many rural Americans who may already experience health disparities. Policymakers can help address this crisis by funding research on the implications and evaluating alternative models of care.
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.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s rule on race in college admissions, experts offer five recommendations to maintain diversity and foster inclusion in college admissions and the broader HSR workforce.
As more states focus on addressing enrollee's social needs, North Carolina's Pilots project provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate the implementation of 29 evidence-based services. This paper provides timely and practical findings and recommendations from the planning, capacity building, and early implementation of the program.
In late June, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that race-conscious admissions programs violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In this blog post, AcademyHealth highlights a list of resources to support the field in dealing with the ramifications of the decision.
