Health Equity

States have taken different approaches to implementing doula benefits in their Medicaid programs - this policy brief looks at the differences in six state Medicaid programs.

A new Stanford Social Innovation Review article describes lessons learned from the Community Research for Health Equity program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and managed by AcademyHealth, and highlights strategies for funders to embrace equitable research grantmaking approaches to better support community-led research initiatives.

In the second of two blog posts, Senior Scholar Dr. Tiffany Green explores a person-centered approach to abortion care through the lens of discrete choice experiments, a method that brings patients’ relative preferences to the forefront.

In the first of two blog posts, Senior Scholar Dr. Tiffany Green explores what a truly person-centered approach to understanding abortion care in health services research might look like.

In the eighth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews from the Oklahoma State University research team to learn more about their project goals and findings in celebration of Women’s Health Month.

Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2025 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to how prepared hospitals are for the next pandemic, gender differences in primary care physician earnings and outcomes, and methods for decomposing heterogeneous treatment effects.

In the seventh of a series of blogs with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth highlights the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding to learn more about their Community Research for Health Equity project findings in celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month. 

In the sixth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Leah Frerichs and Ellie Sellers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to learn more about their project goals and findings in celebration of World Teen Mental Wellness Day.

In the fifth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews Dr. Tanya Funchess and Warren Jones from Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health to learn more about their project goals and findings during Black History Month.

In this report, the Pride Center team summarizes the findings of their CRHE project, which examines the circumstances which initiate health care disparities for the LGBTQ+ community and explores what options can mitigate consequences from care that is delayed or withheld entirely.