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Health Equity

Evidence on how to evaluate, address and improve equity is an important area of work for AcademyHealth and its community of members and partners.

Blog Post       The Gender Gap in Suicide Rates is Narrowing in the United States

The Gender Gap in Suicide Rates is Narrowing in the United States

In this Veterans Day post, Lauren Denneson, Claire Hoffmire, and AcademyHealth Board Member Elizabeth Yano highlight a growing need for suicide prevention efforts tailored to women veterans and announces a call for papers on the topic for a special supplement of Medical Care.
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Five Recommendations for How Implementation Science Can Better Advance Equity

Implementation researchers, practitioners, and funders considered how to better support equitable implementation and outcomes. They make five recommendations from changing how we talk about implementation science to how we execute it and who we engage along the way.
Posted Apr 5, 2019 By Kim DuMont, Allison Metz, Ph.D., Beadsie Woo