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Doing Well by Doing Good: Recognizing Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion at the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting

The Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award is the newest addition to the ARM awards program and has the potential to inspire health services researchers to begin or expand their DEI work.

Posted Feb 22, 2024 By Tess Bernhard, Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA

Topics HSR Workforce Development Health Equity

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Breastfeeding Can Help Save New Black Moms — Who Are Nearly 3 Times More Likely To Die

AcademyHealth Public Voices fellows offer ways to improve Black maternal mortality and perinatal health through breastfeeding and programs to support Black lactation professionals.

Posted Feb 15, 2024 By Leia Belt, M.A., Ph.D., Jill Inderstrodt, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Topics Health Equity Public & Population Health

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A Snapshot of Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)

This one-pager outlines Project DREAM’s background, aims, research approach, and more.

Posted Feb 09, 2024

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge Brings Different Schools Together

The winners of the 2022 NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge discuss the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration using national data sources to illustrate the intersectionality of food insecurity, disability status, and racial disparities

Posted Feb 8, 2024 By Anna Lewis, M.S.W., Aileen Chou, P.T., D.P.T., Youngmin Kwon

Topics Data Sources Health Equity Access to Care

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Report Identifies Directions for the Field of Public Health Services and Systems Research

Domains and research questions to guide public health services and systems research (PHSSR) were generated through a one-year multi-stage, participatory process.

Posted Jan 24, 2024

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Public & Population Health Health Equity Hospitals & Health Systems

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Report Highlights Investment Gaps in the Public Health Services and Systems Research Field

AcademyHealth identified reasons for the lack of sustained investment in the public health services and systems research (PHSSR) field in a report outlining the conditions needed to drive investment in, support for, and action on a renewed research agenda.

Posted Jan 09, 2024

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation Public & Population Health Health Equity Hospitals & Health Systems

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Convenings, publications, and collaboration: ESHPI’s 2023 At-a-Glance shares a peek into our biggest accomplishments of the last year

In this special edition newsletter, the Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) proudly highlights projects, partnerships, and publications from 2023 and previews the Institute’s upcoming projects for 2024.

Posted Jan 09, 2024

Topics Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Using Health Data Delivering Better Care Health Equity

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Patient and Patient Advocates’ Reflections on Oral Health Care Challenges for Patients Living with HIV/AIDS

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.

Posted Dec 6, 2023 By April Joy Damian, Ph.D., M.Sc.

Topics Health Equity Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health

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The Need for Better Definitions and Data on “Rural” in Health Services Research

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.

Posted Dec 5, 2023 By Kayla Alvis, Ph.D., M.S.

Topics Advocacy Health Equity Public & Population Health

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New Research Will Examine Pre-hospital Diagnostic Delay in Three Key Conditions

AcademyHealth and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded four grants to study and address pre-hospital delays in cancer, sepsis, and stroke

Posted Nov 29, 2023 By Jackson Foyle, Allison Isaacson, M.P.H., Michael E. Gluck, Ph.D., M.P.P

Topics Access to Care Delivering Better Care Building Healthy Communities Health Equity