Informed & Supported: A Health Service Researcher’s Guide to Doula Care
Member Blogger Kene Orakwue offers background information on doulas in preparation of AcademyHealth’s 2024 Annual Research Meeting
AcademyHealth Equity and Innovation Resource Hub Reveals Ways to Promote Digital Health Equity
AcademyHealth sets out to maximize access to online information and resources for people with disabilities.
The Charm City: Baltimore’s Communities Work to Improve Health and Well-Being
AcademyHealth member Jessica McCann discusses her hometown’s challenges and resiliencies as she returns for the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting next month.
Navigating the Complex Landscape of Women and Gender-Diverse Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Addressing Research Gaps Amid Policy Changes
Annual Research Meeting's Women and Gender Health theme co-chairs, Jodie G. Katon and Hannah R. Murphy, highlight sessions exploring opportunities and challenges centering on women and gender-diverse health care.
AcademyHealth Announces the Best of 2024 Annual Research Meeting
Research nominated as the best abstract for each theme from the 2024 Call for Abstracts explores topics related to the effects of pediatric mental health integration, the impact of Medicaid value-based payments, influences on hospital charity care spending, and more.
Evidence-Based Guidance on Advancing Racial Equity Through Research
Built around ten steps that occur across the research lifecycle, this Roadmap may be used as a practical discussion guide to help broaden your team’s usual approaches to research and be more intentional about how you approach research culture change.
Summer EBT Programs: A Policy to Bridge Nutritional Gaps and Address Disparities
Recognizing that children need nutrition access when they are not in school, Summer EBT can be a tool to reduce health disparities. But the path forward is not clear.
New Research Will Provide Insights into the Behavioral Health Workforce and the Services They Provide
AcademyHealth is highlighting four new projects at the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center to address the strategic aims of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Data Equity and LGBTQ Populations: Why Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Matters
AcademyHealth member and HDLI panelist Dr. Kellan Baker and Caroline Medina, data equity experts at Whitman-Walker Institute, share why it’s critical for the field of health services research to collect and use high-quality data on sexual orientation and gender identity to guide the provision of optimal care for all and to close LGBTQ population health disparities.
Community Research for Health Equity Grantees’ Reflections
In these interviews, the grantees reflect at the midpoint of their studies on the value of community-led research and how their work will inform changes in the health care system.