Public & Population Health

Health in All Policies is an approach to fostering cross-sector collaboration and promoting policies to improve population health that is spreading across U.S. jurisdictions. A May 2024 convening in Washington, D.C. explored tools and approaches that have been developed and refined to center health and equity in policymaking.

Valerie Yeager, Public and Population Health Theme co-chair, highlights topics and findings of the 24 presentations featured in this year’s Public and Population Theme at the 2024 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Baltimore this June 29-July 2.

ARM 2024 Theme Leader Christine Von Raesfeld highlights sessions to attend in her theme Individuals Living with Disability or Other Complex Conditions.

A new study in our partner journal the Milbank Quarterly finds support for using identifiable data for public health and research purposes among the public generally, but also highlights a unique decline in comfort among African Americans.

Sponsored by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and in partnership with Innovation Horizons, AcademyHealth conducted a literature review on the use of patient-generated data to assess the capability of the internet as a tool to inform clinical diagnosis practices.

Sponsored by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth is pleased to announce that three pilot projects have been awarded funding to examine the use of patients’ internet search data as a data source and tool to inform clinical diagnosis practices.

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.

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).

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.