Hysterectomy is the second most common surgical procedure for non-elderly women. While highly effective for some conditions, rates are generally declining in the United States due to tensions between its risks and benefits. The decline in use, however, is greater for white women than Black women. This ‘plain language summary’ reviews findings from a new study that indicates this disparity is amplified in areas with higher socioeconomic status.
Food insecurity and higher than average health expenditures are related, but how and to what degree matters when considering policy interventions. This ‘plain language summary’ reviews recent research published in AcademyHealth’s official journal HSR that finds the relationship is both bidirectional and unequal.
This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on federal appropriations, ARPA-H negotiations, FDA consideration of COVID-19 boosters, and more.
This webinar covered the impact of price transparency reporting thus far. Panelists discussed what additional efforts are necessary to provide consumers with accurate information to make more informed decisions.
Date & Time October 6, 2021, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Location Online
AcademyHealth’s four official journals provided a members-only, insider’s look into what it takes for researchers to increase their publishing success rate.
Date & Time October 5, 2021, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. ET
Location Online
When a safety-net hospital closes or is radically downsized, it is not because the residents have become healthier or the community economically vibrant. How can the facility be transformed to meet both of those goals?
For more than two decades the federal government deterred research into this leading cause of preventable death. A new report estimates the cost of closing the knowledge gap.
In this session from “Understanding and Eliminating Bias in HSR Methods: Approaches to Anti-racist Research Design, Analysis, and Dissemination,” panelists provide a general overview and framework for understanding and reducing the impact of structural racism on research methods.
In this session from “Understanding and Eliminating Bias in HSR Methods: Approaches to Anti-racist Research Design, Analysis, and Dissemination,” presenters discuss future directions for health equity research.
Derek M. Griffith, Ph.D.,
Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA
In this session from “Understanding and Eliminating Bias in HSR Methods: Approaches to Anti-racist Research Design, Analysis, and Dissemination,” facilitators lead attendees through a priority-setting agenda for methods and data.
Abdul Shaikh, Ph.D., M.H.Sc.,
Margo Edmunds, Ph.D., FAMIA
