As the U.S. faces a worsening maternal health crisis, new federal Medicaid reforms could widen racial, economic, and geographic disparities in pregnancy and postpartum care, warns a Health Affairs Forefront article by AcademyHealth researchers. Citing findings from the Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health (DREAM) project, the authors caution that proposed changes may erode recent gains in maternal health equity and urge policymakers to protect access to essential care.
As states impose new abortion restrictions, contraceptive choices are becoming more important and controversial, driving interest in long-term methods and revealing even more barriers to access
In an era where real-world data platforms hold the transformative potential to illuminate the complexities of autism, the imperative of building trust and ethical integrity in research has never been more critical.
In the ninth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews the Refugee Community Partnership research team to learn more about their project goals and findings in celebration of World Refugee Day.
States have taken different approaches to implementing doula benefits in their Medicaid programs - this policy brief looks at the differences in six state Medicaid programs.
A new Stanford Social Innovation Review article describes lessons learned from the Community Research for Health Equity program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and managed by AcademyHealth, and highlights strategies for funders to embrace equitable research grantmaking approaches to better support community-led research initiatives.
In the second of two blog posts, Senior Scholar Dr. Tiffany Green explores a person-centered approach to abortion care through the lens of discrete choice experiments, a method that brings patients’ relative preferences to the forefront.
In the first of two blog posts, Senior Scholar Dr. Tiffany Green explores what a truly person-centered approach to understanding abortion care in health services research might look like.
In the eighth of a series of interviews with our Community Research for Health Equity grantees, AcademyHealth interviews from the Oklahoma State University research team to learn more about their project goals and findings in celebration of Women’s Health Month.