In this culminating video, Community Research for Health Equity research teams reflect on the value of community-led research and its impact on themselves and their communities.
Adverse maternal and infant health outcomes, such as deaths related to pregnancy, preterm births, and low birthweight births, continue to disproportionately impact Black, American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN), and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NHPI) birthing people, leaving many in search of additional support. Colleagues from AcademyHealth’s Project DREAM break down what doula care is, how it can offer additional support, and how birthing people can access doula care in their communities.
The maternal health crisis in the U.S. continues to impact birthing people throughout the country, particularly those who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color. Colleagues from AcademyHealth’s Project DREAM outline how medical providers can collaborate with doulas in their communities to improve birth outcomes.
In a recent Grantmakers in Health article, AcademyHealth, the de Beaumont Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discuss three strategies funders can use to create an equity-centered application process.
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.