Health is about more than health care. Where we live, work, and play affects our health. Health services research provides evidence on the factors that affect, and support, the health of communities.
Much of today’s health communication assumes public trust in institutions was lost and simply needs to be restored. But for many communities, that trust was never fully established. Researchers from Germany, the UK, and the U.S. suggest the challenge is not becoming more persuasive, but becoming more trustworthy.
For a health system to advance equitable outcomes, equity must be intentionally built into a health system from the start, and international examples of health system funding design, reward systems, and accountability offer lessons for the United States.
Roughly one in three American women over 40 experience severe menopausal symptoms, yet only about one in four receive treatment, reflecting longstanding gaps in trust, access, and care. While menopause remains unaddressed in the U.S., countries such as Australia, England, and Ireland have pursued policies to improve coverage and affordability.
AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll highlights the consequences of stopping valuable research midstream, including wasted resources invested in cancelled studies designed to make health care safer.
Evidence-based decision-making requires accountability and infrastructure. AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll highlights in a recent JAMA article the consequences of incorrect guidance and the role of HSR in learning from mistakes.
Annual Research Meeting presenter MacKenzie Isaac reflects on food justice and offers strategies science communicators can use to approach the issue, combat misinformation, and reach communities
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.
Grantees from the Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems (RTHS) program wanted to know what happens when Medicaid postpartum coverage increases from 60 days to 12 months. The first story in AcademyHealth’s Evidence Effect series breaks down what they found.
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.
Every health care system will face a crisis it didn’t see coming. The question is whether leaders will have built the infrastructure, trust, and capacity to respond before the moment arrives. On March 12, 2020, as Norway entered lockdown and international supply chains collapsed, officials faced that test in real time.
