Policy
Building support for data-driven policy and practice changes that give every community the opportunity to be healthy and thrive.
A community’s health is deeply connected to the way its laws, regulations, and institutions support the health of everyone in it. In many communities across the country, the system is rigged in ways that concentrate power and money away from working people, at the expense of their physical, mental, and economic health.
The AAMC Center for Health Justice gathers input from AAMC member institutions, experts, community members, and organizations from across the country about policies that support a fair shot for everyone to be healthy. With that vital input, we provide important insight to federal agencies that work toward and fund programs that make communities healthier. The Center’s research codevelops the kinds of evidence that can be incorporated into policy and practice change at all levels — organizational, local, state, and federal — to create genuine health opportunity for all.
Open Public Comment Opportunities
The federal government provides opportunities for individuals and organizations to comment on issues related to health equity research and policy.
Announcement of Solicitation of Written Comments on Proposed Healthy People 2030 Objectives and Request for Information on Screen Time to Inform Healthy People
Response deadline: July 16, 2026
Promoting Youth Participatory Action Research Approaches in Prevention Research
Response deadline: July 16, 2026
Policy Updates from the Center
Helpful tips from the AAMC Center for Health Justice and Vot-ER, a nonpartisan organization that works to integrate voter registration into health care.
AAMC CHARGE members contributed to the center's letter to the OMB on its proposed updates to federal race and ethnicity categories.
The center provides comments on a new proposed objective to increase the number of citizens who vote.
To inform the feedback to NICCIH, AAMC CHARGE weighed in on the factors and social determinants they believed have the greatest impact on health,
The center recommends extending telehealth services and increasing collaboration with other federal agencies, community organizations, and partners.
The AAMC urged PCORI to prioritize partnerships, stakeholder engagement, community collaborations, and trust-building in research.
Center for Health Justice participates in congressional briefing with Coalition for Health Funding
The Center for Health Justice identified challenges and made recommendations to improve alignment and address the social determinants of health.
The center recommended that agencies incorporate strategies for the engagement and retention of diverse stakeholders.