Research and Publications
Building the evidence base for policy and practice changes that address the root causes of health inequity.
Understanding why some communities are healthier than others requires focused research. Health equity research convenes experts, organizations, and community members to identify when these differences are caused by unfair treatment, measure the problem, understand why it’s happening, and develop evidence-based solutions tailor-made by and for the communities they’re meant to serve.
The Center’s health equity research provides crucial information for policymakers, institutions, and public health officials to make informed decisions about resources, programs, and policy changes that will make a difference in giving everyone the opportunity to be healthy.
From Believing to Becoming: How Shared Stewardship Cultivates Healthy, Thriving Communities
In this guest viewpoint, learn more about the Rippel Foundation's vital conditions framework for envisioning a future where everyone thrives.
More Research from the Center
In this guest blog, learn how the NIH is directly funding community organizations to study how structural factors can impact health outcomes.
Five teams will use public opinion polling from the AAMC Center for Health Justice for health equity research to inform policy.
Those committed to health and racial justice must do a better job of connecting the dots between historic injustice and modern day inequity.
Pre-med volunteer and AAMC biomedical research workforce specialist Jasmine Lopez shares how she sees health justice in action at a clinic in Phoenix, AZ.
In Civil Eats, AAMC Environmental Justice Fellow Anthony Nicome offers policy solutions to grow healthy, sustainable food systems in Black communities.
Celebrating all we've accomplished alongside the health equity leaders, advocates, and communities who are creating the vital conditions for everyone to thrive.
Multisector Partner Group member Gary C. Norman shares his perspective on working with AAMC CHARGE on the center's Health Justice Research Agenda.
The center's research will focus on three key areas to to inform policies and practices that address systemic inequities.
Social needs screenings and partnerships are more common in teaching and nonprofit hospitals, and those using a value-based care.
A new article reveals agreement across Generation Z on policies that affect health like housing, health care, and economics.
