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
The AAMC Center for Health Justice recognizes that changing the health landscape goes beyond medical care alone. Introducing the Multisector Partner Group.
Patients with documented health-related social needs had four times the negative health events and more than nine times the total annual costs.
A commentary published online ahead of print in Academic Medicine calls on academic medical institutions to do more to build a strong network of collaborators.
A new paper presents evaluation tools for community health partnerships to improve social determinants of health, health system savings, and learner outcomes.