Health Equity

Fight for a More Equitable Future and Commit to Our Social Contract: Advice to the Medical School Graduates of 2023

by Laura DeStefano | May 31, 2023 | Commentary, Perspectives

This commentary is adapted from commencement speeches delivered by Victor Dzau at the University of Pittsburgh and Tulane University. Graduates, as newly minted health care providers, researchers, and educators, you join thousands of others around the globe connected...

Health Technology for All: An Equity-Based Paradigm Shift Opportunity

by Madeleine Deye | Dec 14, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Executive Overview The health of the U.S. population faces a seemingly intractable shortfall in the prospects for large numbers of people, including and especially people of color, long confronting the consequences of structural racism. Yet, rather than focus...

A Global Equity Model (GEM) for the Advancement of Community Health and Health Equity

by Madeleine Deye | Nov 14, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction The United States has shown that higher health care spending does not guarantee better health outcomes. Despite consistently leading the world in health care spending per capita, U.S. population health outcomes are poor (Papanicolas et al., 2018)....

Accountable Communities for Health: What We Are Learning from Recent Evaluations

by Madeleine Deye | Oct 31, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

    Background Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) are multisector, community-based partnerships that bring together health care, public health, social services, other local partners, and residents to address the unmet health and social needs of the...

Eighth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge: Addressing Infectious Diseases Using a Population Health Approach: Prevention and Control of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young Adults 18-24

by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 8, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  This discussion paper provides an overview of the eighth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health Case Challenge (https://nam.edu/initiatives/dc-public-health-case-challenge/), a competition held in 2021 by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the...

Building Community Power to Achieve Health and Racial Equity: Principles to Guide Transformative Partnerships with Local Communities

by Madeleine Deye | Jun 13, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction Leaders and practitioners across industries—including public health, health care, and clinical settings; local, state, and federal government agencies; and academic institutions—are asking hard questions about what it will take to achieve health equity....

Community Power and Health Equity: Closing the Gap between Scholarship and Practice

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 13, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

    Introduction The last few decades have seen an upsurge in research linking health outcomes to the “conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age,” commonly referred to as the social determinants of...

Why Community Power Is Fundamental to Advancing Racial and Health Equity

by Madeleine Deye | Jun 13, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction Health researchers, leaders in health care and public health, and funders have long valued the concept of community engagement, when residents authentically connect on issues or amplify their voices to drive policy decisions affecting the health and...

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism in Health and Science Professions: A Call to Action for Membership and Leadership Organizations

by Jenna Ogilvie | May 9, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

  As the Home Secretary and President of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (The NAM’s Home Secretary is responsible for overseeing NAM member elections, interest groups, and other member engagement activities. The Home Secretary is elected by NAM membership...

Achieving Latino Equity in Medicine, Nursing, and Dentistry Education: Accelerating the Path Forward

by Jenna Ogilvie | May 9, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

  Health professions are increasingly acknowledging legacies of racial/ethnic prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion. These legacies stem from institutional or sectoral policies, regulations, procedures, and behaviors that create and mutually reinforce...