Participants will hear about findings from a 2021 participatory case study that articulates NAYA’s relational, culturally rooted approach to strengthening the Native community. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the relationship between programmatic and systemic outcomes in their own work. We will end by generating collective themes and priorities for research and action moving […]
Voices for Health Justice (Voices) is a program funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that provides grants and other support to organizations committed to health justice, racial justice, and anti-racism work. The overarching program goals are to increase access to health care, make healthcare more affordable, and increase the ability of […]
Introduction: Studies have shown mixed findings regarding the impact of immigration policy changes on immigrants’ utilization of primary care. Methods: We used a difference-in-differences analysis to compare changes in missed primary care appointments over time across two groups: patients who received care in Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole, and non-Hispanic, white patients who received care […]
Background As part of the evaluation of the Voices for Health Justice program, the Institute for Community Health (ICH) conducted semi-structured qualitative group interviews with state project teams in the Fall of 2021. Through these interviews, ICH sought to deepen understanding of how teams are thinking about and approaching their work within each of the […]