Strategies for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Health Services Research
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The AcademyHealths Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is a great time to catch up with old colleagues and meet new ones. Its also an opportunity to implement policies that advance diversity and inclusion in the field. A core value in AcademyHealths Strategic Plan is diversity and inclusion, with a goal to develop and sustain a diverse workforce to respond to the changing needs of stakeholders who need evidence to advance health and health care improvement. Scientific conferences such as ARM are opportunities to build inclusion, but conferences have a history of contributing to an exclusionary environment with lack of representation by women and other historically marginalized groups among speakers, committees, and other leadership roles. Fields proximal to health policy have raised concerns about the adverse experiences, including sexual misconduct, that arise from the imbalance in representation.
