Sharing Our Learnings Through Our New Publication Strategy

As part of our impact strategy to share learnings from our grant partners, the Humana Foundation launched a publication strategy in 2025. Through a series of issue briefs, infographics, best practice guides and reports, we will make these insights accessible to funders, nonprofits, community leaders and policymakers.

We recently published the Humana Foundation’s initial research report, Strengthening Science and Impact Through Equitable Research Practices, examining innovative research methods used by our academic partners. The report identifies three distinct approaches to equitable research practices:

Expanding Access and Opportunities by removing barriers to participation through collaborating with respected community-based organizations and institutions.

Promoting Community Leadership by involving the local community members at multiple stages of the research to help shape the health interventions being studied.

Respecting Human Dignity with compassion and care throughout the research project, and fair compensation for participants’ and community organizations’ contributions.

Also included in the report are recommendations for funders interested in starting a public health research strategy and those wanting to attract research partners following equitable research practices, including:

• Focus on achieving health equity goals
• Invest in innovative and community-engaged research practices
• Stay current with equitable research trends
• Clarify to applicants your commitment to underserved, lower-resourced, diverse populations
• Adopt flexible funding models that can adapt to evolving needs and challenges

Our intention is that this report and our upcoming publications provide a playbook for creating scalable health equity solutions to improve the health and lives of underserved and marginalized populations. 

Click here to explore our current list of publications.