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The Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE) Resource Library is a virtual portal containing action-oriented health equity research, practice, and policies. The library aims to increase equity in health by offering free access to field-tested, evidence-informed and evidence-based programs strategies and high-quality research.
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- In recent years, advocates have sought to address societal problems by making critical information more transparent. Social movements such as open education, open science, open access, and open-source software have led to advances that benefit much of humanity: more equitable access to educational resources; public services such as Wikipedia; and essential medical research, which contributed to…March 2024Policy and Practice
- Birth outcomes nationwide are characterized by wide disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality. One potential solution to mitigating these disparities has been to increase access to doulas—traditionally defined as individuals who provide emotional, informational, and physical support around and during the time of birth. However, support with navigating challenges throughout the entire…March 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- The Ways of Knowing Symposia is a series of five collaborative events focused on cultivating a more holistic appreciation of the different ways people understand the world and fostering a more inclusive and equitable standard for rigor in health research. This video is a recording of the first session, the Ways of Knowing Symposia Kickoff, a hybrid event held on March 7th in New Orleans,…March 2024Services & Programs
- In 2018, it was estimated that health inequities cost the United States economy $451 billion, the equivalent of 2% of the U.S. gross domestic product (LaVeist et al., 2023). The disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the monetary and human cost of persistent inequities that permeate all systems including emergency response. Racial and ethnic minority individuals had higher…March 2024Policy and Practice
- The Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE) Research Collaborative hosted our fourth workshop series, which focused on design thinking and design justice. This three-part workshop series introduced participants to the problem-solving methods of design thinking to work toward justice and discussed how the social, environmental, and political histories of place can inform practices of…March 2024Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- COVID-19 vaccination campaigns across the US were implemented to mitigate the disproportionate hospitalizations and unnecessary deaths across many communities that experienced unequal gaps in initial vaccine distribution rollout and uptake. In parallel, the COVID-19 pandemic created declines in routine vaccination coverage for adults, adolescents, and children; particularly, in communities…February 2024COVID-19/Coronavirus, Vaccines
- Black and Brown maternal health disparities are rooted in historical health policies limiting power and reproductive decision-making in the United States. From anti-Black racism in the field of obstetrics and gynecology and policies such as the Sheppard–Towner Act of 1921 in the American South, to xenophobia through the forced sterilization of non-English speaking mothers in the 20th and 21st…February 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- Every day, two or three women die because of pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly 80% of these deaths are preventable. These outcomes disproportionately impact racialized populations, including Black and Indigenous women, who are two to three times more likely to die. The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health is a guide for maternal health stakeholders (like researchers,…February 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- As the root causes of health inequities are more readily acknowledged, it is clear that efforts to redress injustices toward equity are required. Advocacy and activism are key approaches to progress toward equity, yet can be overlooked as effective public health practices. This webinar will discuss concepts related to advocacy and activism for health equity and give attendees actionable steps and…February 2024Advocacy
- Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although the diagnostic technology of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has advanced, accurate and differential diagnoses of PTB are still challenging. In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its wide application in the medical field have provided new opportunities for diagnosing and…February 2024Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Policy and Practice
- “We believe that Black Americans have been able to survive and thrive through community and collective action.” That’s how five leading scholars recently set out a thesis for “promoting mental health in the teeth of oppression” in the prestigious journal Lancet Psychiatry. Excerpted below, a portion of their article, sub-headed “The Special Role of Black Elders,” written by Dr. Dix. Shorter…February 2024Mental/Behavioral Health, Social/Structural Determinants
- Institution-led health equity initiatives often fail to produce effective, sustainable changes, in part because of superficial partnerships with the community that the interventions are intended to benefit. Community members have valuable knowledge and skills that are often underappreciated in these collaborations.In this blueprint, we present real world examples of how community-led efforts can…February 2024Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- Danya Keene and her team are on a mission to improve health care for unhoused people. Based out of the Yale School of Public Health, the Housing and Health Equity Lab has explored the effects of housing disparities and homelessness on people’s health since its founding in 2020. Her team aims to get a deeper understanding of how access to housing affects health outcomes and develops solutions to…January 2024Advocacy
- The Partners for Health Equity (P4HE) collaborative promotes innovation in health equity by facilitating active learning and collaboration between people and organizations about critical health equity topics. In 2023, P4HE Collaborative grew from 212 to 502 members across academia (48%), civil sector (21%), government (16%), private (8%), and philanthropy (7%).As of January 1, 2024, P4HE…January 2024
- The statistics around Black maternal health in the United States remain unsettling. In the U.S., Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Black women are also two times more likely to experience severe maternal morbidity and 1.5 times more likely to have a preterm delivery, compared to their white counterparts. There are various…January 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- In 2023, Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE Collaborative) has collected questions asked by participants in our learning engagements. This blog answers your questions about the P4HE Collaborative.How can I learn more about the P4HE Collaborative’s work?There are many ways to learn more about the P4HE collaborative’s work and the people behind it.To learn more about the P4HE Collaborative’…January 2024
- Women comprise more than half of the United States population, and yet women are less likely to have insurance and more likely to experience adverse health outcomes. The National Women's Health Network is a 501c3 not for profit that represents the health interests of these women across the life continuum. We maintain an intersectional focus on sexual and reproductive health, maternal health…January 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy & Law, Aging and Life Course
- In 2020, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, decriminalizing substance use and establishing one of the largest participatory grantmaking programs in the state’s history. Measure 110 is historic for taking a hard stance against the War on Drugs and for employing a participatory grantmaking strategy which will distribute over $200 million in state marijuana tax revenue collections every two…January 2024Policy and Practice
- This webpage provides various resources and datasets for national health surveys administered by the National Center for Health Statistics. #P4HEwebinarDecember2023January 2024Policy and Practice, Interventions
- The 2019 Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice for Newly Arrived Immigrants in Arizona and Beyond Community Engagement Toolkit features videos and resources that community members and academic health centers can use to:Understand the critical issues regarding the health and health care of newly arrived immigrants including migrant workers, refugees, and asylum-seeking populations and…January 2024Environment/Context
- Events from 2015 in Baltimore and elsewhere rekindled the national dialogue about social injustice. Use the toolkit to help develop concrete actions that an individual, an institution, or the AAMC can take to improve the health and well-being of all communities. (author introduction)January 2024Environment/Context
- We build trusted relationships with our funded partners grounded in power-sharing, transparency, mutual accountability, and continuous learning. A mutual commitment to transparent conversations and learning leads to greater impact. (author introduction)January 2024Policy and Practice
- Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical factors that affect health outcomes. They include the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age. SDOH also include the broader forces and systems that shape everyday life conditions.These forces and systems encompass economic policies, development agendas, social norms, social policies, racism, climate change, and political…January 2024Social/Structural Determinants
- The Elton John AIDS Foundation funded ANOVA Health Institute in South Africa to create We The Brave, a sexual health campaign for men who have sex with men to protect and learn about HIV/AIDS. It is the first large-scale campaign ever in South Africa specifically for gay men which addresses both prevention and treatment issues in an affirming, non-judgmental and sex positive way that is…January 2024HIV, HIV, Global Health
- This webpage offers insights into the Population Council's global health initiatives, featuring a collection of articles, interviews, and other resources related to this field.January 2024Social/Structural Determinants
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