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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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- Why Equity Matters: Across the nation, gaps in health are large, persistent and increasing—many of them caused by barriers set up at all levels of our society. After all, it's hard to be healthy without access to good jobs and schools and, safe, affordable homes. Health equity means increasing opportunities for everyone to live the healthiest life possible, no matter who we are, where we live, or…July 2024Services & Programs
- We work to address the social, physical and economic conditions that impact upon health, by compiling and disseminating evidence on what works to address these determinants, building capacity and advocating for more action. (website description)July 2024Systemic Determinants
- IntroductionIntellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are impairments that present before 18 years of age which impact cognition, ability to learn, and adaptive behaviors such as activities of daily living. People with IDD experience disproportionate health challenges, including higher rates of diabetes, and are at higher risk of severe outcomes or death due to COVID-19. They receive…July 2024Mental/Behavioral Health, Advocacy
- Find diseases and conditions; healthy living; workplace safety; environmental health; injury, violence and safety; global health; travelers’ health and more. (website description)June 2024Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
- Introduction: From 1969’s Stonewall to the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision for equal marriage, the expansion of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States has been an important development in the past century. LGBTQ+ health is a crucial part of this progress. While awareness of LGBTQ+ health and rights has been given more attention in the past decade, there is also legislation in…June 2024Advocacy
- The COPD Foundation’s mission is to help millions of people live longer and healthier lives by advancing research, advocacy, and awareness to stop COPD, bronchiectasis, and NTM lung disease. Embracing innovation, we engage, educate, and empower our community through a unique 360-degree approach. We mobilize partnerships between patients, caregivers, health care professionals, researchers,…May 2024Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
- IntroductionAccording to the World Health Organization, “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Mental and behavioral health care is an important element of health for all people. However, differences in health care access, social determinants of health, and other structural inequities can all lead to disparities…May 2024Policy and Practice
- Community Commons is a robust online platform that supports change-makers working to advance equitable community health and well-being. For over a decade, we’ve connected those driving change to the best tools, resources, data, and stories to support this work. Search or browse to discover: Thousands of curated tools, resources, data, and stories Organized into 10 Discovery Streams and over 200…May 2024Policy and Practice
- A commitment to health equity involves understanding health disparities related to commercial tobacco and factors that cause these disparities. A Several factors connect commercial tobacco with higher levels of disease, disability, and death in different population groups. (author introduction)May 2024Environment/Context
- For decades, tobacco companies have used promotions, targeted marketing, and other tactics to unfairly increase access to and appeal of tobacco products for certain population groups. Discrimination, poverty, and other social conditions have also been linked to tobacco product use and can make it harder to quit. These factors are linked to high levels of disease, disability, and death from…May 2024Environment/Context
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