Search
Resource Library
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.
Read More about the Library Scope.
Filter Search
Clear all filters and search terms
Source
Artifact Type
Topic Area
Reference Type
Geographic Focus
Priority Population
- The formation of hospital-community partnerships to improve health and well-being is becoming widespread across the United States, with many hospitals taking a lead role in initiating and fostering these partnerships. This collaborative approach is effective because many different community organizations are addressing similar issues and serving the same populations. Collaboration creates an…July 2017Policy and Practice
- Advance gender affirming care by applying best practices in organizational change to your health care setting. This guide details a health center’s journey through an organizational assessment process. With practical templates and facilitation guides, you can implement a similar approach in your health center. (author abstract) #P4HEwebinarJune2023January 2017Adolescent Health, Policy and Practice
- There is extensive research indicating a link between educational attainment (e.g., years of schooling or number of degrees obtained) and health indicators (e.g., life expectancy or death from disease). The effect is even intergenerational, meaning that the education of parents is linked to their children’s health and well-being. Disparities in education mirror disparities in health. Over the…January 2017Education
- There are many tools available to communities to help them design, implement, and evaluate community-based solutions that advance health equity. These tools can be organized by the three elements identified in the committee's conceptual model (see Figure 8-1): (1) creating a shared vision and value of health equity, (2) increasing community capacity to shape health outcomes, and (3) fostering…January 2017Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Physical Environment, Social Environment
- A roundtable on cross-sector collaboration and resource alignment for health equity: Meeting summaryCross-sector collaboration is a highly recommended strategy to eliminate health inequities nationally and globally. In the federal sector, it is evolving into an important approach for solving complex social problems, as evidenced by its steady proliferation the past few decades. Despite the increased adoption of cross-sector collaboration, it is still not a default strategy or preeminent option…August 2016Social/Structural Determinants
- Education is related to the success of young people in a variety of ways, noted roundtable member Jeffrey Henderson, president and chief executive officer of the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health and moderator of the panel on education at the workshop. In particular, education can generate resilience, he said, and resilience in turn can drive educational attainment. Three speakers at…June 2016Early Childhood Education
- Homelessness can be surprisingly costly for taxpayers. Fortunately, socially-responsible, cost effective solutions exist. For many city officials, community leaders, and even direct service providers, it often seems that placing homeless people in shelters is the most inexpensive way to meet the basic needs of people experiencing homelessness; some may even believe that shelters are an ideal…April 2016Housing Discrimination
- In 2015, The Colorado Trust invited experts in health equity to share their knowledge and raise awareness of the issues that lead to health disparities. In this report, we examine the structures, policies and systems that unintentionally marginalize vulnerable communities. We learn how race impacts health, and the changes needed to improve the health status of all Americans. And we demonstrate…February 2016Services & Programs, Social Environment
- On Feb. 5, 2015, Doran Schrantz, Executive Director of ISAIAH in Minnesota, discussed community organizing, political power and other topics at The Trust’s first Health Equity Learning Series event of 2014. More than 100 people attended the presentation at the History Colorado Center in Denver, and the event was also live-streamed to hundreds more at 27 remote viewing parties across the state. …February 2015Advocacy
- On May 8, 2014, Manuel Pastor, PhD, a Professor of Sociology, American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, presented on how building a social movement can help achieve health equity and how communities can be involved. His presentation included recent success stories and a list of 10 key elements to building an effective social movement, such as the need for scale, a…May 2014Social Environment
Submit a Resource
Do you have something you think is appropriate for the library?
Submit Information![Laptop](themes/custom/hercules/images/laptop.jpg)