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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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- The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the gaps in our public health and health data infrastructure and illuminated the many ways in which they perpetuate vast health inequities. To work toward a modernized health data system, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established a first-of-its-kind National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems to reimagine how data are collected, shared, and…October 2021Communication
- Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the calls for racial justice that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, local place-based organizations have focused more on better building equity at the local level and on how data can both hinder and build racial equity. To better understand the role of backbone organizations and data intermediaries (two types of place-based organizations…October 2021Policy and Practice
- The use of quality measurement to identify opportunities for improvement in how, where, and when care is delivered has driven remarkable advances and saved countless lives. At the same time, persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care call attention to a striking need to address equity more directly in our health care infrastructure. Harnessing quality measurement as a tool…September 2021Health Reform, Racism
- Building Healthy Communities (BHC) is a signature program of The California Endowment (TCE) combining 10 years of continuous funding in 14 historically disinvested communities with state-level and regional policy campaigns and coalition building. A novel approach to health improvement that encompasses the social determinants of health, BHC focuses on power building to promote systems change and…September 2021Policy & Law, Social/Structural Determinants
- The California Endowment (TCE) launched its Community/Stakeholder Engagement (C/SE) process in the fall of 2016 as part of a mid-point review of Building Healthy Communities (BHC). The aim was to learn from a wide range of people involved in or knowledgeable about BHC – including adult and youth residents in BHC sites, other community partners, state advocates and policymakers, evaluators and…September 2021Advocacy, Interventions, Physical Environment, Social Environment
- The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the importance of universal access to affordable, high quality child care. For many racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, however, that access has been a long-standing issue. A 2017 CLASP report noted the structural racism that creates and perpetuates inequities and the fragmented U.S. child care system for young children ages birth to 5 years…August 2021Early Adulthood, Services & Programs
- Consumer and community trust in health care providers and institutions is critical for optimal health, as trust influences willingness to get crucial medical care, preventive screenings, and mental health care.1 Trust between a patient and a health care provider is also linked to improved patient experience, health outcomes, and the patient’s perception of the care they receive.2 However, it is…August 2021Vaccine Trust, Services & Programs
- This strategy guide establishes a framework for the City of Houston/Harris County response to homeless encampments. It provides a system-wide and coordinated response to unsheltered homelessness that focuses on decommissioning large encampments by facilitating access to a full array of permanent housing choices and services options. By pairing targeted and intensive outreach with housing surge…August 2021Housing Discrimination, Healthy Housing
- Health systems have a lot to gain from clinician education around effective communication with non-English-speaking patients. In 2013, more than 61 million people in the US reported speaking a non-English language at home, of which approximately 4 out of 10 reported limited English proficiency (LEP); that number rose to nearly 66 million in 2019. Despite the linguistic diversity of the US, health…July 2021Communication, Services & Programs
- Background: The North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (NC HFSRP) was established through a policy passed by the state legislature to provide funding for small food retailers located in food deserts with the goal of increasing access to and sales of healthy foods and beverages among local residents. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine perceptions of the NC HFSRP…July 2021Services & Programs
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