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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 the US, the field of public health is undergoing a paradigmatic shift—moving from a focus on individual health behaviors to a “social ecological” approach. The latter recognizes that individual experiences and choices related to health are often determined by factors beyond the individual, such as environment, policy, or culture. The social ecological model (right) helps visualize this fact by…January 2019Advocacy, Social/Structural Determinants
- The UN Human Develpment Index (HDI) was designed to measure human development not only by economic advances, but also potential improvements in human well-being. In 2010, the HDI Report introduced an inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) which measures the average level of human development of people in a society once inequality is taken into account. (author introduction)January 2019Social/Structural Determinants
- Launched in 2014, the Health Equity Advocacy (HEA) strategy is a multi-year investment of The Colorado Trust (The Trust), designed to build a robust field of organizations that advance policy solutions to address health equity and improve the health and well-being of all Coloradans. Given this focus, from the beginning of this grantee-driven initiative, the cohort of 18 HEA grantee organizations…January 2019Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Racism
- Welcome to the Youth Collaboration 102 Road Map. This outline is a continuation of Youth Collaboration 101 and is designed for communities, agencies, individuals, or housing service entities that have already developed an understanding of the core principles of Youth Collaboration. Throughout this road map, we will discuss funding, recruitment and retention, undoing adultism, and leadership from…November 2018Services & Programs, Healthy Housing
- In November 2018, Health-Tech Consultants Inc. issued a report outlining the findings of a statewide pilot initiated by Florida Housing Finance Corporation. The study assessed the efficacy of providing Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) – affordable housing linked with individualized support services – to “high utilizers” of crisis services. Following is a summary and the key findings of the…November 2018Housing Discrimination, Healthy Housing
- The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide guidance to hiring managers seeking to diversify their sustainability staff by applying an equity lens. Recent and historical studies have shown that sustainability and environmental fields lag in their ability to recruit, hire, and retain employees of color. This can be due to a variety of systemic factors including access to social and professional…October 2018Isms and Phobias
- With the recognition that social factors contribute significantly to poor health outcomes and unnecessary spending, particularly among low-income individuals, health care (HC) and community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country are entering into partnerships that aim to address the social determinants of health (SDOH). These partnerships are bringing together health systems and CBOs in…August 2018Interventions, Social/Structural Determinants
- California is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse states in the United States. In fact, racial and ethnic minorities are now the majority in California, with the proportion of Latinos now surpassing Whites. However, non-White groups – namely, Latinos, African-Americans, and American Indians – are underrepresented in health professions that require an undergraduate or graduate degree.…July 2018Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- Health equity is the attainment of the highest level of health and well-being for all people. It requires efforts to ensure all people have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. Conversely, health disparities are avoidable differences in health that are the result of unequal distributions of social, economic, and environmental factors. Examples include…May 2018Social/Structural Determinants
- Efforts to improve health in the U.S. have traditionally looked to the health care system as the key driver of health and health outcomes. However, there has been increased recognition that improving health and achieving health equity will require broader approaches that address social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health. This brief provides an overview of these social…May 2018Social/Structural Determinants
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