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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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- Population-specific data gaps for a range of demographic characteristics, including race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status, inhibit efforts to protect and improve public health. To identify system and policy levers for addressing these data inequities, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened five expert panels to inform deliberations of the…September 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- Practitioners describe how collaboration among state agencies and local organizations help address longstanding inequities. State agency staff members and leaders of nonprofit social service organizations report multiple advantages to using a cross-sector approach to address health inequities—preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal…August 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- Structural racism causes stark health inequities and operates at every level of society, including the academic and governmental entities that support health research and practice. We argue that health research institutions must invest in research that actively disrupts racial hierarchies, with leadership from racially marginalized communities and scholars.We highlight synergies between…August 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Racism
- A community-centered approach to data sharing and policy change: Lessons for advancing health equityTakeaways: Sharing data across state agencies and community-based organizations is critical for advancing health equity and addressing complex health challenges that involve multiple sectors. Including individuals with lived expertise in data sharing and policy development can make these efforts more responsive to the needs of community members, particularly those in historically marginalized…August 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions
- In this episode of the series, Pathways to Health Equity, we speak with Dr. Sherman James, the Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, about growing up in the Deep South, firsthand experiences during the civil rights movement, and other circumstances that put him on the path of health justice, establishing him as a…July 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Environmental Injustice
- The distribution of power in society is “upstream of the upstream” social determinants of health, and community organizers redistribute power to change social and political systems that shape health. Power-building Partnerships for Health (PPH) was launched in 2018 and pairs local public health departments and community organizing groups to support transformational health equity work,…July 2022Policy and Practice, Advocacy, Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions
- Large infrastructure projects, such as mining and renewable energy projects, can affect the health of surrounding communities by changing the natural, physical and social environment. While there is limited understanding of potential health impacts of such projects on local populations in general, there is a particular need for community-driven and equity-oriented approaches to predict and manage…July 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions
- The lack of literature on Indigenous conceptions of health and the social determinants of health (SDH) for US Indigenous communities limits available information for Indigenous nations as they set policy and allocate resources to improve the health of their citizens. In 2015, eight scholars from tribal communities and mainstream educational institutions convened to examine: the limitations of…June 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Social/Structural Determinants
- This three-part series highlights learnings from Lead Local: Community-Driven Change and the Power of Collective Action, a collaborative effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that convened well-respected local organizations and leaders in the fields of community organizing, advocacy, and research to examine the relationship between health and power building. Building on the National…June 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Systemic Determinants
- This three-part series highlights learnings from Lead Local: Community-Driven Change and the Power of Collective Action, a collaborative effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that convened well-respected local organizations and leaders in the fields of community organizing, advocacy, and research to examine the relationship between health and power building. Building on the National…June 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Systemic Determinants
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