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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 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently allowed Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth to go back into effect. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Charles Wilson stated, “This matter is a medical issue, where patients are best left to make decisions alongside health professionals, with access to complete, unbiased information, as needed.” Wilson’s words demonstrate how bans…September 2024Advocacy
- Introduction In the United States, it’s estimated that up to 1 in 4 adults, or about 27% of adults, have some type of disability and within this group, it’s believed that 10% of the population has a medical condition that falls under the category of an “invisible disability”. These individuals often face significant barriers to employment, which can impact their health and well-being. National…August 2024Policy and Practice
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ECHO autism communities are the first ECHO programs to regularly include people with lived experience on ECHO sessions as equal experts and teachers to other providers. (author description) #P4HEwebinarJuly2024April 2024Advocacy
- This website includes links to resources on LGBT equality and economic opportunity.January 2024Policy and Practice
- Nearly a third of all nations class LGBTQ+ people as criminals. Homosexuality is still punishable by death in 12 countries. This can make it impossible for the LGBTQ+ community – still one of the groups most affected by the HIV epidemic to get the healthcare they need. (author introduction)January 2024Advocacy
- This reading list includes books and articles recommended by Yale School of Public Health faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Nonfiction: “A History of My Brief Body” by Billy-Ray Belcourt “And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic” by Randy Shilts “A Place for Us: A Memoir” by Brandon J. Wolf “Between You and Me: Transitional Comics” by KC Councilor “In the Dream House”…May 2023Social/Structural Determinants
- The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide racial justice movement over the past several years have heightened the focus on health disparities and their underlying causes and contributed to the increased prioritization of health equity. These disparities are not new and reflect longstanding structural and systemic inequities rooted in racism and discrimination. Although growing efforts have focused…April 2023Social/Structural Determinants, Racism
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