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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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- Pregnancy-related deaths among American women have risen markedly over the past 30 years, despite an overall downward trend worldwide. Many of these deaths are preventable, and the risk remains three to four times higher for black women than white women at all levels of income or education. Maternal mortality—a key measure of health care quality—is typically defined as the death of a woman during…January 2020Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be physically and mentally healthy. Here at Youth MOVE, we run into the term health equity often when dealing with high-level professionals across several fields. But when it comes to our own Youth MOVE chapter members or youth advocates on the ground, there seems to be a disconnect. Let us tell you once and for all: being a…June 2019Advocacy
- Our work is based on the idea that health and education outcomes are intrinsically linked. We seek to improve these outcomes collectively and across multiple projects. We developed ETR’s Health Equity Framework to help us, and others, think about improving interrelated outcomes from multiple, overlapping perspectives. (author abstract) #P4HEsummit2022April 2019Early Childhood Education
- Hardly a day goes by without a new story about the power of AI and how it will change our world. However, there are also dangers alongside the possibilities. While we should be rightly excited by the idea of AI revolutionizing eye disease and cancer diagnostics, or the potential transport revolution promised by autonomous vehicles, we should not ignore the risks - and one of the most pressing of…September 2018Isms and Phobias
- Strong, strategic, long-term, and trusting relationships with community partners are vital to advancing health equity and transforming public health practices. These relationships must recognize each other’s strengths, be rooted in shared values and interests, share decision making, and allow for authentic participation by those facing inequities.Rather than simply seeking feedback or hosting one…September 2018Policy and Practice
- 1 out of every 20 children under age six experiences homelessness—here's where change begins. I recently asked several friends and coworkers if they knew just how many children and families were affected by homelessness in the U.S. They were shocked to discover that an incredible 1 out of every 20 children under age six experiences homelessness. In Georgia, where I live, the statistics aren’t…August 2018Housing Discrimination, Systemic Determinants
- Funders that care about health equity have come a long way in the last 20 years. They increasingly emphasize social determinants of health, think intentionally about how to work with communities, and want to make sure those relationships are more authentic and driven by community priorities.The next frontier for health philanthropy is to squarely name and redress power imbalances and systems of…April 2018Services & Programs
- In 2016, the Hogg Foundation started its Mental Health Peer Policy Fellows Grant Program to fund the recruitment and training of certified peer specialists, who utilize their lived experience of mental illness to analyze mental health policy for organizations across the state. Latasha Taylor, a member of that cohort and a mental health organizer at Grassroots Leadership, talked with Into the Fold…February 2018Mental/Behavioral Health, Advocacy
- Last Thursday, in an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers, President Trump is reported to have made a derogatory statement about immigrants, and their places of origin. White House sources say the context for the remarks had been the President expressing frustration at the US protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and Africa. Trump reportedly expressed his desire for the US to instead…January 2018Racism
- Where an individual chooses to live can have a profound effect on their short- and long-term health. “Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities Across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States,” a paper by Murray et al. (2006), examines the gap in life expectancies found in different parts of the United States in order to more fully elucidate issues related to health…January 2018Environment/Context, Environmental/Community Health
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