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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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  • There are numerous ongoing and emerging threats to health equity, such as climate change, artificial intelligence, lack of access to insurance, and disparities in exposure to adverse childhood experiences which can impact health for a lifetime. The P4HE Collaborative emphasizes the importance of understanding these threats to health equity and addressing them through cross-sector collaboration.…
    January 2025
    Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Social/Structural Determinants
  • Introducing a Quarterly Approach: This document introduces the P4HE Collaborative’s new Quarterly Learning Journey, designed to benefit individuals and organizations striving to advance health equity through comprehensive and engaging learning experiences. Each quarter, we will focus on a specific theme, offering a series of webinars, workshops, and resources that are curated to enhance knowledge…
    December 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • The Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine has been awarded $4.76 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to continue the Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE Collaborative), a national research learning collaborative that aims to inform and synchronize research to advance solutions toward health equity. (author introduction)
    December 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • The 2024 election has introduced significant uncertainties to the landscape of federal health policy and public health. The current federal climate carries considerable implications for health equity, access to care, and overall well-being. This is especially pertinent in the context of rebuilding trust in health systems and advancing health policy. Ensuring health equity involves addressing…
    November 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • Today, and as we look to the future, numerous concepts, beliefs, practices, policies, and systems pose threats to health equity. To raise awareness of the most pressing issues for health equity and to ideate on solutions, the P4HE Collaborative is hosting a town hall style webinar to uplift your questions on current and future threats to health equity and the actions needed to overcome them. This…
    November 2024
    Policy and Practice, Systemic Determinants, Isms and Phobias
  • When talking about health, one often fails to consider the many ways the various aspects of our lives play a part in its progression. Health is a matter of wellbeing in every context, therefore it’s important to emphasize the role that key institutions play in promoting health equity. Unions, for example, are prominent drivers of health equity that people often don’t think about. However, the…
    November 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • The Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE) Research Collaborative hosted a workshop series on Mobilization of Community for Health in Latin America and the Caribbean.This three-part workshop series introduced activism in the region, including leaders among the Garifuna working to combat HIV in Honduras and the diaspora, Candomblé practitioners in Brazil, and Argentines working towards…
    October 2024
    Advocacy
  • This workshop series of three sessions, presented in collaboration with Grantmakers in Health, delves into the internal and external factors that influence how communities and health philanthropy engage with each other. We break down these factors and provide a clear understanding of what drives community involvement, and we provide actionable steps that health philanthropy can take to…
    October 2024
    Services & Programs
  • Every day, people encounter life-threatening situations related to pregnancy, childbirth, and contraception that severely impact their health, including ectopic pregnancies, harmful birthing practices, and unsafe abortions. The politically charged nature of reproductive health exacerbates these risks due to policies and systemic barriers that restrict access to quality care, insurance,…
    October 2024
    Reproductive Justice
  • This webinar kicks off a four-part virtual learning series hosted in collaboration with Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE Collaborative), and Grantmakers In Health (GIH), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving programs improve the health of all people. Throughout this virtual series, we uncover how we can collectively move…
    September 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • How can we better support families welcoming a new child? How can companies enhance their care for employees to promote a fair and just society? Companies must prioritize the well-being of their employees, as they are essential to the organization’s success. Employees should never be viewed as disposable or dispensable. Paid family leave is essential for promoting health equity and…
    September 2024
    Maternal/Child Health, Paid Family Leave
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Backlash and Social Cohesion. Backlash and Social Cohesion refers to the sense of belonging of a community and the relationships among members within it. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to level set for policy makers, private sector leaders, community members, academics, researchers, advocates,…
    September 2024
    Social/Structural Determinants
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Power Sharing in Grantmaking. Power Sharing in Grantmaking refers to the practice of distributing decision-making authority and control over resources among various stakeholders involved in the grantmaking process. This includes funders, grantees, and the communities they serve. It's a collaborative approach that aims to democratize…
    September 2024
    Policy and Practice, Services & Programs
  • In this episode we speak to Dr. Melody Goodman, Interim Dean, Professor of Biostatistics, Director, Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health, New York University. We cover her childhood living in Jamaica Queens, New York, and her unconventional career journey that led her to biostatistics and academia. We also discuss the importance of mentorship and her approach to mentoring…
    September 2024
    Community-rooted/Participatory Research
  • 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 Disability…
    August 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • Substance use disorder (SUD) is a treatable and “complex condition that involves a problematic pattern of substance use”. Recovery services are important to treating substance use disorders and for positive behavior change. These services can include detoxification, cognitive or behavioral therapy, and medication-assisted therapy in an inpatient, outpatient, or long-term sober living community…
    August 2024
    Substance Use and Misuse
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on the role of philanthropy in advancing health equity. Philanthropy has a critical role to play in ensuring that health disparities are acknowledged and addressed. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to level set for policy makers, private sector leaders, community members, academics, researchers,…
    August 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • Youth may experience “inequitable, unsafe, or unhealthy conditions” in their work and communities. Young people also have fresh perspectives, creativity, energy, and optimism, which makes them valuable contributors to their societies. Getting youth involved in shaping systems and structures which affect health may address the upstream causes of poor health and inequities. Supporting youth…
    August 2024
    Social/Structural Determinants
  • In this episode we speak to the team leading the Disrupting the Cycle project, which aims to better understand how Black people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) navigate the health services system and how to best support these individuals in a way that is culturally affirming, anti-ableist, and also affirms their ability to actively participate in their own healthcare.…
    July 2024
    Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
  • This webinar brings together cross-sector voices, including experts on intellectual and developmental disabilities, to share their insights on the unmet health needs of people with IDD and how to best serve them. Speakers discuss ways that policy makers, health care providers, communities, advocates, and academics can collaborate to center individuals with IDD when designing and implementing…
    July 2024
    Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
  • Immunizations have saved at least 154 million lives in the last 50 years and are one of the most important tools in preventive health care. They are a large contributor to the worldwide increases in life expectancy in the past century.  Vaccines work in different ways, often by introducing an antigen in the form of a weakened or inactivated version of a pathogen. This teaches immune cells to…
    July 2024
    Vaccines
  • Intellectual 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 prenatal care at…
    July 2024
    Mental/Behavioral Health, Advocacy
  • In this episode, we speak with Gabe Miller, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Associate Director of the Deep South Initiative for Advancing Sexual and Gender Minority Health, about his research that spans political and policy determinants of health; population health, inequity, and intersectionality; and broad questions of community, wellbeing, and…
    June 2024
    Isms and Phobias
  • Recent events and crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, police killings, wars, human exploitation across the globe, discriminatory policy changes, and visible effects of climate change have increased mental health challenges, especially for marginalized groups. People and organizations committed to health equity must prioritize mental health in addition to addressing these crises. Such responses…
    June 2024
    Mental/Behavioral Health
  • 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 multiple states…
    June 2024
    Advocacy

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