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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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- As new technology reveals what couldn’t be seen before, we’re also looking at its future impacts on public health. CDC is exploring new applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) for public health, such as forecasting trends in opioid overdose mortality, using natural language processing methods on foodborne outbreak data, and using large language models to improve…April 2023Policy and Practice
- As abortion rights become more restricted in the United States, a new study shows that it’s become harder for women to access reproductive health care services more broadly – such as routine screenings and birth control – in recent years.April 2023Abortion Access
- For more than a decade, the Network for Public Health Law has worked with key stakeholders across the United States to advance law and policy that supports safer, healthier, stronger and more equitable communities. The Network provides technical assistance, trainings, evidence-based tools and resources, and connects public health policymakers, officials, lawyers, and practitioners as well as…April 2023Reproductive/Sexual Health
- Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that happen between ages 1 and 17. These negative experiences affect a child’s brain and health as they grow into adults. ACEs can lead to mental health or chronic health conditions. Lifelong treatment and management of ACEs help a person lead a fulfilling life. (author introduction)April 2023Maternal/Child Health
- Black Maternal Health Week is recognized each year from April 11-17 to bring attention and action in improving Black maternal health. Everyone can play a role in working to prevent pregnancy-related deaths and improving maternal health outcomes. (author introduction) #P4HEwebinarMay2022April 2023Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Desegregation-focused housing policies aimed at reducing disparities in neighborhood conditions may also reduce disparities in health outcomes. This paper examines the effects of one such policy on the health of pregnant people and their newborn infants. Specifically, it studies the impact of Massachusetts Chapter 40B, a major civil rights-era housing policy that increases the supply of…April 2023Maternal/Child Health, Healthy Housing
- Civic engagement is positively associated with important health and developmental benefits for participating adolescents and young adults. As illustrated by youth political participation, social activism, and rallies for racial justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth civic engagement is often inspired by and responsive to problems that are salient to a young person’s lived experiences.…April 2023Maternal/Child Health, Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- Advancing diagnostic equity through clinician engagement, community partnerships, and connected careWhile the COVID 19 pandemic exposed longstanding race- and ethnicity-related healthcare inequity in the USA, equity issues specifically related to the diagnostic process warrant additional exploration. For example, Black, Hispanic, and Asian patients experience significantly higher rates of infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19, yet are less likely to be tested for coronavirus.…April 2023Policy and Practice
- Pata Suyemoto is a feminist scholar, educator, curriculum developer, activist, and artist. Her work promotes racial equity in mental health and suicide prevention through teaching and advocacy. She advocates for equity and inclusion at all levels of mental health care, from grassroots organizations to state-level policy institutions. Dr. Suyemoto has spoken and written about being a suicide…March 2023Advocacy, Racism
- This fact sheet discusses general principles for disaster mental health response, including the importance of identifying survivors with psychiatric disorders and providing them treatment. It also introduces frameworks for disaster mental health response, and case identification for posttraumatic stress disorder, the most common psychiatric disorder after disasters. (author description) #…March 2023Mental/Behavioral Health, Disasters
- People have different approaches to understanding what health equity is and how to achieve it. This webinar brings together people from multiple sectors for a conversation and discussion of what success in health equity work looks like. Speakers hail from a variety of backgrounds including academia, non-profits, philanthropy, and community activism, among others. Their stories highlight the broad…March 2023Policy and Practice
- In this talk, Dr. Costanza-Chock presents an overview of their new book, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need, published by the MIT Press in 2020. The book is an exploration of how we might re-imagine design to be led by marginalized communities as a tool to help dismantle structural inequality, advance collective liberation, and support ecological survival. More…March 2023Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions, Social/Structural Determinants
- Policy Points:The historic 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision has created a new public policy landscape in the United States that will restrict access to legal and safe abortion for a significant proportion of the population.Policies restricting access to abortion bring with them significant threats and harms to health by delaying or denying essential evidence…March 2023Abortion Access
- "The Greensboro Experience: A Public Health Lens on Refugee Health Disparity During a Pandemic” was a dynamic webinar with community and academic experts who helped create awareness of the misinformation the refugee diaspora receive about the US healthcare system, exacerbating unique health disparities combined with COVID-19 risks. Refugees are a significant part of our economy and we can no…March 2023COVID-19/Coronavirus, Social/Structural Determinants
- This resource reports on the sessions of the 2023 Annual Cancer Research Symposium. #P4HEwebinarFebruary2024March 2023Cancer
- Social media is an essential component of health promotion, education and communication (Hefler et al., 2020). Social media is a cost-effective health promotion tool, with many benefits including targeted messaging, community education, and functionality to reach both the general population and target populations (Hefler et al., 2020). In Australia, popular forms of social media include Facebook…March 2023Advocacy
- Amid a series of public health crises and social injustice tragedies, health equity has become a fundamental priority for policy makers and the entire health care industry. From government to professional associations and private companies, measuring health equity has been proposed as a first step toward ultimately closing gaps. To date, most efforts have been focused on stratifying existing…March 2023Services & Programs
- Interventions to address social drivers of health (SDH), such as food insecurity, transportation, and housing, can reduce future health care costs but require up-front investment. Although Medicaid managed care organizations have incentives to reduce costs, volatile enrollment patterns and coverage changes may prevent them from realizing the full benefits of their SDH investments. This phenomenon…March 2023Medicaid, Social Environment
- The Colorado Trust (“The Trust”) recognizes that policy change is imperative to rectify health and racial inequities that have persisted for centuries. We believe that when communities have power, they will be able to contribute to policies that address the social determinants of health and reduce health inequities, thereby improving the health and well-being of their members. The Trust’s…March 2023Services & Programs
- Health care systems across the U.S. are increasingly focused on opportunities to achieve greater health equity. Cultivating meaningful relationships with their surrounding communities and involving community members in program and policy decision-making is integral for health systems to offer equitable care. By prioritizing collaborative relationships with community partners, health systems can…March 2023Policy and Practice
- This Q&A provides insight into Wesley Prater’s professional journey, personal influences, and perspectives on health equity and philanthropy. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of ensuring more positive outcomes for Black Mississippians.February 2023Social/Structural Determinants
- Housing and Children’s Healthy Development (HCHD) is a longitudinal study of families with children aged 3 to 10 years of age at the study’s inception that tests the impact of offering the families rental assistance through HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program on their housing choices, housing and neighborhood quality, and children’s development. The study intends to reveal how being offered the…February 2023Healthy Housing
- Helping someone less fortunate feels good, right? But when people from rich countries show up in low- and middle-income countries dispensing goodwill and largesse, their efforts may, at best, be too little and, at worst, could do harm. Dr. Kirk Scirto, a family practice physician in Buffalo, New York, has devoted more than two decades to trying to help others through global health promotion…February 2023Interventions, Global Health
- The Partners for Advancing Health Equity Collaborative hosted the webinar, Moving to Action: Applying P4HE Learnings to Address Urgent Health Equity Matters on February 28, 2023. Panelists shared P4HE’s first year of activities and plans for year two and engaged in discussion about urgent matters effecting health equity and social justice. This report provides a synthesis of key takeaways,…February 2023Policy and Practice
- Health inequity is real, and it can be seen in statistics that show there are more than 74,000 excess deaths among Black people compared with white people each year in the 30 largest American cities. This includes the home of the AMA’s headquarters, Chicago, where racial inequities in mortality rates result in an average of 3,804 excess deaths among Black people a year compared to white people,…February 2023Services & Programs, Racism
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