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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 is increasing evidence that civic participation - from voting to volunteering - is a social driver of health. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement convened a workshop to explore the links between civics and health; between measures of civic engagement and quantitative and qualitative measures of health equity; and the…January 2023Policy and Practice
- From scientific studies to firsthand experiences, here are this year's top 5 stories that shine a light on health disparities in America, ranked in order of unique page views. 1. Understanding 'Black fatigue' – and how to overcome it Living with racism is exhausting and a health risk, but you can find ways to protect yourself and others. 2. The legacy of Dr. Daniel Hale…December 2022Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- Today, there is no questioning the prevalence of media in day-to-day life. People in the United States spend an average of 4.5 hours a day watching some form of entertainment media. Lasting solutions to health equity require buy-in from a range of individuals and communities, including those who are not typically engaged in educational or movement-building efforts. The broad-reaching scope of…December 2022Communication
- This press release discusses Ghana's institution of new digital technology, such as tablets, to aid the capture of immunization data as well as the digitization of the country's health system.December 2022COVID-19/Coronavirus, Global Health
- The public health field experienced a collective "moment" in 2020, declaring racism a public health crisis in cities, counties, and states across the country. However, since then, too many have slipped back to "business as usual." The new report Centering Racial Justice to Strengthen the Public Health Ecosystem: Lessons from COVID-19 from Prevention Institute and Big Cities Health Coalition calls…December 2022Advocacy
- The way a society treats people who give birth says a lot about that society. Tragically, the gender- and race-based biases in American society are evident in health outcomes surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery.Our country is in the midst of a maternal health crisis. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world and 60 percent of those…December 2022Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- COVID-19 exposed more than health inequities; it also showed us the importance of digital equity, defined by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance as “a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy.” As Americans and people around the world engage with digital tools and learning…December 2022Policy and Practice
- For many non-profits in the arts and culture sector, the past two years have been intensely transformative in terms of navigating the pandemic, keeping their doors open, supporting artists when programming was shuttered and serving the community. At the Ashé Cultural Arts Center (ACAC) in New Orleans, the challenges were no different. However, true to its mission to use arts and culture to…December 2022Services & Programs
- A February 2021 article on the Health Affairs Forefront explored the increased emphasis on health equity among philanthropic organizations across the US. The piece, which shared findings from a survey of health care grantmakers, reported that more than four out of five foundations had changed or plan to change their health equity programming. Moreover, nearly half of those polled had created new…December 2022Services & Programs
- In this opening plenary session from the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Thomas LaVeist, Alonzo Plough, and Sheldon Watts held a conversation around health equity and next steps in advancing the conversation. #P4HEsummit2022December 2022Policy and Practice
- Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies, racism, climate change, and…December 2022Social/Structural Determinants
- A two-year partnership will support deployment of digital tools and data analytics in Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.December 2022Vaccine Access and Uptake, Global Health
- CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) believes that all people should have the fair and just opportunity to live their healthiest life. However, some people may not have equitable access to resources and opportunities due to unfair policies, practices, and conditions and differential treatment because of a variety of factors. These factors include but…December 2022Interventions, Social Environment
- In this closing plenary session from the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Thomas LaVeist and Michael White, a educator, jazz historian, bandleader, and composer, closed the Summit by discussing and showcasing New Orleans jazz as a metaphor for American Life. #P4HEsummit2022December 2022Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- In December 2022, the Partners for Advancing Health Equity and the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, hosted the inaugural Partners for Health Equity Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana. Day one focused on discovering New Orleans through immersive, place-based experiences. Days two and three featured sessions…December 2022Policy and Practice
- This video features highlights from the inaugural Partners for Health Equity Summit that took place December 4-6, 2022 in New Orleans, LA. This Summit, hosted by Partners for Advancing Health Equity and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, featured multiple plenaries, breakout sessions, and workshops focused on health equity and…December 2022Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Dr. Gail Christopher, Executive Director at the National Collaborative for Health Equity, emphasized the importance of allowing our vision for health and racial equity to guide the data we collect and the research we conduct to achieve sustainable change and justice. By outlining the Trust, Racial Healing, and…December 2022Policy and Practice
- Many of us supporting evidence-based policymaking got involved with applied research in hopes that our findings might reach decision makers who would then use the evidence to improve people’s well-being. But sometimes it can be hard to know if and how our evidence is driving change. One of my greatest fears is that a report I worked on for years (that a funder spent millions of dollars supporting…December 2022Maternal/Child Health, Mental/Behavioral Health
- In 2011, two of us, John Kania and Mark Kramer, published an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled “Collective Impact.” It quickly became the most downloaded article in the magazine’s history. To date, it has garnered more than one million downloads and 2,400 academic citations. More important, it encouraged many thousands of people around the world to apply the collective impact…December 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions, Services & Programs
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists spoke about their work for the Austin Justice Coalition (AJC), a community organization that focuses on improving the quality of life for people who are Black, Brown, and poor. Since 2015, AJC has served as a catalyst for positive change towards economic and racial equity for Austin’s people…December 2022Policy and Practice
- In this breakout session from the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists shared excerpt clips from the film "Public Education, Racism, and Community Health: Lessons from New Orleans" which documents the community struggle in having a say with rebuilding the city's public education system after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The webinar also highlighted the structural flaws…December 2022Education, Environment/Context, Racism
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists discussed what it means to effectively measure health equity in different settings. A main theme throughout the presentation was how measuring health equity cannot be done without also equally measuring the causes of health inequities. When thinking about how certain outcomes in health equity are…December 2022Racism
- In a breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Dr. James presented an overview on the current field of equitable grantmaking in health equity. President and CEO of Grantmakers In Health, Dr. James' company has five areas of focus for their 2023 strategic plan:health equity and social justice,access and quality,population health,community engagement and…December 2022Systemic Determinants
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Dr. Walters explained how power, love and vision are foundational elements needed when addressing historical and intergenerational trauma for health equity in the context of Native American settler colonialism.#P4HEsummit2022December 2022Policy and Practice, Environment/Context
- In this plenary session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists conducted a Q&A session with audience members revolving a series of questions on how lower-income minority communities are impacted by climate change and natural disasters, as well as what the future could look like for these populations. #P4HEsummit2022December 2022Climate Change
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