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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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- California is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse states in the United States. In fact, racial and ethnic minorities are now the majority in California, with the proportion of Latinos now surpassing Whites. However, non-White groups – namely, Latinos, African-Americans, and American Indians – are underrepresented in health professions that require an undergraduate or graduate degree.…July 2018Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- This article describes a framework and empirical evidence to support the argument that educational programs and policies are crucial public health interventions. Concepts of education and health are developed and linked, and we review a wide range of empirical studies to clarify pathways of linkage and explore implications. Basic educational expertise and skills, including fundamental knowledge,…May 2015Advocacy, Communication
- Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth brought school-connected mental health services to immigrants and refugees in 15 communities in eight states. From 2007 to 2010, partnerships developed model mental health programs that engaged schools, families, students, mental health agencies, and other local organizations in building culturally appropriate…February 2015Anxiety, Depression, Racism
- Objectives: Housing First is a supportive housing model for persons with histories of chronic homelessness that emphasizes client-centered services, provides immediate housing, and does not require treatment for mental illness or substance abuse as a condition of participation. Previous studies of Housing First have found reduced governmental costs and improved personal well-being among…November 2014Substance Use and Misuse, Housing Discrimination, Healthy Housing
- For the poorest people, moving out of poverty can be an enormous challenge. But continuing to stay out of poverty for the rest of their lives is a much greater and for some, impossible, task. Many people rise above the poverty line only to tumble back beneath it. This report demonstrates that escaping from poverty is not a one-way street – many families slide back below the poverty line because…March 2014Policy and Practice
- Despite significant financial support for health equity research, health and health care disparities persist. To date, no formal analysis of trends and gaps in funded disparities-focused research has been conducted to ensure targeted investments focus on priority populations, outcomes, and building an evidence base for solutions to health and health care inequities. Health equity researchers,…January 2014Policy and Practice
- The news that US $12.7 million in donor funds had been embezzled from Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) hit the headlines in many donor capitals in late 2012, prompting serious questions about Uganda’s commitment to fight corruption. The stolen donor funds were earmarked as crucial support for rebuilding northern Uganda, ravaged by a 20-year war, and Karamoja, Uganda’s poorest region.…October 2013Policy and Practice
- In the recent years, CLTS (Community lad total sanitation) has become widely promoted and implemented by several NGOs (Plan International) and sponsored by relevant donors (UNICEF) in Asia, Africa and Latin America. An initial discussion on CLTS was held in the IFRC WatSan global meeting in Dakar (June 09). At that stage, key WatSan stakeholders within the red cross / red crescent showed initial…February 2010Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Services & Programs
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