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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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- IntroductionImmunizations 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…July 2024Vaccines
- Why Equity Matters: Across the nation, gaps in health are large, persistent and increasing—many of them caused by barriers set up at all levels of our society. After all, it's hard to be healthy without access to good jobs and schools and, safe, affordable homes. Health equity means increasing opportunities for everyone to live the healthiest life possible, no matter who we are, where we live, or…July 2024Services & Programs
- Find diseases and conditions; healthy living; workplace safety; environmental health; injury, violence and safety; global health; travelers’ health and more. (author abstract)June 2024Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
- Republicans and Democrats responded in starkly different ways to the COVID-19 pandemic, from their attitudes in 2020 about whether the virus posed a threat to whether the pandemic ended in 2023. The consequences of COVID-19 for health equity has been a central concern in public health, and the concept of health equity has also been beset by partisan polarization. In this essay, we present and…June 2024COVID-19/Coronavirus, Systemic Determinants
- CDC conducts surveillance of chronic diseases to:Better understand the extent of health risk behaviors, preventive care practices, and the burden of chronic diseases. Monitor the progress of prevention efforts. Help public health professionals and policy makers make more timely and effective decisions. (author introduction)May 2024Services & Programs
- For decades, tobacco companies have used promotions, targeted marketing, and other tactics to unfairly increase access to and appeal of tobacco products for certain population groups. Discrimination, poverty, and other social conditions have also been linked to tobacco product use and can make it harder to quit. These factors are linked to high levels of disease, disability, and death from…May 2024Environment/Context
- Are libraries evenly located across the country? Do all residents in your state—regardless of race or income—have equitable access to polling places? Does your dataset accurately reflect your county’s or city’s population? This tool can help government agencies, policymakers, and community advocates easily answer such questions by assessing demographic and spatial disparities in their data. (…March 2024Physical Environment
- California continues its focus on health equity and strives to provide the highest possible standard of health for all Californians. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) uses health equity data to improve the state's response and to track trends over time. Collecting and reporting health equity data helps to identify those at greatest risk and to provide special attention to those…March 2024COVID-19/Coronavirus, Vaccines
- LGBTQI+ people are a vital part of our nation and have remained resilient in their fight for equal rights. However, the LGBTQI+ community is currently facing unprecedented levels of discrimination: State attacks explicitly targeting the rights of LGBTQI+ people have surged in recent years, while attempts to ban gender-affirming health care and criminalize drag performances have spread through…January 2024Policy and Practice
- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) brings actionable data, evidence, guidance and stories to support community-led efforts to grow community power and improve health equity. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) created CHR&R for communities across the nation, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This year, we focus on the connection…January 2024Services & Programs
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