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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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- The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide racial justice movement over the past several years have heightened the focus on health disparities and their underlying causes and contributed to the increased prioritization of health equity. These disparities are not new and reflect longstanding structural and systemic inequities rooted in racism and discrimination. Although growing efforts have focused…April 2023Social/Structural Determinants, Racism
- In honor of PRIDE month, speakers discussed strategies to advance justice and health. This P4HE Webinar included information on how to take LGBTQ+ research and science to engage with policy makers to advance LGBTQ+ rights, which is particularly critical given the anti LGBTQ+ movement springing up across the United States and globally. #P4HEwebinarJune2022June 2022Policy and Practice
- A recent survey of large US employers found women of color and LGBTQ+ employees have the highest share of unmet basic needs. Employers may consider expanding the range of benefits offered. (author introduction) #P4HEwebinarMay2023December 2021Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Social/Structural Determinants
- This year will likely be remembered for important and positive moments for the United States, including passage of the Equality Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and the widespread distribution of COVID-19 vaccines that have provided nearly half of the population with full immunity. However, it also comes with a sobering statistic: 2021 is on track to become the deadliest year in history…July 2021Isms and Phobias
- Lawmakers in at least 35 states have introduced more than 250 bills that aim to curb the rights of LGBTQ people, with more than 100 bills specifically targeting transgender people in what advocacy groups have called the worst year for anti-LGBTQ legislation in recent history.A majority of the measures impact transgender youth, a population that is already disproportionately impacted by mental…May 2021Policy & Law, Social/Structural Determinants, Transphobia
- Health care professionals nationally may be inadequately trained to address gaps in health care affecting underserved communities, according to findings published this summer in a JAMA Network Open paper. VCU’s health sciences schools are working to bridge this gap. In the fall of 2020, VCU’s health sciences schools initiated several inaugural events to increase awareness of the health care needs…January 2021Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
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