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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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- Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more…February 2020Aging and Life Course
- This study aimed to examine racial and ethnic differences in significant depressive symptoms among long-term nursing home residents. We analyzed the 2014 national Minimum Data Set linked to a nursing home file, and estimated multivariable logistic regressions to determine the associations of race and ethnicities with significant depressive symptoms (score≥10 on the 9-item Patient Health…December 2019Depression, Aging and Life Course
- While the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness has decreased over the last ten years, the number of older adults experiencing sheltered homelessness is on the rise, as we report in Housing America’s Older Adults 2019. Incomes for the lowest-income older adults have not risen as fast as rents, leaving a growing number of older adult renters at risk for homelessness as they…November 2019Environment/Context
- Over the past 20 years, services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have changed significantly. The vast majority of adults with IDD now live in home and community-based settings rather than institutions. Data are collected on the IDD population's use of public programs (e.g., Medicaid and Social Security), their places of residence, and their…September 2019Services & Programs
- Background: Increasing numbers of children have been forced to flee and seek asylum in high-income countries. Current research indicates that focusing on resilience and protective factors is an important long-term goal for positive mental health and psychological functioning of refugee children.Methods: We performed a systematic review of quantitative literature regarding psychological and…August 2019Migration
- The Office of Developmental Primary Care facilitated two discussion groups in order to learn more about the experiences of people with disabilities and their families in accessing the health care system. Discussion topics included communication, personal life values, changes in or loss of function, medical decision-making, and end of life care conversations. Our ultimate purpose was to uncover…January 2019
- Last Thursday, in an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers, President Trump is reported to have made a derogatory statement about immigrants, and their places of origin. White House sources say the context for the remarks had been the President expressing frustration at the US protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and Africa. Trump reportedly expressed his desire for the US to instead…January 2018Racism
- Massachusetts state law includes a tremendous opportunity for city and town disability commissions to make their communities more accessible and more inclusive of people with disabilities. By persuading local government to adopt section 22G, commissions get access to the money collected from fines when individuals park illegally in accessible parking spaces (previously known as Handicapped…June 2017Advocacy
- A collection of analyses and research findings examining the link between immigration status, health care and health. (website abstract)November 2015Systemic Determinants, Racism
- Background: Understanding contemporary socio-cultural stressors may assist educational, clinical and policy-level health promotion efforts. This study presents descriptive findings on a new measure, the Border Community & Immigration Stress Scale (BCISS).Methods: The data were from two community surveys as part of community based participatory projects conducted in the Southwestern US border…May 2015Mental/Behavioral Health
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