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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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- Americans with more education live longer, healthier lives than those with fewer years of schooling. But why does education matter so much to health? The links are complex—and tied closely to income and to the skills and opportunities that people have to lead healthy lives in their communities. How are health and education linked? There are three main connections:Education can create…February 2015Early Childhood Education, High School Graduation
- Advocacy is a critical population health strategy that emphasizes collective action to effect systemic change. It focuses on changing upstream factors related to the social determinants of health, and explicitly recognizes the importance of engaging in political processes to effect desired policy changes at organizational and system levels. Advocacy influences decision-making to create positive…January 2015Advocacy, Social/Structural Determinants
- 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
- International medical volunteerism among US practitioners is increasing each year, yet there is no single professional group, society or published universal framework for conducting such programs to ensure quality, effectiveness, and/or sustainability. This review seeks to assess existing literature that might inform a set of medical outreach best practices to enhance teams’ ability to improve…May 2013Global Health
- This chapter examines ways that outsiders, especially in international settings of the ‘south,’ can play a more creative catalytic role within an asset based-approach. It is a personal reflection drawn from years of first-hand practical experience. What works, what doesn’t, what are outstanding issues and questions? They are organised around a number of lessons learned, propositions, examples,…October 2012Environmental/Community Health
- A Decade of Advocacy is a case study of the Strategic Alliance, a network of 15 California-based organizations that came together to promote health food and activity environments. This document provides a roadmap for effective collaboration and highlights the impact a group of organizations can have when working tougher to effect change. The document answers a series of critical questions,…April 2012Chronic Disease, Advocacy, Environmental/Community Health
- The fields of health equity and human rights have different languages, perspectives, and tools for action, yet they share several foundational concepts. This paper explores connections between human rights and health equity, focusing particularly on the implications of current knowledge of how social conditions may influence health and health inequalities, the metric by which health equity is…January 2010Policy and Practice, Environment/Context
- Disabled people represent between 10% and 20% of the world’s population, depending on the definitions adopted. They are disproportionately poor, and have historically experienced diverse forms of social exclusion. The rise of the disability rights movement, the establishment of disability discrimination legislation in many countries, and the advent of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons…November 2009Postsecondary Education
- Improving population health requires understanding and changing societal structures and functions, but countervailing forces sometimes undermine those changes, thus reflecting the adaptive complexity inherent in public health systems. The purpose of this paper is to propose systems thinking as a conceptual rubric for the practice of team science in public health, and transdisciplinary,…August 2008Systemic Determinants
- The Fenway Guide provides guidance, practical guidelines, and discussions of clinical issues pertinent to the LGBT patient and community. It also focuses on helping healthcare professionals gain a better understanding of the LGBT population, the LGBT life continuum, health promotion and disease prevention, transgender health, and patient communication and the office environment, The Fenway Guide…June 2008School-Based Health Care, Homophobia, Transphobia
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