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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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- Homelessness can be surprisingly costly for taxpayers. Fortunately, socially-responsible, cost effective solutions exist. For many city officials, community leaders, and even direct service providers, it often seems that placing homeless people in shelters is the most inexpensive way to meet the basic needs of people experiencing homelessness; some may even believe that shelters are an ideal…April 2016Housing Discrimination
- In the late 1970s and 1980s, the concept of cross-cultural medicine emerged from recognition and advocacy surrounding cultural and linguistic barriers to health care. In the early 1990s, increased emphasis on health care disparities expanded the focus of cultural competency programs and trainings beyond immigrant populations and interpersonal aspects of cross-cultural health care. New focal areas…March 2016Policy and Practice
- Medical schools and teaching hospitals are addressing health and health care inequities across their research, education, and clinical missions, but these efforts aren’t always coordinated across the institution. In the absence of coordination (and formal evaluation), community health initiatives are not as efficient or effective as they could be. A lack of coordination also makes it difficult to…January 2016Community-rooted/Participatory Research, School-Based Health Care
- A collection of analyses and research findings examining the link between immigration status, health care and health. (website abstract)November 2015Systemic Determinants, Racism
- On completion of this chapter, the health promotion student and practitioner will be able to: Define and discuss the concepts of health education, health promotion, and disease prevention as these relate to working with multicultural population groups. Define and discuss at least five common terms associated with working with diverse population groups, including the terms culture, ethnicity,…June 2015Interventions
- The Migrant Health subgroup of the Campbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group focuses on evidence based migrant health, guidelines and migrant-equity. The vision of the Migrant Health Subgroup is to use Cochrane Evidence Based Methods and Equity Methods to prioritise, and synthesis quality evidence on migrant health. Evidence based guidelines for migrants are beginning to appears, for…January 2015Migration
- Negative health effects related to the transportation system can fall hardest on vulnerable members of the community, such as low-income residents, minorities, children, persons with disabilities, and older adults. Households in low-income areas typically own fewer vehicles, have longer commutes, and have higher transportation costs. Inadequate or substandard infrastructure in low-income and…December 2013Transportation
- The Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health is designed to help individuals and organizations who want to organize community conversations achieve three potential objectives:Get others talking about mental health to break down misperceptions and promote recovery and healthy communities.Find innovative community-based solutions to mental health needs, with a focus on helping young…July 2013Mental/Behavioral Health, Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- The Foreign Medical Teams (FMT) Working Group under the auspices of the Global Health Cluster and the WHO commissioned this document. It introduces a simple classification, minimums standards and a registration form for FMTs that may provide surgical and trauma care arriving within the aftermath of a sudden onset disaster (SOD). These can serve as tools to improve the coordination of the foreign…April 2013Policy and Practice
- A Practitioner's Guide for Advancing Health Equity is a resource for practitioners, partners, and stakeholders working to advance health equity through community health interventions. While health disparities can be addressed at multiple levels, this resource focuses on policy, systems, and environmental improvement strategies designed to improve the places where people live, learn, work, and…January 2013Chronic Disease
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