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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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- In this breakout session from the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists shared excerpt clips from the film "Public Education, Racism, and Community Health: Lessons from New Orleans" which documents the community struggle in having a say with rebuilding the city's public education system after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The webinar also highlighted the structural flaws of the…December 2022Education, Environment/Context, Racism
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists discussed what it means to effectively measure health equity in different settings. A main theme throughout the presentation was how measuring health equity cannot be done without also equally measuring the causes of health inequities. When thinking about how certain outcomes in health equity are…December 2022Racism
- This breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit highlighted the importance of the components of communication, data visualization and storytelling being merged together as one in order to effectively message information. Dr. Feng first presented her project titled "Tracking COVID-19 effects by race and ethnicity" which was followed up by Dr. Williamson's dialogue…December 2022COVID-19/Coronavirus, Classism
- This project is funded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s program, Community Research for Health Equity (CRHE), a community-led research program that seeks to elevate community voices and make the priorities of communities the primary goal of local health system transformation efforts. The goal of this community-based participatory action research study is to expose racist, ableist, and…April 2022Systemic Determinants, Racism
- Patients of color are less likely than White patients to report being the same race as their healthcare providers. The disparity could have negative implications for patient-provider relationships and patient health outcomes.The Issue: Historical medical mistreatment of Black people in America, and other people of color, has contributed to a mistrust of healthcare providers within these groups.…March 2022Services & Programs, Racism
- The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and amplified the harsh reality of health inequities experienced by racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. Members of these groups have disproportionately been infected and died from COVID-19, yet they still lack equitable access to treatment and vaccines. Lack of equitable access to high-quality health care is in large part a result of…February 2022Vaccine Access and Uptake, Health Reform, Racism
- Systemic racism damages the health of people of color, and can also damage the health and well-being of virtually the entire society in which it operates. Systemic racism is racism that is pervasively and deeply embedded in systems and structures such as laws, written or unwritten policies, and widespread, deeply rooted, established practices, beliefs, and attitudes that produce, condone, and…January 2022Social/Structural Determinants, Racism
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a declaration reflecting what many already realized: racism is a threat to public health and a fundamental cause of health inequity in the United States. As we continue to grapple with COVID-19, now is the time to move beyond research that shines a light on health disparities and provide evidence of what works to address structural…October 2021Racism
- The use of quality measurement to identify opportunities for improvement in how, where, and when care is delivered has driven remarkable advances and saved countless lives. At the same time, persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care call attention to a striking need to address equity more directly in our health care infrastructure. Harnessing quality measurement as a tool…September 2021Health Reform, Racism
- The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated racial, ethnic, and gender disparities that have existed since long before the current public health crisis. With declining infection rates and increasing vaccination rates, the United States seems to be on a path to recovery. But a full recovery from the health and economic fallout of the pandemic will require adequately supporting our most vulnerable…June 2021Services & Programs, Racism
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