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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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- Behavioral health equity is the right of all individuals, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or geographical location, to access high-quality and affordable healthcare services and support.Advancing behavioral health equity means working to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible. In conjunction…May 2023Mental/Behavioral Health
- Importance: Health inequities exist for racial and ethnic minorities and persons with lower educational attainment due to differential exposure to economic, social, structural, and environmental health risks and limited access to health care. Objective: To estimate the economic burden of health inequities for racial and ethnic minority populations (American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black…May 2023Social/Structural Determinants
- Equitable access to health and well-being is a basic human right that escapes many people based on various factors including but not limited to race/ethnicity, socioeconomics, access to care, health literacy and understanding how to navigate the healthcare system. To really address health equity everyone must acknowledge the state of health equity and barriers to achieving health equity. This…May 2023Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- For many who have taken up a new language or visited a foreign country, language barriers are often unexpected hiccups and might even be a bit embarrassing. But what happens when language barriers become an everyday encounter that impacts your fundamental autonomy, your voice, and your rights? This talk explores the role of language barriers in healthcare and the power of language translators in…May 2023Communication
- Companies know that smoking is bad for business. It’s associated with more illness and more sick days. And it costs more: extra cleaning, healthcare expenses and as much as 30% more in fire and property insurance premiums. More than a third of U.S. workplaces offered smoking cessation programs in 2020. Smoking is a problem companies don't ignore. But they do ignore something equally dangerous:…May 2023Social Environment
- APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, urged policymakers and others, particularly those working directly with Black youth, to address inequities in mental health by focusing on prevention efforts. He also highlighted the progress he sees in young people being more vocal than previous generations about their own mental health struggles in a Tuesday roundtable discussion with White House Domestic…April 2023Mental/Behavioral Health
- People have different approaches to understanding what health equity is and how to achieve it. This webinar series brought together people from multiple sectors for a conversation and discussion of what success in health equity work looks like. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds including academia, non-profits, philanthropy, and community activism, among others. Their stories highlighted the…April 2023Policy and Practice
- Importance: Studies have suggested that greater primary care physician (PCP) availability is associated with better population health and that a diverse health workforce can improve care experience measures. However, it is unclear whether greater Black representation within the PCP workforce is associated with improved health outcomes among Black individuals.Objective: To assess county-level…April 2023Policy and Practice
- This site offers information on reproductive and emergency medical care rights, as well as relevant updates to current legislation and policies. #P4HEwebinarMay2022April 2023Reproductive/Sexual Health, Policy & Law
- Civic engagement is positively associated with important health and developmental benefits for participating adolescents and young adults. As illustrated by youth political participation, social activism, and rallies for racial justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth civic engagement is often inspired by and responsive to problems that are salient to a young person’s lived experiences.…April 2023Maternal/Child Health, Community-rooted/Participatory Research
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