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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 2018, prostate cancer was the most diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of death from cancer among men in the United States (106.8 cases/100,000 and 7.8 deaths/100,000) and in Oklahoma (95.7 cases/100,000 and 8.4 deaths/100,000). Nationally, Oklahoma ranks 39th worst among all states in prostate cancer incidence and 13th worst in overall prostate cancer mortality. Prostate cancer…November 2021Cancer
- Maternal safety refers to the safety of a person during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Transitions through pregnancy and birth can pose complex safety challenges, and normal physiologic changes can result in signs and symptoms that make it difficult to recognize and diagnose serious illness. Additionally, patients may not receive timely or adequate information about their health…October 2021Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- The California Endowment (TCE) launched its Community/Stakeholder Engagement (C/SE) process in the fall of 2016 as part of a mid-point review of Building Healthy Communities (BHC). The aim was to learn from a wide range of people involved in or knowledgeable about BHC – including adult and youth residents in BHC sites, other community partners, state advocates and policymakers, evaluators and…September 2021Advocacy, Interventions, Physical Environment, Social Environment
- Many chronic health conditions are preventable, yet they are leading causes of death and disability in the United States. In addition, people with certain chronic health conditions are more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 than people without them. Poor diet is one prominent risk factor for chronic health conditions, alongside tobacco use, physical inactivity, and others. Numerous…August 2021Cancer, Diabetes, Heart disease
- The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the importance of universal access to affordable, high quality child care. For many racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, however, that access has been a long-standing issue. A 2017 CLASP report noted the structural racism that creates and perpetuates inequities and the fragmented U.S. child care system for young children ages birth to 5 years…August 2021Early Adulthood, Services & Programs
- Improving DE&I among the health care workforce is an important component of ensuring health equity. Research by Deloitte and NAHSE aims to ascertain where the industry is in terms of DE&I in the workforce and what it can do to improve performance. (author introduction) #P4HEwebinarMay2023July 2021Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing
- Immunization inequity contributes to negative health outcomes for both individuals and the population as a whole. Equitable immunization systems not only prevent potentially devastating vaccine-preventable illnesses, but also generate health more broadly by attracting people, including marginalized populations, into healthcare to improve other health inequalities. While longstanding inequities in…June 2021COVID-19/Coronavirus, Vaccine Access and Uptake, Social/Structural Determinants
- On April 20, 2021, CDC launched an agency-wide health equity science and intervention strategy to holistically reimagine how the agency approaches health equity. CDC commits to: Cultivate comprehensive health equity science, Optimize interventions, Reinforce and expand robust partnerships, and Enhance capacity and workforce engagement (also known as CORE commitments). CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle…April 2021Interventions, Services & Programs, Social/Structural Determinants, Systemic Determinants
- Fossil fuels — coal, oil, and gas — lie at the heart of the crises we face, including public health, racial injustice, and climate change. This report synthesizes existing research and provides new analysis that finds that the fossil fuel industry contributes to public health harms that kill hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and disproportionately endanger Black, Brown,…April 2021Interventions, Environment/Context, Climate Change, Environmental Injustice, Racism
- The COVID-19 pandemic has made explicit the health disparities that have long existed worldwide, exposing their roots in systems of exclusion and power. Since the novel coronavirus first hit cities across the globe, we have seen drastically different local and national responses, levels of risk and vulnerability, and emergent supports—in response to both the health crisis and the accompanying…April 2021COVID-19/Coronavirus
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