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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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  • During Quarter 4 of 2025, P4HE’s Quarterly Learning Journey will focus on an essential topic: implementing equitable resource distribution to advance health equity. Our activities will center around three areas: identifying present and historical gaps in resource distribution and their effect on health, coordinating resource distribution across partners, and strategizing ways to ensure and…
    December 2025
    Policy and Practice
  • During Quarter 3 of 2025, P4HE’s Quarterly Learning Journey will focus on an essential topic: creating organizational change to advance health equity. Our activities will center around three areas: understanding the role of communities and community partners, emphasizing health equity as a strategic priority, and fostering power sharing as a culture shift.Learnings and resources will be updated…
    September 2025
    Policy and Practice
  • During Quarter 2 of 2025, P4HE’s Quarterly Learning Journey focused on an essential topic: combatting misinformation and disinformation to advance health equity. Our activities centered around three primary areas: understanding the role of misinformation in relation to health (in)equity, identifying misinformation, and determining effective ways to combat health-related misinformation. Check…
    June 2025
    Policy and Practice
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Organizational Change for Health Equity. Organizational change for health equity refers to implementing strategies within health systems to ensure fair and just access to health care for all individuals. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to drive action for policy makers, private sector leaders,…
    May 2025
    Policy and Practice
  • During Quarter 1 of 2025, P4HE’s Quarterly Learning Journey focused on an essential topic: leveraging civic engagement and policy change to advance health equity. Our activities centered around three primary areas: civic engagement, political advocacy, and policy change. Check out the following pages for each learning and resource for Quarter 1. Level Setting Dialogue: This resource…
    March 2025
    Policy and Practice
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Combatting Misinformation and Advancing-Truth Telling. Combatting misinformation and advancing truth requires taking actions to correct and minimize the spread of false information. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to drive action for policy makers, practitioners, private sector leaders,…
    March 2025
    Services & Programs
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Political Engagement. Political engagement within health equity refers to the active involvement of individuals and groups in the political processes that influence health outcomes and the distribution of health resources. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to drive action for policy makers,…
    January 2025
    Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
  • The 2024 election has introduced significant uncertainties to the landscape of federal health policy and public health. The current federal climate carries considerable implications for health equity, access to care, and overall well-being. This is especially pertinent in the context of rebuilding trust in health systems and advancing health policy. Ensuring health equity involves addressing…
    November 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Backlash and Social Cohesion. Backlash and Social Cohesion refers to the sense of belonging of a community and the relationships among members within it. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to level set for policy makers, private sector leaders, community members, academics, researchers, advocates,…
    September 2024
    Social/Structural Determinants
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on Power Sharing in Grantmaking. Power Sharing in Grantmaking refers to the practice of distributing decision-making authority and control over resources among various stakeholders involved in the grantmaking process. This includes funders, grantees, and the communities they serve. It's a collaborative approach that aims to democratize…
    September 2024
    Policy and Practice, Services & Programs
  • Welcome to the P4HE Collaborative Resource Spotlight on the role of philanthropy in advancing health equity. Philanthropy has a critical role to play in ensuring that health disparities are acknowledged and addressed. In this blog post, we’re excited to share a curated list of resources designed to level set for policy makers, private sector leaders, community members, academics, researchers,…
    August 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation describes the Transforming Academia for Equity initiative as “a bold opportunity for academic institutions to identify, challenge, and move beyond the shadow of the historical roots of structural racism and exclusion.”Taking part in the initiative provided us with time to explore how structural racism and systemic oppression are embedded in our policies,…
    July 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • This website includes links to resources on LGBT equality and economic opportunity. 
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • This collection of resources provides key information and tools to support communities and organizations to authentically engage people with lived experience in co-design and implementation efforts to advance equity. (website description) #P4HEwebinarNovember2024
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • This reading list includes books and articles recommended by Yale School of Public Health faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Nonfiction: “A History of My Brief Body” by Billy-Ray Belcourt “And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic” by Randy Shilts “A Place for Us: A Memoir” by Brandon J. Wolf “Between You and Me: Transitional Comics” by KC Councilor “In…
    May 2023
    Social/Structural Determinants
  • Black children often face racism even before starting school, which contributes to a significant mental health crisis. On average, Black teenagers experience five instances of racial discrimination per day. The systemic barriers to accessing mental health care, such as cost and mistrust, disproportionately prevent Black teens from receiving necessary support.
    May 2023
    Mental/Behavioral Health
  • For more than a decade, the Network for Public Health Law has worked with key stakeholders across the United States to advance law and policy that supports safer, healthier, stronger and more equitable communities. The Network provides technical assistance, trainings, evidence-based tools and resources, and connects public health policymakers, officials, lawyers, and practitioners as well as…
    April 2023
    Reproductive/Sexual Health
  • The Connecticut Health Foundation’s Health News Roundup highlights several critical issues such as workforce shortages, distrust in healthcare, racism, and legislative action that affect the mental health of communities of color. This roundup provides a snapshot of the challenges and potential policy directions for improving mental health care and addressing disparities in health outcomes. (…
    January 2023
    Mental/Behavioral Health
  • The language used to describe equity, and the people living with inequities both reflects and influences the way we think and act on the structural and social determinants of health. Intentional consideration of the words and terms we use to describe equity issues is important to build a societal and organizational culture that supports action to address population health inequities. This…
    January 2023
    Social Environment
  • Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies, racism, climate change, and…
    December 2022
    Social/Structural Determinants
  • In December 2022, the Partners for Advancing Health Equity and the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, hosted the inaugural Partners for Health Equity Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana. Day one focused on discovering New Orleans through immersive, place-based experiences. Days two and three featured sessions…
    December 2022
    Policy and Practice
  • Research suggests that increasing drug prices affects some patients’ ability to adhere to their medication regimen. To help with the affordability of prescription drugs, lawmakers have considered state pharmaceutical assistance programs, known as SPAPs. (author abstract) #P4HEwebinarNovember2022
    October 2022
    Services & Programs
  • This resource pack was curated by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator to examine the gun violence epidemic and its public health implications in the United States. This collection of resources assesses the prevalence of gun violence in the U.S., comparative policy and legislation between the U.S. and other countries, violence in schools, mass shootings, and intentional and…
    August 2022
    Gun Violence/Firearms, Social Environment
  • Health equity means everyone can live the healthiest life possible. Health inequities are unnatural, unjust, and avoidable. To advance health equity, we believe it is critical to interrogate how funding, research, and community intersect to align and harmonize our efforts to create an equitable and just world. These resources compiled by the P4HE Collaborative Team are provided to support…
    February 2022
    Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
  • The “Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease” provides lessons learned from evidence- and practice-based strategies. The innovative ideas highlight how to maximize the effects of policy, systems, and environmental improvement strategies—all with the goal of reducing health disparities and advancing health equity. (website…
    January 2022
    Chronic Disease, Social/Structural Determinants

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