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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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- COVID-19 exposed more than health inequities; it also showed us the importance of digital equity, defined by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance as “a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy.” As Americans and people around the world engage with digital tools and learning…December 2022Policy and Practice
- This report details why safe worksites are often won through union-led struggles, not automatically generated by market competition, focusing on nursing homes and the broader U.S. economy. As we demonstrate below, the benefits of unionization may be especially large for Black workers, who are often exposed to the most dangerous workplace hazards, in nursing homes and writ large in U.S. workplaces…December 2022Policy & Law
- For many non-profits in the arts and culture sector, the past two years have been intensely transformative in terms of navigating the pandemic, keeping their doors open, supporting artists when programming was shuttered and serving the community. At the Ashé Cultural Arts Center (ACAC) in New Orleans, the challenges were no different. However, true to its mission to use arts and culture to…December 2022Services & Programs
- A February 2021 article on the Health Affairs Forefront explored the increased emphasis on health equity among philanthropic organizations across the US. The piece, which shared findings from a survey of health care grantmakers, reported that more than four out of five foundations had changed or plan to change their health equity programming. Moreover, nearly half of those polled had created new…December 2022Services & Programs
- In this opening plenary session from the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Thomas LaVeist, Alonzo Plough, and Sheldon Watts held a conversation around health equity and next steps in advancing the conversation. #P4HEsummit2022December 2022Policy and Practice
- CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) believes that all people should have the fair and just opportunity to live their healthiest life. However, some people may not have equitable access to resources and opportunities due to unfair policies, practices, and conditions and differential treatment because of a variety of factors. These factors include but…December 2022Interventions, Social Environment
- In this closing plenary session from the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Thomas LaVeist and Michael White, a educator, jazz historian, bandleader, and composer, closed the Summit by discussing and showcasing New Orleans jazz as a metaphor for American Life. #P4HEsummit2022December 2022Policy and Practice, 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 2022Policy and Practice
- Population health strategies tend to focus on individuals’ behaviors, genes, or health care access, yet it is well established that socioecological conditions are fundamental to health and strongly influenced by policy. In the US, health and other policies continue to be shaped by the country’s unique legacy of racial and economic segregation. Policy reform must be at the center of population…December 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Policy & Law, Systemic Determinants
- This video features highlights from the inaugural Partners for Health Equity Summit that took place December 4-6, 2022 in New Orleans, LA. This Summit, hosted by Partners for Advancing Health Equity and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, featured multiple plenaries, breakout sessions, and workshops focused on health equity and…December 2022Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Dr. Gail Christopher, Executive Director at the National Collaborative for Health Equity, emphasized the importance of allowing our vision for health and racial equity to guide the data we collect and the research we conduct to achieve sustainable change and justice. By outlining the Trust, Racial Healing, and…December 2022Policy and Practice
- In 2011, two of us, John Kania and Mark Kramer, published an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled “Collective Impact.” It quickly became the most downloaded article in the magazine’s history. To date, it has garnered more than one million downloads and 2,400 academic citations. More important, it encouraged many thousands of people around the world to apply the collective impact…December 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions, Services & Programs
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists spoke about their work for the Austin Justice Coalition (AJC), a community organization that focuses on improving the quality of life for people who are Black, Brown, and poor. Since 2015, AJC has served as a catalyst for positive change towards economic and racial equity for Austin’s people…December 2022Policy and Practice
- In this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, Dr. Walters explained how power, love and vision are foundational elements needed when addressing historical and intergenerational trauma for health equity in the context of Native American settler colonialism.#P4HEsummit2022December 2022Policy and Practice, Environment/Context
- Community-engaged participatory action research (PAR): Rewriting the script for equitable healthcareIn this breakout session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, speakers addressed three key issues:Challenges in the health care system the come from devaluing the knowledge of parents who have children with disabilities,How a "Rewrite the Script" process can help create health equity allies to address challenges, andWhat it means to go from story-telling to story-…December 2022Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Health Reform
- In this session during the Partners for Advancing Health Equity 2022 Summit, panelists discussed the role of Medicaid through a lens of health equity. Ms. McIver presented on recent achievements under the Biden Administration at the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service in relation to health equity. Ms. Avegno, coming from a local health…December 2022Medicaid
- Introduction Gun violence plagues many communities that simultaneous experience other threats to their health and safety. Policing strategies to address illegal gun carrying may exacerbate or even contribute to gun violence. Methods We conducted a mixed-methods study to understand community perspectives on gun violence, safety, and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD)’s approaches to gun…December 2022Gun policy
- This guide aims to grow understanding of what digital equity is, why it is important, and identify best practices for ensuring equity when using digital platforms. The world’s shift to a heavy reliance on virtual platforms to collaborate, exchange information, and conduct business in recent years requires that people have access to internet and utilize various digital mediums. It is important to…December 2022Policy and Practice
- As part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) strategic approach to addressing social determinants of health (SDOH), we envision a future in which all individuals, regardless of their social circumstances, have access to aligned health and social care systems that achieve equitable outcomes through high-quality, affordable, person-centered care.While identifying pathways to…November 2022Services & Programs
- Background: Foundations that support health and health care related issues are bell weathers for our nation's most pressing challenges in this area. The new National Academy of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing 2020 to 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity has been perfectly timed to provide foundations with the additional research and evidence they need to support health equity…November 2022Services & Programs
- Association of health insurance coverage disruptions with mortality risk among US working-age adultsHaving health insurance coverage is strongly associated with better access to care and health outcomes in the US. Accumulating evidence suggests that health insurance coverage disruptions—periods without insurance—are associated with lacking a usual source of care and delaying or forgoing care due to cost. Most research has been conducted among Medicaid enrollees; little is known about health…November 2022Policy and Practice
- Misinformation is a critical threat to both health care delivery and health research. We have been confronted with that threat in very real and brutal terms over the past three years of navigating a global health pandemic. This has perhaps been most visible as unvaccinated patients—many relying on false information to make a decision that puts their lives and the lives of others at risk—have…November 2022Communication
- As US voters cast ballots in the 2022 midterm elections last week, voters rated health equity matters highly among issues of concern, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center in August 2022. Although voters also rate health care highly among issues that concern them, it is joined by other public policies that are just as linked to health, including gun safety (62%) and education (…November 2022Policy and Practice, Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- What will it take to deeply embed equity in the data, evidence, and knowledge that fuel change? In this blog post, Alonzo Plough from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation details how his 25 years of experience in public health has made it clear: it’s time for new thinking, investments, practices, and approaches in research if a healthier and more equitable future is to be possible for all.November 2022Policy and Practice
- The diversity of religion within our world's population brings challenges for health care providers and systems to deliver culturally competent medical care. Cultural competence is the ability of health providers and organizations to deliver health care services that meet the cultural, social, and religious needs of patients and their families. Culturally competent care can improve patient…November 2022Services & Programs, Social Environment
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