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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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- For two decades, The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) Grantee Perception Report (GPR) has been an important tool to gather and act on grantee feedback. The 2023 GPR findings indicate that grantees see the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) commitment to building strong partnerships and creating a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right. (author introduction)May 2024Services & Programs
- ODP selected 10 young artists from across the country to receive cash prizes for their original art showing what people or communities can do to prevent disease and injury, support well-being, and promote more equitable health outcomes for everyone (learn more about ODP’s art challenge below). ODP awarded prizes based on the artwork’s creativity, quality, and thoughtfulness about how prevention…May 2024Advocacy
- In New Orleans, Black residents have higher rates of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and poor mental health. These conditions are exacerbated by historically higher uninsured rates due to systemic community disinvestment. These disadvantages have led to a 15- to 25-year deficit in life expectancy between Black communities and the city’s wealthier, whiter…May 2024Advocacy
- This website provides links and resources for the Poetry for the Public's Health section of the Health Promotion Practice journal. #P4HEwebinarMay2024May 2024Policy and Practice
- Data are a cornerstone for efforts to advance health equity. How we ask for, analyze, and report information on race and ethnicity affects our ability to understand the racial and ethnic composition of our nation’s population and our ability to identify and address racial disparities in health and health care. The accuracy and precision of such data have important implications for identifying…April 2024Policy and Practice
- ECHO autism communities are the first ECHO programs to regularly include people with lived experience on ECHO sessions as equal experts and teachers to other providers. (author description) #P4HEwebinarJuly2024April 2024Advocacy
- About National Medical Association Region IIThe National Medical Association (NMA) is the oldest and largest non-profit professional, educational, and scientific organization in the United States representing African American physicians and the millions of multi-ethnic patients they serve.The organizational structure of the NMA provides an established national network of affiliated community-…April 2024Policy and Practice
- Researchers often lament that government decision-makers do not generate or use research evidence. People in government often lament that researchers are not responsive to government's needs. Yet there is increasing enthusiasm in government, research, and philanthropy sectors for developing, investing in, and sustaining government-research partnerships that focus on government's use of evidence.…April 2024Policy and Practice
- In public health research and practice, data visuals play an important role. They are tools for education, awareness, and persuasion. Key health agencies create visual messages to reach people of all literacy and education levels to help them quickly understand information by complementing or replacing text with images. A well-designed infographic on how wash hands in 12 steps is critical for…April 2024Communication
- Sepsis Alliance is the leading sepsis organization in the U.S. working in all 50 states to save lives and reduce suffering from sepsis. Sepsis Alliance is a charitable organization run by a dedicated team who share a strong commitment to battling sepsis.Our Vision: A world in which no one is harmed by sepsis.Our Mission: Save lives and reduce suffering by improving sepsis awareness and care.The…April 2024Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Policy and Practice
- The Coalition is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals through federal and local advocacy, education, and research. The Coalition strives to address the entire LGBTQ+ community, including individuals of every sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and age regardless of disability, income, education, and…April 2024Policy and Practice
- The politics of health equity involve a variety of views, beliefs, and factors that affect how health inequity is discussed and how health policies are implemented. Such differing political perspectives shape our perceptions of health issues and health disparities experienced by marginalized populations, influencing the actions taken to address them. Political divides and polarization are…March 2024Policy and Practice
- The House Ways and Means Committee hearing on March 18, 2024, highlights several health-related issues, including the importance of ensuring access to emergency medical care in rural and underserved areas through the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation and freestanding emergency centers (FECs). It addresses challenges with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements and discusses the critical…March 2024Policy & Law, Environmental/Community Health
- In recent years, advocates have sought to address societal problems by making critical information more transparent. Social movements such as open education, open science, open access, and open-source software have led to advances that benefit much of humanity: more equitable access to educational resources; public services such as Wikipedia; and essential medical research, which contributed to…March 2024Policy and Practice
- Birth outcomes nationwide are characterized by wide disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality. One potential solution to mitigating these disparities has been to increase access to doulas—traditionally defined as individuals who provide emotional, informational, and physical support around and during the time of birth. However, support with navigating challenges throughout the entire…March 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- The Ways of Knowing Symposia is a series of five collaborative events focused on cultivating a more holistic appreciation of the different ways people understand the world and fostering a more inclusive and equitable standard for rigor in health research. This video is a recording of the first session, the Ways of Knowing Symposia Kickoff, a hybrid event held on March 7th in New Orleans,…March 2024Services & Programs
- In 2018, it was estimated that health inequities cost the United States economy $451 billion, the equivalent of 2% of the U.S. gross domestic product (LaVeist et al., 2023). The disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the monetary and human cost of persistent inequities that permeate all systems including emergency response. Racial and ethnic minority individuals had higher…March 2024Policy and Practice
- The Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE) Research Collaborative hosted our fourth workshop series, which focused on design thinking and design justice. This three-part workshop series introduced participants to the problem-solving methods of design thinking to work toward justice and discussed how the social, environmental, and political histories of place can inform practices of…March 2024Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- Black and Brown maternal health disparities are rooted in historical health policies limiting power and reproductive decision-making in the United States. From anti-Black racism in the field of obstetrics and gynecology and policies such as the Sheppard–Towner Act of 1921 in the American South, to xenophobia through the forced sterilization of non-English speaking mothers in the 20th and 21st…February 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- Every day, two or three women die because of pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly 80% of these deaths are preventable. These outcomes disproportionately impact racialized populations, including Black and Indigenous women, who are two to three times more likely to die. The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health is a guide for maternal health stakeholders (like researchers,…February 2024Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
- As the root causes of health inequities are more readily acknowledged, it is clear that efforts to redress injustices toward equity are required. Advocacy and activism are key approaches to progress toward equity, yet can be overlooked as effective public health practices. This webinar will discuss concepts related to advocacy and activism for health equity and give attendees actionable steps and…February 2024Advocacy
- Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although the diagnostic technology of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has advanced, accurate and differential diagnoses of PTB are still challenging. In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its wide application in the medical field have provided new opportunities for diagnosing and…February 2024Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Policy and Practice
- Institution-led health equity initiatives often fail to produce effective, sustainable changes, in part because of superficial partnerships with the community that the interventions are intended to benefit. Community members have valuable knowledge and skills that are often underappreciated in these collaborations.In this blueprint, we present real world examples of how community-led efforts can…February 2024Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- Societal systems act individually and in concert to create and perpetuate structural racism through both policies and practices at the local, state, and federal levels that, in turn, generate racial health disparities. Both current and historical policy approaches across multiple sectors including but not limited to housing, employment, health insurance, immigration and criminal legal, have the…February 2024Policy & Law
- Danya Keene and her team are on a mission to improve health care for unhoused people. Based out of the Yale School of Public Health, the Housing and Health Equity Lab has explored the effects of housing disparities and homelessness on people’s health since its founding in 2020. Her team aims to get a deeper understanding of how access to housing affects health outcomes and develops solutions to…January 2024Advocacy
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