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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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  • This website includes links to resources on LGBT equality and economic opportunity. 
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • LGBTQI+ people are a vital part of our nation and have remained resilient in their fight for equal rights. However, the LGBTQI+ community is currently facing unprecedented levels of discrimination: State attacks explicitly targeting the rights of LGBTQI+ people have surged in recent years, while attempts to ban gender-affirming health care and criminalize drag performances have spread through…
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) brings actionable data, evidence, guidance and stories to support community-led efforts to grow community power and improve health equity. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) created CHR&R for communities across the nation, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This year, we focus on the connection…
    January 2024
    Services & Programs
  • Local public health and health care systems across Wisconsin conduct priority-setting processes. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute has compiled priorities from community health needs assessments (CHNA/CHA) and community health improvement plans (CHIP) from hospitals and health departments to create opportunities for shared learning and alignment of efforts. (author…
    January 2024
    Community-rooted/Participatory Research
  • By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, the Human Rights Campaign strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people plus community members who use different language to describe identity are ensured equality and embraced as…
    January 2024
    Advocacy
  • The Implementation Science Exchange is a free, online source for those interested in resources to help design, acquire funding for, execute and disseminate Implementation Science research projects. We find (and create) resources, tools, websites, guides, toolkits, and sample grant applications to help support researchers in the field of Implementation Science—particularly those new to research or…
    January 2024
    Services & Programs
  • PHERN, or the Public Health and Equity Resource Navigator, aims to help changemakers navigate 1,600+ resources focused on ending the pandemic, advancing equity, and building a resilient, robust, sustainable public health system for the future. (author introduction) 
    January 2024
    Services & Programs
  • The process of distilling and disseminating the best available evidence from research, context and experience, and using that evidence to inform and improve public health practice and policy. Put simply, it means finding, using and sharing what works in public health. (author introduction) 
    January 2024
    Services & Programs
  • Over the past few years, a heightened awareness of the importance of racial equity and justice has permeated the political conversation. American institutions, businesses, and communities are taking a closer look at their roles in this context. Increasingly, policymakers are applying an equity lens to their decision-making processes. Evidence-based research has become a prevailing tool in…
    January 2024
    Services & Programs
  • The Health Equity Guide is a comprehensive resource for public health departments and practitioners to plan and implement health equity and racial justice work. It offers 15 strategic practices, organized using a cyclical gardening framework, to illustrate how each mutually supports health equity goals. (website description)
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • The Birth Story Project began as a collaborative effort between Sista Midwife and High Heal Productions. What began as an idea to create a safe space for black women and to bring together our stories has turned into a movement.The Birth Story Project (BSP) was launched in June 2018 with a goal to document the lived experiences of Black mothers in Louisiana. Using a “sister circle” model, women…
    January 2024
    Maternal/Child Health, Policy and Practice
  • The Healthy Birth Louisiana (HBL) initiative began in 2019 with support from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation (BCBSLA). The initiative started with a close examination of Louisiana's birth outcomes, followed by a statewide tour identifying partners and allies for improving birth. Sista Midwife Productions (SMP) had been training doulas for over five years and was now on a…
    January 2024
    Maternal/Child Health, Interventions
  • The Liberated Birth Recovery Fund is a 10-month program in which we provide working families with paid scholarships. This support includes up to three months of paid leave assistance tailored to each family's needs. The fund allocates $2,000 per month for up to three months for full-time workers and $1,250 per month for part-time workers. We also plan to assist those who receive partial paid…
    January 2024
    Maternal/Child Health, Interventions
  • This paper zeroes in on learning particularly focused on BSCF’s investments in multisector collaboration (MSC), which includes support for several health-focused multisector collaboratives including the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI) and BUILD Health Challenge, as well as cohorts of domestic violence prevention collaboratives such as Leveraging Collaboration to…
    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
  • The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Culture of Health Program is proud to present a model for developing Community-Driven Health Equity Action Plans. The NAM piloted the model in collaboration with five diverse communities across the United States from 2018 to 2019. This page contains links to each pilot community’s completed plan, as well as lessons learned from the pilot project. (website…
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice
  • This timeline offers a historical view of significant U.S. federal policies and events spanning the early 1800s to today that have influenced present-day health disparities. It covers policies that directly impacted health coverage and access to care, relevant events in medicine, social and economic policies and developments that influence health, and efforts to tackle inequalities. Some events…
    January 2024
    Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
  • Our Mission: HealthyWomen is dedicated to educating women in the middle — ages 35 to 64 — so they can make informed health decisions, advocate for themselves and prioritize their health and wellness.We are guided by our values:Trusted Partner: We educate and engage women by providing them with scientifically-reviewed, evidence-based information that allows them to make informed health choices to…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health.The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States. The NMA is a 501(c) (3) national…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • The African American Wellness Project was organized to respond to the inequities in health care delivery that exists between African Americans and the rest of America. It is our belief that while good health begins with diet and exercise, once you enter the health care system, you must be organized to get the most out of it. The African American Wellness Project resulted from an organization…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • BDO is the world’s largest and most comprehensive online health resource specifically targeted to African Americans. BDO understands that the uniqueness of Black culture - our heritage and our traditions - plays a role in our health. BDO gives you access to innovative new approaches to the health information you need in everyday language so you can break through the disparities, gain control and…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • The goal of the PMW Foundation is to provide support, education, and outreach for veterans from the time of separation from active duty in military service. The Foundation provides:Benefits: Veterans’ benefits and opportunities via collaborations, partnerships, and direct and supplemental education options delivered in a culturally relevant manner.Healthcare: Healthcare navigation and resources…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • The Sterling Initiatives Managed Preventative Care Organization (SIMPCO) is a new, common sense paradigm for improving the health of Americans. At its core are the types of preventative health services available to a smaller than optimal percentage of the Managed Care Organization’s Medicaid demographic. SIMPCO proposes to take a place alongside other MCOs, and will focus on preventive and…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians.
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice
  • Health inequities impact more than just an individual’s health, they can have a lasting effect on various aspects of a society or community, including wide-reaching economic impacts. 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…
    December 2023
    Policy and Practice

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