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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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- Background: Structural violence shapes the health of Indigenous peoples globally, and is deeply embedded in history, individual and institutional racism, and inequitable social policies and practices. Many Indigenous communities have flourished, however, the impact of colonialism continues to have profound health effects for Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally. Despite increasing…October 2016Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Services & Programs
- The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming people (version 7) represent international normative standards for clinical care for these populations. Standards for optimal individual clinical care are consistent around the world, although the implementation of services for transgender populations will…July 2016Reproductive/Sexual Health, Services & Programs
- David R. Williams, Professor of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been researching health inequities in the United States for two decades. In this video, he sits down with Don Berwick, MD, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at IHI, to talk about health equity and why it’s important. (author introduction)February 2016Services & Programs
- Health care organizations have increasingly acknowledged the presence of health care disparities across race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, but significantly fewer have made health equity for diverse patients a true priority. Lack of financial incentives is a major barrier to achieving health equity. To create a business case for equity, governmental and private payors can: 1) Require…February 2016Health Reform, Services & Programs
- In 2015, The Colorado Trust invited experts in health equity to share their knowledge and raise awareness of the issues that lead to health disparities. In this report, we examine the structures, policies and systems that unintentionally marginalize vulnerable communities. We learn how race impacts health, and the changes needed to improve the health status of all Americans. And we demonstrate…February 2016Services & Programs, Social Environment
- There is a clear need for greater diversity in the field of art therapy, with a particular need to increase the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in educational programs. In a sample of 16 art therapy program directors, strategies and barriers to recruitment were identified through an anonymous online survey. The results of the survey indicate that a majority of programs would like…July 2015Services & Programs
- Health equity is achieved when all people can attain their highest level of health; it is when differences in health outcomes between groups of people are eliminated. To be effective, organizations and agencies working to advance health equity need not only consider how they are working with community residents, but also how their internal policies, practices, and priorities support or hinder…June 2015Services & Programs
- Between the late 1980s and 2000s, Northern Uganda experienced over twenty years of armed conflict between the Government of Uganda and Lord’s Resistance Army. The resulting humanitarian crisis led to displacement of a large percentage of the population and disruption of the health care system of the area. To better coordinate the emergency health response to the crisis, the humanitarian cluster…January 2015Services & Programs, Disasters
- Food insecurity has emerged as a highly prevalent risk to the growth, health, cognitive, and behavioral potential of America’s low-income children (www.feedingamerica.org). What exactly is food insecurity? The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines it as a household’s lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle for all household members as well as…November 2014Services & Programs
- Even after passage of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), persons with mental illnesses have difficulty finding a job and keeping it. In this study, the authors assessed employment outcomes among more than 1,000 individuals with a psychiatric disability who were unemployed at the start of the two-year study period. Those who received ADA accommodations not only worked more hours per month…September 2014Services & Programs
- “Health disparities” and “health equity” have become increasingly familiar terms in public health, but rarely are they defined explicitly. Ambiguity in the definitions of these terms could lead to misdirection of resources. This article discusses the need for greater clarity about the concepts of health disparities and health equity, proposes definitions, and explains the rationale based on…February 2014Services & Programs
- Over the past few decades, the United States has become an increasingly multicultural country.1 As the nation’s demographics change, some of the greatest challenges many health care organizations experience in providing quality health care services are knowing the patient populations they serve, identifying their patients’ needs and preferences, and implementing and monitoring improvements in…September 2013Services & Programs
- The primary hypothesis of this study is that racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care impose costs on numerous aspects of society, both direct health care costs and indirect costs such as loss of productivity. The authors conducted three sets of analysis, assessing: (1) direct medical costs and (2) indirect costs, using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2002-2006) to…April 2011Services & Programs
- The first time Gayle Woodson, MD, went on an international otolaryngology outreach mission 15 years ago, she was “a little afraid to go.” The chair of otolaryngology at Southern Illinois University in Springfield was traveling to Tanzania, a country prone to violence and war, and there was no telling what kind of environment she was entering. Dr. Woodson still recalls what an impression…December 2010Services & Programs
- Composed entirely of specially commissioned chapters by many outstanding scholars in medical sociology, this edition reflects important changes in the study of health and illness. In addition to updated and reconceived chapters on the impacts of gender, race, and inequality on health, this volume has new chapters on topics that include: • social networks, neighborhoods, and social capital •…November 2010Services & Programs, Social Environment
- At its inception in 1946, the World Health Organization (WHO) proclaimed that the “enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being.”(p100) Yet, that noble goal remains disturbingly out of reach for far too many; glaring inequities continue to riddle the public health landscape. Volumes of research have probed the roots of…April 2010Services & Programs
- Some neighborhoods in the United States, particularly those in low-income areas, have been dubbed “food deserts” because residents do not live near supermarkets or other food retailers that carry affordable and nutritious food. Low-income residents of these neighborhoods and those who lack transportation rely more on smaller neighborhood stores that may not carry healthy foods or may offer them…March 2010Services & Programs
- In the recent years, CLTS (Community lad total sanitation) has become widely promoted and implemented by several NGOs (Plan International) and sponsored by relevant donors (UNICEF) in Asia, Africa and Latin America. An initial discussion on CLTS was held in the IFRC WatSan global meeting in Dakar (June 09). At that stage, key WatSan stakeholders within the red cross / red crescent showed…February 2010Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Services & Programs
- Short-term medical missions (STMMs) are a well-established means of providing health care to the developing world. Despite over 250 million dollars and thousands of volunteer hours dedicated to STMMs, there is a lack of standardized evaluation to assess patient safety, quality control, and mission impact. The objective of this project is to design and implement an assessment tool that defines…June 2008Services & Programs
- Definition: Cultural competence in healthcare refers to the capacity to provide effective medical care to persons of varied backgrounds through use of appropriate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors: Culture refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic,…January 2008Services & Programs
- To promote use of essential clinical preventive services, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene developed the Public Health Detailing Program, a primary care provider outreach initiative modeled on pharmaceutical detailing. Department representatives conducted topical campaigns, making unscheduled visits to health care practices and meeting with providers and office staff…June 2006Services & Programs
- Health grantmakers and government decisionmakers both care deeply about developing health systems that deliver high-quality services and promote the health of populations in need. While it is possible for the sectors to work separately, the mismatch between available resources and unmet needs and the complex determinants of health suggest that significant improvements will not be achieved by…January 2003Services & Programs
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