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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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- A behavioral health crisis has been building in the US workforce for years. In any given year, one in five adults will experience a diagnosable mental health condition, and more than half will go untreated.1 While those statistics present a sizeable enough issue, comorbidity and siloed care make the challenge that much greater. The reality is those diagnosed with a chronic condition are twice as…July 2020Mental/Behavioral Health
- Background: Working effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is important for maximizing the effectiveness of a health care interaction between and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and a health professional. This paper presents a framework to guide health professional practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Methods: This qualitative study was…July 2020Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Interventions
- Education and health and wellbeing are intrinsically linked. The evidence behind the importance of education as a determinant of health is amongst the most compelling. Education is strongly associated with life expectancy, morbidity, health behaviours, and educational attainment plays an important role in health by shaping opportunities, employment, and income. In this issue of The Lancet Public…July 2020Early Childhood Education
- In the face of the global epidemic of diet related chronic disease, there is increased experimentation with the use of “food is medicine” interventions to prevent, manage, and treat illness. Interventions used with increasing frequency in the US and piloted to some extent in other countries include medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries, and produce prescription programmes. Scaled…June 2020Health Reform
- The rapid growth of the global aging population has raised attention to the health and healthcare needs of older adults. The purpose of this mini-review is to: (1) elucidate the complex factors affecting the relationship between chronological age, socio-economic status (SES), access to care, and healthy aging using a SES-focused framework; (2) present examples of interventions from across the…June 2020Aging and Life Course
- Artificial intelligence (AI) systems for computer-aided diagnosis and image-based screening are being adopted worldwide by medical institutions. In such a context, generating fair and unbiased classifiers becomes of paramount importance. The research community of medical image computing is making great efforts in developing more accurate algorithms to assist medical doctors in the difficult task…June 2020Policy and Practice, Genderism
- This special issue and introduction focuses on promoting health equity and addressing health disparities among Indigenous peoples of the United States (U.S.) and associated Territories in the Pacific Islands and Caribbean. We provide an overview of the current state of health equity across social, physical, and mental health domains. In Part 1 of the special issue, we trace promotive, protective…June 2020Social/Structural Determinants
- Objective: To assess the impact of integrating Psychiatric Assessment Officers (PAO) and telepsychiatry in rural hospitals on their all-cause emergency department (ED) revisit rates. As a pilot project, a full-time PAO was embedded in each of three rural hospitals in New York State and was augmented by telepsychiatry. Method: A retrospective data analysis using ED census data obtained from the…June 2020Services & Programs
- We know that pandemics, natural disasters, wars, and other crises magnify the burden of disease among people who experience poverty and other marginalized groups. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the flaws in our health care system and social safety net have been unmasked, highlighting how inequities in education, income, and housing can cripple a nation’s response to a crisis. Also laid bare is the…June 2020Policy and Practice, Systemic Determinants
- Careful risk adjustment is at the core of any equitable payment model for the care of populations. There is widespread agreement that U.S. health care providers and payers who are responsible for the care of sicker patients (and its cost) should be compensated more generously than those who are responsible for the care of healthier patients, to limit perverse incentives that would encourage…May 2020Health Reform
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