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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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- IntroductionAccording to the World Health Organization, “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Mental and behavioral health care is an important element of health for all people. However, differences in health care access, social determinants of health, and other structural inequities can all lead to disparities…May 2024Policy and Practice
- Health equity is achieved when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment.The Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD) works to promote health and reduce health inequities for people with disabilities of…May 2024Policy and Practice
- An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 16% of global population worldwide – experience a significant disability today. Persons with disabilities have the right to the highest attainable standard of health as those without disabilities. However, the WHO Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities demonstrates that while some progress has been made in recent years, the world is still…January 2024Advocacy
- In this P4HE podcast episode, we talk with Colin Killick, Executive Director of Disability Policy Consortium, about how and why the disability community has been largely left out of the health equity conversation. We cover what health equity should look like for people with disabilities and the Social Model of Disability, its definition of disability, and how this impacts advocacy and policy…July 2023Advocacy, Social/Structural Determinants
- The Health Equity & Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Families Act of 2023 removes political interference and restores coverage so immigrants in the United States (U.S.) can participate in the health insurance programs for which they would be eligible but for their immigration status or length of stay. This bill will allow immigrants and their families to receive the health coverage…July 2023Medicaid, Medicare
- For many who have taken up a new language or visited a foreign country, language barriers are often unexpected hiccups and might even be a bit embarrassing. But what happens when language barriers become an everyday encounter that impacts your fundamental autonomy, your voice, and your rights? This talk explores the role of language barriers in healthcare and the power of language translators in…May 2023Communication
- Civic engagement is positively associated with important health and developmental benefits for participating adolescents and young adults. As illustrated by youth political participation, social activism, and rallies for racial justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth civic engagement is often inspired by and responsive to problems that are salient to a young person’s lived experiences.…April 2023Maternal/Child Health, Community-rooted/Participatory Research
- In a finding that challenges the notion that immigrants are freeloaders in the American health care system, a new study shows they are paying a lot more through health care premiums and related taxes than they actually use in care. In fact, the amount that immigrants pay in makes up for some of the amount of health care that non-immigrants use in excess of what they pay. “Some politicians and…November 2022Services & Programs
- Child welfare agency leaders, including tribal child welfare administrators, and other decision makers possess substantial power and influence that can be leveraged toward advancing equity in research and evaluation. National momentum is growing to identify and address the disproportionality and disparities that diverse communities along the child welfare continuum experience. These include the…November 2022Policy and Practice
- Childhood adversity and its structural causes drive lifelong and intergenerational inequities in health and well-being. Health care systems increasingly understand the influence of childhood adversity on health outcomes but cannot treat these deep and complex issues alone. Cross-sector partnerships, which integrate health care, food support, legal, housing, and financial services among others,…May 2022Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
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