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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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- As health care institutions push to address health equity, the underlying assumption is that all that is needed is more internal work; that institutions can simply hold themselves accountable. While this is a necessary component, it is insufficient. As evidenced by the persistence of health inequities, there also needs to be strong mechanisms by which others–including employees, patients,…September 2022Policy and Practice
- Variety, as they say, is the spice of life. If diversity is another word for variety, how can it enhance or flavor the world?Diversity—through the lenses of race, ethnicity, ability, gender, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, and beyond—can help to strengthen organizations, as studies have shown time and again. Quite simply, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is used to describe three values…August 2022Isms and Phobias
- Hospitals, health systems, and health plans have long been at the heart of the health care ecosystem. But as consumers move closer to the center, trusted organizations in the community are beginning to play a more significant role in health care. Community-based health ecosystems can extend the reach of traditional health stakeholders, help instill trust, and break down barriers to ensure that…August 2022Physical Environment, Social Environment, Preparedness
- At their core, the nation’s infrastructure projects have either reflected values of equity or the lack thereof. In this context, health equity is defined as the removal of “obstacles to health, such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care.”…July 2022Policy and Practice
- This infographic portrays how pregnancy-related mortality ratios compare based on race/ethnicity, as well as how age and education level affect health inequities. #P4HEwebinarMay2022April 2022Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- Work flexibility can have positive and negative consequences for workers and their families, employers, and society overall. For workers, it is increasingly recognized as an essential determinant of their well-being. Workers seek flexibility to address their personal and family needs, including childcare, eldercare, schooling, and healthcare. Flexibility in terms of work location and schedule…March 2022Social/Structural Determinants
- This tool describes key elements of lived experience, its features in the context of health and human services, and why engaging people with lived experience is essential to advancing equity. (author introduction)#P4HEwebinarJune2023January 2022Policy and Practice
- A recent survey of large US employers found women of color and LGBTQ+ employees have the highest share of unmet basic needs. Employers may consider expanding the range of benefits offered. (author introduction) #P4HEwebinarMay2023December 2021Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Social/Structural Determinants
- Chronic kidney disease is an important clinical condition beset with racial and ethnic disparities that are associated with social inequities. Many medical schools and health centres across the USA have raised concerns about the use of race — a socio-political construct that mediates the effect of structural racism — as a fixed, measurable biological variable in the assessment of kidney disease.…November 2021Chronic Disease, Racism
- The COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on people from some racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. persisted throughout 2021. Black, Latinx, and American Indian persons have been hospitalized and died at a higher rate than White persons consistently from the start of the pandemic. Early data show that hospitalization and mortality rates for Black, Latinx, and American Indian children are…October 2021COVID-19/Coronavirus
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