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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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- The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide racial justice movement over the past several years have heightened the focus on health disparities and their underlying causes and contributed to the increased prioritization of health equity. These disparities are not new and reflect longstanding structural and systemic inequities rooted in racism and discrimination. Although growing efforts have focused…April 2023Social/Structural Determinants, Racism
- This article in the Boston Globe reports on a study which discovered specific challenges that people with disabilities face when trying to access healthcare. #P4HEwebinarMarch2023October 2022
- 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
- The 2020-21 school year demanded something brand new—shaped by the needs of students, families and educators facing unprecedented challenges. In this crisis, existing inequities grew worse. They required targeted solutions and a reimagining of the status quo. The best solutions were designed to help students and families least supported by the system. And those solutions proved widely beneficial…October 2021Education, Ableism
- This year will likely be remembered for important and positive moments for the United States, including passage of the Equality Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and the widespread distribution of COVID-19 vaccines that have provided nearly half of the population with full immunity. However, it also comes with a sobering statistic: 2021 is on track to become the deadliest year in history…July 2021Isms and Phobias
- Lawmakers in at least 35 states have introduced more than 250 bills that aim to curb the rights of LGBTQ people, with more than 100 bills specifically targeting transgender people in what advocacy groups have called the worst year for anti-LGBTQ legislation in recent history.A majority of the measures impact transgender youth, a population that is already disproportionately impacted by mental…May 2021Policy & Law, Social/Structural Determinants, Transphobia
- Health care professionals nationally may be inadequately trained to address gaps in health care affecting underserved communities, according to findings published this summer in a JAMA Network Open paper. VCU’s health sciences schools are working to bridge this gap. In the fall of 2020, VCU’s health sciences schools initiated several inaugural events to increase awareness of the health care needs…January 2021Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing, Policy and Practice, Social/Structural Determinants
- The Office of Developmental Primary Care facilitated two discussion groups in order to learn more about the experiences of people with disabilities and their families in accessing the health care system. Discussion topics included communication, personal life values, changes in or loss of function, medical decision-making, and end of life care conversations. Our ultimate purpose was to uncover…January 2019
- Massachusetts state law includes a tremendous opportunity for city and town disability commissions to make their communities more accessible and more inclusive of people with disabilities. By persuading local government to adopt section 22G, commissions get access to the money collected from fines when individuals park illegally in accessible parking spaces (previously known as Handicapped…June 2017Advocacy
- Disabled people represent between 10% and 20% of the world’s population, depending on the definitions adopted. They are disproportionately poor, and have historically experienced diverse forms of social exclusion. The rise of the disability rights movement, the establishment of disability discrimination legislation in many countries, and the advent of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons…November 2009Postsecondary Education
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