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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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- Introduction & Background: Global persistence of health inequities for Indigenous peoples is evident in ongoing discrepancies in health and standards of living. International literature suggests the key to transformation lies in Indigenous efforts to control Indigenous health and healthcare. Previous authors have focused upon participation, structural transformation, and culturally…September 2021Community-rooted/Participatory Research, Systemic Determinants
- WHO defines health equity as “the absence of unfair and avoidable or remediable differences in health among population groups defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically or by other means of stratification”. Yet, contrary to this fundamental aspiration and the international mandate on universal health coverage (UHC), almost 50% of the world’s population does not receive…September 2021Health Reform, Services & Programs
- Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020, the United States suffered over 32 million infections, with an estimated death toll from COVID-19 of well over half a million as of April 2021. In addition to having a direct health impact through infection (the long-term effects of which are still being examined), the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically transformed how society…September 2021COVID-19/Coronavirus, Mental/Behavioral Health
- US companies consistently report the rising cost of health insurance as a top concern. Indeed, it is the largest employee-related expense, and the cost of health insurance has consistently risen faster than inflation. Surveys show that large, self-insured employers have adopted various strategies to reduce health care costs (for example, adopting high-deductible health plans) and, more…August 2021Environment/Context
- Individuals from sexual minority groups have elevated rates of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and suicidality relative to their heterosexual counterparts. These differences result from stress due to belonging to a sexual minority group: experiences of sexuality-based stigma that result in increased stress and adverse behavioral and mental health (BMH) outcomes. Research has…August 2021Mental/Behavioral Health
- Many chronic health conditions are preventable, yet they are leading causes of death and disability in the United States. In addition, people with certain chronic health conditions are more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 than people without them. Poor diet is one prominent risk factor for chronic health conditions, alongside tobacco use, physical inactivity, and others. Numerous…August 2021Cancer, Diabetes, Heart disease
- Importance: It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic downturn have affected insurance coverage and disparities in access to health care among low-income families and people of color in states that have and have not expanded Medicaid. Objective: To determine changes in insurance coverage and disparities in access to health care among low-income families and people of…August 2021COVID-19/Coronavirus, Medicaid
- The concept of social cohesion has been indicated to be a critical social determinant of health in recent literature. Inconsistencies surrounding the conceptualization and operationalization have made utilizing these findings to inform health intervention and policy difficult. The objective of this article is to provide a theoretical clarification of the concept “social cohesion,” as it relates…August 2021Social Environment
- Extensive economic research demonstrates correlations between unions with wages, income inequality, health insurance, discrimination, and other factors. Corresponding epidemiologic literature demonstrates correlations between income, income inequality, insurance, discrimination, and other factors with health. The first purpose of this narrative review is to link these literatures and identify 28…August 2021Services & Programs
- Intersectionality is a widely adopted theoretical orientation in the field of women and gender studies. Intersectionality comes from the work of black feminist scholars and activists. Intersectionality argues identities such as gender, race, sexuality, and other markers of difference intersect and reflect large social structures of oppression and privilege, such as sexism, racism, and…August 2021Policy and Practice, Isms and Phobias
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