…equity leadership into all emergency planning and response. Federal and state lawmakers should invest in policies and capacity to improve social and economic conditions in communities and advance equity and…
Calls for Adoption of Policies Shown to Improve Health Outcomes, Control Healthcare Spending, and Create Health Equity (Washington, DC – July 29, 2021) – America’s chronic disease and health disparities…
…Health Equity in Funding Decisions (March 24, 2021) 316 Groups Call for Sustained Funding for Public Health Infrastructure (February 12, 2021) Comment Letter from Asian & Pacific Islander American Health…
…and working collectively to heal and advance racial equity. Increasingly, the public health field is acknowledging the negative effects that racism has on individuals’ and community health and is working…
…work on equity and on the social determinants of health and made them central to who we are as an organization. TFAH has continued many of its signature activities while…
The COVID-19 pandemic starkly illuminated the ways in which racial inequality impacts health and well-being in communities of color and tribal nations. Structural racism undermines equity in health and opportunity…
…minds and hearts. Systemic racism undermines equity and opportunity and is far-reaching – in health, education, economic opportunity, employment, housing, transportation, and criminal justice, only to name a few examples….
…and systemic improvements to the healthcare system. Policy recommendations by TFAH to advance health equity include enacting and funding the Health Equity and Accountability Act, as well as increasing funding…
…Bipartisan Policy Center Black AIDS Institute Black Men’s Health Initiative Boston Public Health Commission Bristol Health Equity Zone Bronx Health REACH California Coalition for Children’s Safety and Health California Immunization…
…challenging and of critical importance to protecting lives and ending the pandemic. In October 2020, TFAH, NMA and UnidosUS hosted a policy convening with 40 leading health equity, healthcare, civil…
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