Health Equity Archives

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August 5, 2025

A People-Powered Path Toward Better Data: Insights from MADE for Health Justice

In Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood, residents partnered with local organizations to examine city data on planned traffic-calming measures. They found that […]

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May 8, 2025

From Words to Action: Equipping the Public Health Workforce to Advance Health Equity

State, local, and federal leaders are increasingly recognizing that long-standing disparities in health outcomes are rooted in systemic factors that […]

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October 17, 2023

PH WINS Data: Public Health Workers Eager to Address Racism as a Public Health Crisis

The adverse and long-term impacts of racism on health are numerous, well-documented, and unequivocal. The COVID-19 pandemic, the murder of […]

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August 22, 2023

Poll: Americans Strongly Support Health Departments and Services

Americans are more familiar with and supportive of their local health officials than at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

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August 17, 2023

Four U.S. Communities Receive a $5M Investment to Create Data Ecosystems Centering Health Equity and Racial...

Today, we announced newly awarded grants to communities in Arizona, Maryland, Oregon, and Pennsylvania to pursue data-driven initiatives that advance […]

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June 29, 2023

Talking With Nancy Krieger: Deconstructing Data for Health Equity

The de Beaumont Foundation’s Speaker Series highlights leaders in public health practice, advocacy, policymaking, and other related fields. In her […]

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December 8, 2022

New Poll Results Show Broad Public Support for Public Health Departments

Over the past few years, public health departments across the country have been navigating a changing world—in disease, staffing, funding, […]

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August 10, 2022

A Community-First Approach to Managing Pandemic Stimulus Funds

With the support of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the governmental public health workforce is experiencing one of its […]

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June 22, 2022

Introducing MADE for Health Justice, a New Initiative and Grant Opportunity

Across the country, communities are wrestling with how to identify and dismantle the root causes of health inequities, like structural […]

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June 20, 2022

In Virginia, a Reminder of the Threats to Anti-Racism Efforts

Juneteenth marks the formal end of slavery in the United States. But while the institution of slavery ended, its impacts […]

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March 17, 2022

Centering Equity in Community Health Partnerships

In collaborating with seasoned community health practitioners over the last year, it has become clear that many of us in […]

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December 16, 2021

Talking With Aysha Pamukcu: The Civil Rights of Health

The de Beaumont Foundation’s Speaker Series highlights leaders in public health practice, advocacy, policymaking, and other related fields. Public health […]

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