September 2020
Behavioral Health Needs to Advance Response Efforts: COVID-19 Analysis
The psychological and social effects of COVID-19 have emerged as a
challenge to be met with as much tenacity as the disease itself. This
issue brief describes the impact of COVID-19 on
September 2020
Approach to Protect & Reinvigorate Primary Care in Texas: COVID-19 Webinar
A strong primary care system is fundamental to a strong and high-functioning health system. However, COVID-19 has laid bare the vulnerability of our primary care system and exacerbated the health
September 2020
Racial Inequities and Advancing Health Equity: COVID-19 Webinar
In this webinar our panel of experts discuss COVID-19’s unequal impact in Texas, emerging actions and best practices to address racial inequities, and what more can be done to advance
September 2020
Racial Inequities and Advancing Health Equity: COVID-19 Brief
The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled deep and persistent racial
inequities in opportunity and health across Texas and the United States.
Hispanic and Black residents, in particular, are facing a disproportionate burden of
September 2020
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning Initiative
The purpose of the initiative is to strengthen and expand the capacity of rural communities to engage high risk populations and improve Substance Use Disorder/Opioid Use Disorder prevention, treatment, and
August 2020
HOPE Initiative Interactive Website
The Health Opportunity and Equity (HOPE) Initiative provides an interactive data tool designed to help states and the country move beyond measuring disparities to spurring action toward health equity. HOPE
July 2020
Consensus-Based Approach on Primary Care and System Transformation
A Call-to-Action for a Consensus-Based Approach on Primary Care & Health System Transformation in Texas
June 2020
Co. Health Rankings: Health Equity and COVID-19
2020 County Health Rankings: Applying a Health Equity Lens to Inform COVID-19 Response and Action
June 2020
HOPE Initiative for COVID-19: Website
We paired COVID-19 data with HOPE indicators to reveal the connections among the pandemic’s inequitable outcomes and critical measures of health and opportunity.
June 2020
What Drives Health in Southwest Houston?
Findings from a community-based survey of the social determinants of health