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Health Resources in Action is a non-profit organization working to improve and reimagine public health. We connect, consult, and collaborate to solve complex challenges of access and equity in our health and social systems. Together with our partners, clients, and collaborators, we create actionable solutions so that all people can thrive.
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Equity as means and ends: Advancing health equity through the practice of equitable evaluation
On HRiA’s Research and Evaluation Team, we begin new projects by asking our clients “When we finish our work together, how will we know if we were successful?” On the surface, this question serves a practical purpose – to establish a shared vision and ensure that we are working toward common goals. Beneath the surface
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Diversify your applicant pool with an equitable RFP
The Request for Proposal (RFP) process is commonly used by foundations and grantmakers to promote a funding opportunity. Too often, RFPs are long, confusing, and burdensome. This creates unnecessary barriers to entry for organizations with less infrastructure, frequently resulting in grants going to “the usual suspects.” Funding the same organizations again and again can limit
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Decades of progress: A brief history of HRiA's tobacco control work
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking surgeon general’s report on the dangers of smoking, and 20 years since the last comprehensive review of the health effects of involuntary exposure to smoke. Both catalyzed the field of tobacco and nicotine prevention to advance policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change approaches that counter egregious
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