Recent storm damage across Texas highlights how non-medical factors have a direct impact on our health
EHF’s continued thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by recent storms across the state.
EHF’s continued thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by recent storms across the state.
New video shows how EHF’s investments are being used at TGP’s community-based Parent Center program.
As we end #BlackMaternalHealthWeek (BMHW) 2024, we’re faced with alarming data that is a call to action. In Texas, Black Texans die from pregnancy-related causes at twice the rate of White Texans and four times the rate of Latino Texans. This is an inequitable and unacceptable health disparity for our entire state.
Preventable differences in health outcomes – which are closely linked to income, zip code, and race – are driving up health care costs and reducing work productivity across Texas, and the state’s economy is suffering more than $7 billion in annual losses because of it. For the first time, researchers estimate the local impact and county-level cost estimates of health disparities across the state.
Learn more about how your organization can join the program designed to support nonprofits with smaller budgets that historically may not have been able to access support to strengthen operational work.
EHF wraps up the latest cohort of the Collaborating for Healthy Communities Initiative.
EHF’s Dr. Ann Barnes says by going beyond the doctor’s office to impact the non-medical factors that impact health, EHF aims to address preventable health differences that are too often prevalent in Black communities.
Philanthropic partners announce continued commitment to advance community health through the Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative.
See how helping families address health challenges and navigate a complex health system made a difference in the health and well-being of a Houston-area teen and his family.
EHF’s Dr. Ann Barnes says that Texas has made a groundbreaking stride for maternal health, but there’s more work to be done.
See how the new project works to prompt conversation and innovation on important health issues with in-depth analysis from EHF’s research staff.
EHF senior program officer Zahyrah Blakeney becomes VP for Community Engagement and Michael T. Walsh, Jr. joins EHF as VP for Grants.
500 Fannin St. Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77002
713.225.0900
info@episcopalhealth.org
© 2023 Episcopal Health Foundation – All Rights Reserved. – Privacy Policy – Terms of Service