Recent storm damage across Texas highlights how non-medical factors have a direct impact on our health
May 23, 2024
EHF’s continued thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by recent storms across the state.
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Episcopal Health Foundation releases its first-ever poll on health experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in Texas
May 20, 2024
Nearly half of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in Texas say they skipped or postponed medical care in the past year because of cost. In addition, the vast majority of AAPI Texans say that they live in communities without adequate non-medical resources that impact their health. Those are just some of the findings of EHF’s first-ever statewide survey of AAPI health experiences in Texas.
EHF’s Grantee SPOTLIGHT: Strengthening skills to promote healthy early relationships and brain development for children at The Georgetown Project
April 23, 2024
New video shows how EHF’s investments are being used at TGP’s community-based Parent Center program.
Dr. Ann Barnes: Advancing maternal health equity during Black Maternal Health Week & beyond
April 17, 2024
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.
Report: Texas economy could save billions in losses by breaking the cycle of preventable health differences
April 3, 2024
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.
In Common sparks movement for healthier communities
April 2, 2024
The event organized by EHF’s Congregational Engagement team helped churches and organizations learn about the foundation’s new priorities for change and how to focus efforts to have the greatest impact on their communities’ health.
EHF offers unique capacity building opportunities for smaller Texas nonprofits
April 2, 2024
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.
Celebrating a year of growth: Texas health coalitions forge ahead with renewed purpose
April 1, 2024
EHF wraps up the latest cohort of the Collaborating for Healthy Communities Initiative.
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