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PHERN, or the Public Health and Equity Resource Navigator, aims to help changemakers navigate 1,800+ resources focused on ending the pandemic, advancing equity, and building a resilient, robust, sustainable public health system for the future.  Explore by Topic Browse content by topic area such as building trust, vaccination, or workforce ALL TOPICS  Explore by Sector Browse content by sector or role such as government, education, public health ALL SECTORS P Suggest a Resource Help grow this content library. Suggest a resource for inclusion below. SUGGEST Mapping the Alliance and Beyond! Learn who is doing what and where Explore the Alliance members and partner organization’s place-based initiatives Map the movement of public health and equity across the nation in response to COVID-19 Launch the Map 1,600+ Resources Explore curated resources selected to cover key and emerging public health topics, equity, and antiracism. The content selected for PHERN includes resources, tools, and stories selected with a bias towards action and varied to accommodate different learning styles. Browse All Explore these resources on PHERN we’ve selected for you! Access The Resource Access the Series Access the toolkit The latest public healthequity content Straight to your inbox Name First Last Email Featured Topics Public Health Authority The authority to act to protect and promote the public's health has emerged over the course of our Nation’s history, and has enabled many of modern public health’s greatest achievements. Today, public health agencies use their authority to promote health, prevent the spread of infectious disease, protect against environmental hazards, advance equity and assure local public health infrastructure and health services. During declared emergencies, state and federal authorities have broader powers to act to assist governments, suspend or modify legal requirements, pass and enforce law and expend funds for the health, safety and welfare of society. Recently, some states have moved to limit public health powers. Such efforts pose a mounting challenge for public health’s response to COVID-19 and future threats. Learn More Building Trust Building trust in COVID-19 vaccination and other public health interventions is fundamental to the work of public health and efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic. We can build trust by combating misinformation, supporting trusted messengers and networks, improving our trustworthiness, and deepening relationships that engender trust over time. Building trust between public health and communities facilitates acceptance of public health interventions and can cultivate an equitable COVID-19 response now and conditions for well-being in the future. Learn More Community Assessment and Engagement Community assessment is a systematic process by which a community’s health status and related factors are examined; it is used to identify problems and assets in a community. Through community engagement, stakeholders work together to address health-related issues and promote well-being with the goal of improving health outcomes . These two processes work hand-in-hand to facilitate health improvements. COVID-19 has changed the assessment landscape in many ways–introducing new challenges for engagement, upending pre-pandemic implementation plans, and necessitating new and updated data to understand emerging health impacts and needs. 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