Quick Guide
Established Resources
All the resources in this page fall under the "Established" Development Level, which corresponds with a 3-4 on the Equity Development scale. A "3" means work from each competency has started but an organization has not yet achieved all their goals and plans. A "4" signifies that an organization is actively and routinely engaging in equity work and has made meaningful progress in integrating equity throughout their organization.
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| Examples | Internship Program Example | The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) offers paid internships for undergraduate and graduate students. Internships provide opportunities to work in a variety of different public health disciplines such as health education, epidemiology, health statistics, laboratory sciences, public policy, healthcare administration, human resources, information technology, data science, informatics, and communications. |
| Articles | 10 DEI Metrics Your Organization Should Track | This article shows you the 10 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) metrics organizations should track. DEI metrics measure fairness in the workplace, strengths of your organization’s brand, and overall employee satisfaction. If you are unsure of how to calculate these metrics the article includes the formula you would use, along with examples. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Glenn County Improvements to Nursing Recruitment | Glenn County Board of Supervisors approved incentives to improve nursing recruitments. Public Health revisited agency agreement with CSU, Chico on interns and began accepting both nursing and non-nursing interns with a Public Health interest (previously, only nursing interns were accepted). Public Health was awarded funding from the CDPH known as the Public Health Workforce Career Ladder Education & Development Program, which will have a focus on staff development and training. Health & Human Services Agency started a Workforce Workgroup to establish actionable workforce-related activities. As a result of these efforts, four new nurses were hired and onboarded, immunization clinics started back up again after a 2-year pause, the Tobacco Education program had its first-ever intern, eligible staff pursuing higher education in the Public Health field were able to request tuition reimbursement (up to $5,000), and Equity Coordinator is part of the agency-wide Workforce Workgroup. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Sutter County Public Health Branch | Sutter County Public Health has a workforce that strongly reflects the community served with staff that has community experience at all levels throughout Public Health. Sutter County makes an intentional effort to share job postings throughout the community and to actively recruit community members and residents. Hiring managers have also received implicit bias training. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Sierra County: Hiring for Equity | Staff with relevant community experience are placed in roles involving community interaction, including leadership positions and program coordination for behavioral health, wellness, outreach, and prevention initiatives. Job descriptions emphasize diversity and inclusion aligned with the populations served. Workforce development strategies prioritize internal support for education and career advancement. |
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| Examples | CDPH Office of Health Equity - Equity Officer Sample Duty Statements | The CDPH Equity Technical Assistance (TA) Team created sample duty statements for different Equity Officer levels such as leadership, management, and coordinators. Additionally, this document includes links to Equity Officer job posting examples from various LHJs. |
| Webinars | A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office | There are many considerations when forming and managing an office of health equity or minority health. The National Association of State Offices of Minority Health shares how agencies across the United States have overcome common challenges and benefited from having a dedicated health equity office. In addition, the United States Virgin Islands Department of Health discusses initial successes and challenges experienced while establishing their office. Finally, the California Department of Public Health, with a well-established office of health equity, shares how their office utilized health equity liaisons and supported rural/tribal communities. |
| Guides | Principles & Strategies to Developing an Equitable Community Health Worker Workforce Study | Principles and strategies in this document draw on the approaches and lessons learned from internet research to collect key U.S. national and state level workforce studies and meta-analyses as well as discussions with Community Health Worker (CHW), CHR and ally researchers. It is designed for health departments, legislators, funders, health systems, CHW Networks and Associations, community-based organizations, advocates, and others involved in advancing the sustainability of the CHW profession through workforce studies. |
| Articles | Operationalizing Equity: How To Implement An Equity Action Plan | This article provides a comprehensive guide on creating and executing an equity action plan within organizations. It emphasizes the importance of integrating equity into all aspects of operations and offers practical steps and examples to achieve this goal. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Butte County Department of Public Health | The Butte County Health Equity Team consists of a dedicated equity lead and two staff members partially funded for equity initiatives. The team of three can review policies and procedures and provide recommendations to leadership, as well as provide learning opportunities, resources, and technical assistance to staff across all levels. The primary focus lies in educating staff on equity principles, enabling them to integrate an equity perspective into their workflows and individual program development, and making department-wide recommendations as appropriate. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Kern County Health Equity Plan | Kern County established a Health Equity Team, and a Health Equity Taskforce with representation from the diverse program areas of the department. In addition, the creation of Internships through the Public Health Pipeline Project and program staffing have been instrumental in advancing equity activities outlined in the health equity plan. |
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| Examples | King County Affinity Groups | This example shows the Affinity Groups for the county staff in King County, Washington. This page lists the different groups, as well as mission and purpose statements. Forming affinity groups is a way to support diversity within your organization. |
| Examples | Nantucket Health and Human Services Department Workforce Development Plan | This Workforce Development Plan from Nantucket, Massachusetts goes into topics broader than equity, but provides a great example of how to integrate diversity and equity priorities in workforce development. It also explores an equity needs assessment and equity training plans within its development plan. |
| Trainings | Race Forward Racial Equity Training Series | (Prices Vary) These interactive trainings are focused on advancing racial equity and understanding the roots of structural racism. Organizations should start with the training "Building Racial Equity” then continue learning with additional trainings. |
| Trainings | Health Equity Consultants | This is a list of equity consultants compiled by CDPH representatives, but not endorsed or necessarily recommended by CDPH. |
| Trainings | Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Trainings | Explore trainings focused on promoting data equity. Topics include collecting, reporting, and analyzing social determinants of health (SDOH) data, decision-making for equitable distribution of health resources, and more. Training links will take you to other websites. Most training requires registration on these sites. All training listed are free. |
| Guides | Affinity Group Field Guide | This guide provides a comprehensive framework for establishing and maintaining affinity groups, focusing on promoting equity and inclusion within organizations. It includes practical steps, best practices, and resources to support the formation and sustainability of these groups. |
| Guides | Mentor Handbook | This handbook provides a comprehensive guide for mentors and mentees, outlining the roles, responsibilities, and best practices for effective mentoring relationships. It includes practical advice, tools, and resources to support the development and success of mentoring programs. |
| Guides | ASTHO Workforce Development Plan Toolkit | The Association of State and Territorial Health Offices (ASTHO) Workforce Development Guide gives examples and resources on how to integrate equity into an organization's workforce development plan. A notable example to review includes Ohio State's workforce development plan, which requires staff to receive health equity training. |
| Guides | Learning Agenda for Systems Change: A Toolkit for Public Health, Partners, and Communities | This toolkit uses transformative learning as a driver for equity-focused systems change. It provides a framework, practical tools, and resources to help organizations and communities implement effective strategies for public health improvement. |
| Frameworks | Center for Addiction and Mental Health: Health Equity and Inclusion Framework | This framework demonstrates the process of integrating health equity into trainings. Organizations can use the framework (as a guide) to review trainings of all topics to make sure they are appropriate for the organization, and equitable in content and delivery methods. |
| Articles | Development, Implementation, and Assessment of Health Equity Action Training (HEAT) | This article recounts Hartford, Connecticut's Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) equity training initiative. The article details training development, final curriculum, and staff response. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Racial Healing Conversation Guide | Stanislaus County has provided opportunities for staff to learn and discuss equity topics through peer learning, Equity Co-LABS (Collaboratively Learning in Authentically Brave Spaces), as well as shared tools and resources. They host Co-LABS once per quarter to allow staff to reflect on a topic, heritage month, or awareness campaign and its interconnection to public health. Co-LABS have provided a space for staff members and community partners to connect as many of the Co-LABS are facilitated in partnership with a community-based organization. Providing space through Co-LABS is one strategy that Stanislaus County is implementing to cultivate an inclusive work environment where all staff can be their authentic selves. Stanislaus County also has a monthly newsletter that provides staff with additional resources and trainings to continue self-reflection on their health & racial equity exploration & healing. Note: Stanislaus did not create the linked resource but found it really helpful. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Marin County Health and Human Services CI-CARE Trainings and Talking Circles | Established across all of Marin County HHS, 450 staff received initial trainings in CI-CARE, a client experience tool developed by UCLA Health System to increase client satisfaction across HHS. 24 CI-CARE Champions received the train-the-trainer version to support new staff training & education within their divisions. Marin developed an agency-wide client experience survey to track client satisfaction, including any themes attributed to race, class, & gender. 250 staff completed 5 months of Embodied Awareness Talking Circles, a practice for staff to learn and exercise effective tools for dialogue within the organization. Marin County internally developed this series, in partnership with a consultant, inspired by frameworks for dialogue that have roots in many Indigenous nations and people around the world. Marin County offers on-demand trainings from myriad programs that focus on unconscious bias, microaggressions in the workplace, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and psychological safety at work. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Butte County: Equity-Focused Trainings | BCPH holds internal monthly meetings open to staff at all levels that provides a space for staff to learn equity concepts in more depth as well as to share ideas and experiences for peer learning. These meetings are sometimes co-lead by other program staff who share their experiences working with the community (e.g., successes and what they want to do better). One session was also lead by the Health Officer. Additionally, outside of these internal meetings, Health Equity staff bring in other learning opportunities including scheduling guest speakers to present to all staff, promoting equity-related webinars and self-paced trainings, etc. Some outside trainings the Health Equity team have promoted to staff include: Strengthening American Indian and Alaska Native Families: Part 1 of 3, Engaging Native People and Their Families in Healing Through Relationships and Kirwan Institute – Implicit Bias Module Series (https://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/implicit-bias-module-series). |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Shasta County: Health Equity Trainings for Staff | Several units emphasize the availability of Health Equity trainings and Community Conversations, which are crucial for staff learning and practice. Additionally, cultural competency training is mandated by the county, ensuring that staff receive foundational knowledge in this area. Units actively incorporate equity discussions into their program evaluations and utilize tools such as the Health Equity Checklist to guide their work. |
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| Examples | Arapahoe County, Colorado Resident Advisory Committee | Arapahoe County launched the Investing in Arapahoe initiative following the voter-approved Measure 1A, which lifted revenue and spending limits. A 10-member Resident Advisory Committee (RAC) was established to ensure transparency and accountability, guiding investment decisions and serving as a liaison between the County and its residents. The webpage provides updates on funding allocations, budget priorities, and community engagement efforts. |
| Examples | 2-1-1 San Diego - Connecting Partners through the Community Information Exchang | Developed by 2-1-1 San Diego, this case study highlights the Community Information Exchange (CIE) data platform, which enables health and social services to obtain a better understanding of interactions across systems, agencies, and community services. |
| Examples | Community Air Protection | The Community Air Protection (SNAAQ) project, run by the California Air Resources Board, awarded Community Air Grants to nonprofits in North Sacramento, Oak Park/Fruitridge, and Meadowview to address air pollution. The project includes community-led air monitoring, multilingual engagement, youth education, and the development of neighborhood-specific air action plans. It emphasizes resident leadership and participatory budgeting to ensure that community voices shape local air quality solutions. |
| Examples | Transforming Our Communities Require Protecting our Climate Investments | The California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) showcases how the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) program empowers environmental justice communities through large-scale, community-led climate investments. The article highlights how resident advisory groups in cities like Fresno, Ontario, Oakland, and Los Angeles have played central roles in shaping neighborhood-level sustainability plans. These groups ensure that funding decisions reflect local priorities, protect against displacement, and promote equitable development. In Southwest Fresno, for example, a resident-led steering committee directed a $70 million grant toward projects in West Fresno, one of the state’s most pollution-burdened areas |
| Templates | Value Proposition Tool: Articulating Value within Community- Based and Healthcare Organizations Partnerships | This tool is intended for CBOs and healthcare organizations looking to form a new partnership or seeking clarification on the value of an existing partnership. For those considering a new partnership, this tool can help unite common objectives and determine the overall value of a partnership. |
| Templates | Estimating the Total Cost of Partnership | This Excel spreadsheet can assist organizations to estimate the overall cost of a partnership for up to three years. It identifies the resources required to prioritize crucial decisions, consult with stakeholders, advocate for additional funding and maintain focus on the shared objectives. |
| Webinars | Advancing Healthcare and CBOs Partnerships to Address Social Determinants: Lessons from the Field | This webinar includes effective strategies for producing and sustaining healthcare and CBO partnerships that address the social determinants of health. |
| Webinars | Power-building for Health Departments Webinar - Part 1 | Part 1 of Human Impact Partners webinar series, Power-Building for Health Departments: Power 101. This webinar is intended for health department leaders, staff, and partners. It focuses on the foundational concepts, introductory frameworks, and strategies for shifting, sharing, and building community power. |
| Webinars | Power-building for Health Departments Webinar - Part 2 | Part 2 of HIP webinar series, Power-Building for Health Departments: Tools for Analyzing and Redistributing Power. This webinar focuses on tools for analyzing and redistributing power. Participants include representatives from Santa Barbara and Riverside Counties in California. |
| Articles | Amplifying Multilingual Voices for Inclusive Public Health Research | This article emphasizes the importance of including limited-English proficient (LEP) populations in public health research to advance health equity. It outlines practical strategies for amplifying multilingual voices, including using professional translators with cultural and subject matter expertise, and employing bilingual moderators for interviews and focus groups to build trust and elicit deeper insights. The piece highlights how culturally attuned research design—especially in survey translation and qualitative data collection—can lead to more accurate, inclusive, and actionable findings in public health research. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Santa Barbara County: Building Partnerships for Equity | Santa Barbara County Health has numerous partnerships in place that include shared responsibilities, planning and joint service delivery. The department has an agreement with the Santa Barbara County Food Bank to host monthly food distributions at several Health Care Centers across the County. The department also works with other clinics serving patients on Medi-Cal or who are uninsured/underinsured to provide connections to primary and specialty care. County Health staff and providers also engage in various collaboratives in the community to address local health needs including the Pediatric Resiliency Collaborative (PERC) and the Opioid Safety Coalition. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Sutter County: Collaborating with Community Partners | Sutter County collaborates with community partners and engages with them regularly to support efforts in improving their community (such as throughout CHIP meetings, Oral Health Advisory Committee, Healthy Families Advisory Committee, etc). They also partner with CBOs within their homeless services program and are involved in the Yuba-Sutter Homeless Consortium and related committees. Networks also exist for information sharing with partners and stakeholders. A barrier to continuing to build collaboration and trust is high employee turnover. When an employee leaves the organization, their strong relationship with a community partner often goes with them. |
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| Trainings | Collective Impact Part 1: Common Agenda & Shared Measure | This training is part one of a two-part introductory series to the Collective Impact framework. Participants will gain an understanding of what collective impact is and how it can be used to advance public health initiatives. |
| Trainings | Collective Impact Part 2: Mutually Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, & Backbone Support | Part two of a two-part introductory series to the Collective Impact framework, this training builds upon lessons of part one by learning about the last three conditions of the Collective Impact framework and mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and backbone support. |
| Webinars | Achieving Health Equity in Georgia: The Landscape of Health Disparities in Georgia- Engaging Communities in Solutions | This webinar from the Georgia Health Policy Center uses Georgia-specific examples to guide participants through a structured framework for organizing community engagement efforts and conducting a landscape analysis of community-based organizations (CBOs) and partners that can advance health equity. Participants explore persistent health disparities in Georgia—shaped by race, gender, identity, socioeconomic status, and geography—and learn from two real-world initiatives that center community engagement as a pathway to equity. The session equips attendees with practical strategies to strengthen partnerships, elevate resident voices, and build inclusive, equity-driven collaborations. |
| Guides | Let's Talk: Community Engagement for Health Equity | This guide explores the critical role of community engagement in advancing health equity. This resource outlines foundational concepts and principles of community engagement, emphasizing its importance in addressing the social determinants of health. Drawing from public health practice and literature, the guide highlights how meaningful engagement with communities—especially those experiencing health inequities—can inform more equitable policies and programs. It includes practical strategies, reflective questions, and real-world examples to support public health practitioners in embedding equity-focused engagement into their work. |
| Guides | Community Tool Box: Building Leadership | The Community Tool Box, from the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas, presents a comprehensive toolkit focused on building leadership within community-based initiatives. This guide supports individuals and groups in developing leadership skills essential for advancing community health and equity. It outlines nine core leadership tasks—such as envisioning goals, affirming values, motivating others, and achieving unity—and provides practical strategies for assessing and strengthening leadership capacity. The resource includes planning tools, reflective questions, and models like the Community Leadership Corps to help organizations cultivate inclusive, effective leadership that reflects and serves the broader community. Recommendations are provided to guide leadership development at both individual and group levels. |
| Guides | Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR): A Strategy for Building Healthy Communities and Promoting Health through Policy Chang | Presented by PolicyLink and UC Berkeley, this guide combines lessons and best practices from around the country. Included are six case studies from California that share learned experiences, promising practices, sample resources, and tools to assist local leaders in planning their own CBPR inspired projects. |
| Guides | A Guide to Supporting Engagement & Resiliency in Rural Communities | While this guide is catered towards Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (MAP) process, concepts and strategies identified in this guide are relevant for rural communities. Provided are essential elements of successful engagement with rural communities, including trust and partnerships. Rural Resource |
| Frameworks | Prevention Institute: Collaboration Multiplier | The Collaboration Multiplier is a framework and tool used for analyzing collaborative efforts across sectors. It is designed to serve as a starting point for understanding the contributions of different fields and for building effective interdisciplinary efforts through partnerships. |
| Frameworks | Tulare County Community Engagement Framework | The Community Engagement Framework (CEF) recognizes the importance of community mobilization in collaboration with community partners and residents. It serves as a roadmap for building credible and trustworthy relationships with key community members. By implementing the Power Building strategies, efforts are guided on how to collaborate and share power among community members and stakeholders, strengthening the foundation for improved health outcomes. It is essential to acknowledge the different levels of engagement that occur both internally and externally within your respective organization. |
| Articles | Co-designing a participatory evaluation of older adult partner engagement in the Mcmaster Collaborative for Health and Aging | "Engagement of patients and the public in health research is crucial for ensuring research relevance and alignment with community needs. However, there is a lack of nuanced evaluations and examples that promote collaborative and reflective learning about partnerships with partners. The aim of this paper is to provide a case example of a participatory evaluation of the engagement of older adult partners in an aging-focused research centre. We outline our process of co-planning and implementing an evaluation of the McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging’s engagement strategy through the use of multiple methods, including a standardized tool and qualitative approaches. The team chose to explore and capture the engagement experiences and perspectives of the older adult partners within the Collaborative using a survey (the Public and Patient Engagement Evaluation Tool (PPEET)), an art-based method (photovoice), and a focus group." |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency Committee Interest Letter | Community Engagement Tulare County Public Health Branch has streamlined recruitment for its advisory councils and coalitions by creating standardized recruitment materials. These materials clarify roles, responsibilities, and expectations for those interested in supporting the work of the Public Health Branch. Additionally, a Community Engagement Framework has been developed to guide staff on fostering collaboration with the community. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Shasta County: Building Relationships with Residents | The Tobacco Education Program (TEP) is noted for its strong engagement, and the Community Food and Health Leadership (CFHL) program is actively working to build relationships with residents to address issues related to physical activity, nutrition, and transportation, particularly in low-income areas. Overall, the Branch demonstrates moderate capacity in community engagement, depending on the Program. Staff are recognized for their effective work with community members, including focus groups in Shasta Lake City, efforts with older adults, and ongoing collaborations with local leaders across various sectors. These activities reflect a commitment to transparent and inclusive communication, respectful co-learning, and leveraging community expertise to inform equitable practices. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Imperial County: Collaborating for Equity | The Imperial County Public Health Department (ICPHD) actively engages community-based organizations (CBOs) and partners through ongoing collaboration efforts. The Health Equity and ICT teams worked closely with CBOs to gather feedback that informed improvements to the COVID-19 dashboard. ICPHD also ensures regular CBO participation in Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) workgroups and the Learning Exchange Group, both of which help identify and respond to emerging community needs. In addition, ICPHD consulted CBOs during the Language Access RFP process to ensure the program effectively addresses the community’s linguistic needs, with CBO representatives also serving on the interview panel. These efforts strengthen relationships and promote inclusive, community-informed public health initiatives. For a copy of the Language Access RFP appendix documents, please feel free to reach out to us at ICPHD-EquityProgram@co.imperial.ca.us. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Amador County: Collaborating with CBOs for Equity | Amador County Public Health (ACPH) is prioritizing collaboration and the strengthening of its partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs). As part of this effort, it developed an advisory committee comprised of CBO partners and stakeholders to provide insights throughout the Community Health Assessment (CHA) process. In Fall 2024, ACPH hosted its second annual community-wide health fair, focused on community building and resource sharing, with participation from 35 partner agencies, which included a wide-range of partners serving local residents, including First 5 Amador, Nexus Youth and Family Services, local fire agencies, Anthem Blue Cross, Sutter Amador Hospital, Amador Child Abuse Prevention Council, Amador County Commission on Aging, California Tribal TANF, Sierra Wind, and many more. |
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| Examples | Profile: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf | This example profiles Libby Schaaf, former mayor of Oakland, California, highlighting her evolution as a cross-sector leader committed to civic innovation and community service. A central feature of the article is Oakland Cares, a volunteer program Schaaf co-founded with her mother to connect busy professionals with one-time volunteer opportunities. This initiative served as a catalyst for Schaaf’s transition from corporate law to public service, illustrating how localized, accessible engagement can spark broader systems change. The profile traces her journey through nonprofit leadership and into government, emphasizing the role of cross-sector collaboration in addressing complex urban challenges. Reflections and recommendations are included to inspire leaders seeking to build community-centered programs that bridge sectors and scale impact. |
| Templates | Collaborative Effectiveness Assessment Activity | The Prevention Institute presents a practical worksheet designed to help coalitions and cross-sector partnerships assess the effectiveness of their collaboration. The tool allows for reflection on group dynamics, shared goals, and the quality of engagement among partners. It guides participants through a series of prompts to evaluate trust, communication, leadership, and decision-making processes within their collaborative. The tool is intended to support continuous improvement by identifying strengths and areas for growth. Recommendations are included to help public health and community-based organizations strengthen their partnerships and advance equity-focused outcomes through more intentional, inclusive collaboration. |
| Trainings | An Overview of Public Health Reaching Across Sectors | This training course takes about 30 minutes to complete and discusses why communication is essential to sustaining cross-sector partnerships. |
| Webinars | Engaging Across Sectors and Disciplines to Build Community and Capacity for Health Equity | This webinar details why developing cross- sector partnerships are essential to advancing health equity. The webinar focuses on understanding the concept of health disparities, building a community, and case studies of partnering for equity. |
| Webinars | Art and Public Health | The arts have long been used to communicate messages, raise awareness, and bring about change. Hear more about collaborative projects connecting art to health, resiliency, and advocacy. Discuss ways that art may be incorporated into health promotion, advocacy, and social justice. |
| Webinars | PPEC Spring Webinar Series: Supporting your Engagement Work through Evaluation | Evaluation can play an important role in supporting your engagement work through goal setting, learning and improvement, and impact assessment. In this webinar we collaborated with Maureen Smith, Patient Partner and Chair of OSSU’s Patient Partner Working Group, to introduce participants to the growing number of engagement evaluation tools, discuss the importance of choosing the right tools for your purpose and stage of engagement activity, work through case examples of how to implement different evaluation tools in different contexts, and reflect on the current state of public and patient engagement evaluation. |
| Webinars | Evaluating Your Engagement Activities | Learn how to design and implement a strategy to evaluate engagement activities and how to participate in a process of continuous learning and improvement of engagement practices. |
| Guides | Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide | This guide provides actionable steps for building effective partnerships. |
| Articles | Supporting Change Agents Across Sectors to Improve Health and Equity in Rural Communities | This article describes how cross sector collaboration is important to improving health and equity in rural communities. Rural Resource. |
| Articles | Government + research + philanthropy: How cross‐ sector partnerships can improve policy decisions and action | Researchers often lament that government decision‐makers do not generate or use research evidence. People in government often lament that researchers are not responsive to government's needs. Yet there is increasing enthusiasm in government, research, and philanthropy sectors for developing, investing in, and sustaining government‐research partnerships that focus on government's use of evidence. There is, however, scant guidance about how to do so. To help fill the gap, this essay addresses (1) Why government‐research partnerships matter; (2) Barriers to developing government‐research partnerships; (3) Strategies for addressing the barriers; (4) The role of philanthropy in government‐research partnerships. The momentum to develop, invest in, and sustain cross‐sector partnerships that advance government's use of evidence is exciting. It is especially encouraging that there are feasible and actionable strategies for doing so. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Riverside County Partnerships | To lead equity efforts for Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS-PH), a diverse Health Equity Team was established whose fulltime job is to improve health equity in Riverside County while engaging with the community and multi-sector partners. Initiatives they have spearheaded include: the Riverside County Health Coalition, the Equity and Justice Taskforce, Health Equity Policy Action Plan, the Advancing Health and Racial Equity Report, a Health Communications team, and the Community COVID-19 Impact Hub. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | The Live Well Humboldt Initiative | The Live Well Humboldt (LWH) initiative is centered around the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) priority areas (substance use, suicide prevention, housing instability and homelessness, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)). Equity goals are incorporated in the 2022-2027 CHIP, and Humboldt County is working to integrate them into the next Community Health Assessment (CHA). Previous results from this assessment have prompted them to strategize how to amplify equity and collaborate with other agencies across sectors. Humboldt County has contracted with professional equity consultants to provide trainings and technical assistance to dive deeper into co-development strategies. |
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| Examples | Case Study: Boston Builds Capacity to Address Racism and Achieve Health Equity | This case study outlines how the Boston Public Health Commission in Massachusetts ensured that their workforce reflected the populations they serve. This included developing an Anti-Racism Advisory Committee to prioritize workforce development, retention, and hiring practices that advance equity; conducting all-staff trainings; and adopting an organization Racial Justice and Health Equity Initiative. |
| Examples | Saint Paul- Ramsey County Public Health Health Equity Plan 2016-201 | This health equity plan for Saint Paul- Ramsey County, MN discusses concrete equity activities for staff, supervisors, and leadership. The plan also comprehensively discusses internal capacity for equity, resources available for the county to integrate equity, sustainability of equity efforts (including career pipelines), and external equity efforts. Additionally, the plan presents the county’s health equity lens with instructions for those interested in using it in their departments, and their approach to Health in All Policies. |
| Examples | National Association of Counties: County Declarations and Resources on Racis | The National Association of Counties lists real-world examples of declarations of racism as a public health crisis. This resource includes 12 examples from California counties that have made declarations, as well as declarations from many other states. |
| Examples | New York State Department of Health: Health Equity Plan 2024-2025 | The New York State Department of Health created the Health Equity Plan to be a guide for staff and is a step towards launching a Department-wide effort towards centering health equity as the foundation for everything we do in the Department. |
| Examples | Dane County Equity and Inclusion Plan | As a show of commitment to equity, Dane County, WI compiles an equity and inclusion plan that details their organizational commitments, leadership development, program innovation, and resource mobilization. The guide states what county employees want to do in the future, a timeline for implementation, specific steps they will take, and a cost/benefit analysis of the actions. |
| Examples | Hennepin County Health Equity Assessmen | The health department in Hennepin County, MN presents their adaptation of BARHII's equity assessment into a shorter (10-15 min) and more specific survey to be completed by individual staff members. The survey covers priority areas for staff capacity, strengths and challenges for the department, and overall capacity and desire to address the root causes of health inequity. Hennepin County also did a follow-up survey after one year. |
| Templates | Health Equity & Social Justice in Public Health : A Dialogue Based Assessment Tool | This resource is a dialogue-based internal needs assessment about organizational health equity developed by the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI). The assessment focuses on four categories: Leadership, Workforce, Community, and Systems Change. Similar to CDPH’s Baseline Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure, the assessment allows for conversations about health equity within the organization and gives staff a chance to express opinions on organizational commitment to equity. |
| Templates | Baseline Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure | Developed by the CDPH Equity Technical Assistance Team, the Baseline Organizational Assessment for Equity Infrastructure is a tool that can be used by organizations to assess their level of internal equity infrastructure via twelve different competencies encompassed in four domains. In addition to the assessment, the link includes definitions of the competencies, frequently asked questions, and a results report from the debut of the assessment in May 2022. |
| Templates | Moving to Institutional Equity: A Tool to Address Racial Equity for Public Health Practitioners | This tool guides organizations on how to address racial equity in public health organizations. It includes a process to determine if your organization is ready to address racial equity that consists of a checklist of starting conversation points, such as, "are you doing this for the right reasons, or have you already had initial equity talks?” The tool also helps with decision points and feasibility of anti-racist policies. |
| Webinars | Increasing the success of health equity change initiatives: Organizational enablers and barriers | Presented by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, this webinar guides organizations through finding their capacity to integrate a health equity lens internally. Notably, the webinar also discusses change management concepts as a way to facilitate this transition, such as proactive and reactive change and internal versus external change. |
| Guides | Implicit Bias Toolkit | The toolkit from the Pennsylvania Department of Health Office of Health Equity provides resources to learn about implicit bias and identify potential areas of change for individuals and organizations. While the intended audience is healthcare providers, the tools can be useful to all who work in health. |
| Guides | ASTHO: Establishing an Office of Health Equity or Minority Health | In collaboration with 9 public health departments, includign California, this report compiles best practices and important considerations for setting up and sustaining a health equity/minority health office, especially in a resource-challenged environment. |
| Frameworks | North Carolina Health Equity Framework | This framework from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services puts communities at the center and lists concrete steps for organizations to take to ensure health equity is at the center of all work. |
| Articles | Public Health Workforce Perceptions About Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:Results From PH WINS 2021 | This article presents results from a national U.S. survey on public health workers’ perceived organizational commitment to DEI. The article concludes that a foundational commitment to equity must be seen in the organization before equity initiatives are started in order to have maximum impact on staff. Essentially, policies that are aimed at increasing equity capacity must feel as though they are being done purposefully and intentionally. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | San Mateo County Health: Racial Equity Action Plan | San Mateo County Health’s executive leadership and GARE members led the development of a County Health Racial Equity Action Plan (REAP), and five divisions have created division-specific equity action plans. Public Health developed an Equity Plan Work Group with at least one staff representative from each of the nine public health programs to design a staff-led, collective Equity Plan for the division. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Del Norte County Health and Human Services | Del Norte Health and Human Services (DHHS) has set up a DEI Implementation team to bring together staff from all branches and operationalize the DEI strategic framework. The DEI Implementation team consists of staff from all four branches in DHHS led by the executive leadership team. They meet regularly bi-monthly to support the DEI strategic plan and develop an organizational internal equity action plan. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Trinity County Public Health | Trinity County Health and Human Services Public Health Branch has updated its five-year strategic plan with equity outlined as the core of all programs and services, and the guiding value for all priorities and objectives within the plan. The Trinity County Health Equity Assessment and Plan have been developed and the Trinity Equity in Action team has been established to help guide and implement long-term equity work both internally and in collaboration with partners. In addition, Trinity County Public Health has begun to develop clear Health Equity policies and procedures to guide staff on ensuring equity is considered in all projects and programs. Trinity County Public Health is using the CDPH Career Ladder & CASPHI grants to build upon established workforce and provide equitable opportunities for education and career expansion for staff, including job related training, education stipends, and tuition support. |
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| Examples | San Mateo County Funds Community Implementation Projects to Advance Equity | This case study highlights the Community Implementation Fund developed by the San Mateo County’s Health Policy and Planning Program (HPPP), which recognizes the active leading role of nonprofit organizations in addressing the social determinants of health. Through the Community Implementation Fund, funding priorities are redirected to more policy- oriented projects that improve overall community health outcomes and address inequities within the social determinants of health including housing, education, economics, and neighborhood conditions. |
| Examples | Solano County Leverages Internal Champions and External Experts to Advance Equit | This case study highlights best practices for utilizing existing resources to build internal capacity to advance equity through three partnerships between Solano County Public Health and GARE, Human Impact Partners, and the National Organization of Urban Maternal and Child Health Leaders (CityMatCH). |
| Webinars | Building Internal Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity | This webinar, hosted by Human Impact Partners, focuses on how to build internal infrastructure within local health departments to further drive health equity efforts. The webinar highlights case studies from the Rhode Island Department of Health and New York City Health. Both departments have shifted internal policy priorities and funding to produce upstream change. |
| Webinars | CDPH Equity TA Office Hours: RFP Process | This office hour hosted by the Equity TA team featured guest speakers from Marin and San Diego counties. During the hour, a series of panel questions were asked and shared practices for an equitable Request for Proposals (RFP) process were discussed. |
| Guides | Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity | This toolkit, developed by GARE, is intended for governmental jurisdictions looking to operationalize equity into policies, practices, programs, and budgets. The racial equity toolkit can be utilized at multiple levels (local, regional, state, and federal) and shares guiding questions for considerations. |
| Guides | Supporting Equitable Community Engagement A Resource for State Health Departments | (Pgs. 17-22) This resource offers guidance drawn from research, interviews, and real examples to help state health departments (SHDs) advance equitable and inclusive community engagement to address SDOH and promote residents’ health and well-being. SHDs have a strong influence in shaping how local health departments (LHDs) engage with communities, and opportunities to leverage that position and influence are discussed at length. SHDs are also uniquely situated to pursue activities that may not traditionally be considered community engagement but are essential to redirecting the focus of community engagement toward equity at state, regional, and local levels. |
| Guides | Equitable Compensation for Community Engagement Guidebook | This toolkit includes practical guidance and approaches for creating an equitable compensation plan for your organization’s community-partnered research projects. |
| Guides | PHAB: Tools for Service and Resource Sharing | This set of resources from the PHAB Center for Innovation helps public health departments and systems collaborate and share across boundaries to encourage better effectiveness and efficiency in the communities they serve. Service and resource sharing among health departments is when insights, expertise, techniques, and tools are shared across organizational boundaries—and can range from informal to formal approaches. Included via the link is a Service and Resource Sharing Roadmap, guidance for state health departments to implement service sharing from a state-system approach, example MOUs, and more. These tools can help set up community partnerships for success. |
| Frameworks | Public Health Alliance of Southern CA: Principles for Funding Equity | State funding inequities have placed residents served by local health departments (LHDs) across Southern California at an unfair disadvantage that contributes to persistent gaps in health outcomes and underinvestment in our communities. The principles below provide a framework to achieve more equitable allocations of California Department of Public Health (CDPH) resources across California. |
| Frameworks | City of Long Beach : Equity Investment PowerPoint Slides | This resource provides the PowerPoint slides from the City of Long Beach which defines the health equity framework and RFP process. |
| Frameworks | City of Long Beach Memorandum : Equity Investmanet Framework | This resource is a memorandum released by the City of Long Beach and highlights the equity investment framework and the approach taken by the LHJ. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | San Luis Obispo County Request for Proposals (RFP) Template | San Luis Obispo County included health equity lanuage in the boilerplate RFP template. Language around geographical areas, populations of focus, and community engagement can be found on page 10 of the boilerplate RFP template. For the 2022 American Rescue Plan Act Public Health Impacts Grant Application process, applicants were asked and scored on how their proposed projects would serve populations of focus. Public Health was able to provide 16 grants for a total of $5,925,000 for the October 2022 – Dec 2026 grant period. More detailed information on this criteria can be found in the grant application. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS-PH): Equity in Contracts & Procurement | Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS-PH) recently participated in a Contract & Procurement Accelerator to improve internal and external contracting and procurement processes. The Contracts & Procurement unit analyzed barriers to partnership, conducted interviews, and held community focus groups to inform a three-year improvement strategy. Key initiatives include forming an advisory board, launching training programs, and simplifying procedures to support staff and vendors. The Contract & Procurement Improvement Plan’s goal is to enhance the health of Riverside County residents by making contracting and procurement processes more accessible and efficient, while empowering organizations of all sizes to deliver impactful services. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Sacramento County: Compensating Community Expertise | For the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), Sacramento County Public Health and its partners are advancing upstream policy and systems changes to address health inequities. Community expertise is being equitably compensated through funding from the CDC Health Equity grant and contributions from Managed Care Plans. Specifically, CHIP Steering Committee members receive stipends for over 40 hours of meeting participation and expert input. Additionally, both youth and adult participants in the Community Leadership Academies are offered stipends. This approach ensures that community experts are fairly compensated for their unique perspectives, which are essential to designing and implementing more effective policies and programs. |
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| Examples | Case Study: Harris County Institutionalizes Health Equity through Organizational Transformation | This case study outlines how the Harris County Public Health Department (HCPH), Texas, developed and championed health equity-focused policies, structures, staffing positions, and trainings. |
| Templates | State Health & Value Strategies: Health Equity Policy Tool | The Health Equity Policy Tool is a framework for reviewing and assessing the impact on equity of current and/or proposed policies. The questions guide the user to research and consider the potential for the policy to impact equity (positively or negatively), with the final section guiding the user to integrate the information gathered in early sections into a set of decisions or recommendations. |
| Trainings | Plan to Plan Community Health Improvement Plan Series | This free and self-paced training from the Michigan Public Health Training Center in Region V is a three-part series that will introduce the community health improvement plan (CHIP), address how to identify community health priorities, and guide you through writing your CHIP. |
| Trainings | Serving Diverse Communities: Building Cultural Competence and Humility into the Workplace | This training discusses culture, cultural competence, cultural humility, and the differences between them. Three online resources are included in this training to promote cultural competency and humility. |
| Trainings | Changing Internal Practices to Advance Health Equity | Human Impact Partners (HIP) presents a training for organizations interested in addressing barriers to integrating health equity into their department. The program confirms the role of local health departments in addressing the roots of health inequity, addresses change management and different levels of influence in staff around equity initiatives, and gives examples of how to use internal actions to advance health equity. The reframing tools in this training are also very useful to all organizations in their equity discussions. |
| Webinars | Advancing Health Equity in Local Health Departments: 4- Part Webinar Series | Organized by Human Impact Partners, these webinars were co-sponsored with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, the National Collaborative for Health Equity, and NACCHO’s Health Equity and Social Justice Committee. Each webinar focuses on a set of strategic practices to help health departments build internal infrastructure, work across government agencies, foster community partnerships, and champion transformative change to advance health equity. |
| Webinars | Embed Equity, Belonging and Lean Principles into Your Strategic Planning Process | This webinar from Washington State's Office of Financial Management discusses how to integrate equity, belonging and lean principles into the strategic planning process to ensure everyone can fully participate in a hybrid environment, all voices are heard, and the final product is co-created and doesn’t end up sitting on a shelf. |
| Guides | Building Health Equity Policy Agendas: A Guide for Wisconsin | This guide, developed through the Wisconsin Healthiest State Initiative, may help public health practitioners, coalitions, and stakeholders to: better understand what is meant by health equity and Health in All Policies, inform policy making for healthy and equitable outcomes, identify possible entry points for equity policy development, and inform a specific equity policy effort. |
| Guides | Foundational Public Health Services Planning Guide | The purpose of this guide is to provide interested health departments with the key components to consider before planning the FPHS implementation process. I |
| Articles | Advancing Equity in Local Health Departments: An Inside-Out Approach | The North Carolina Division of Public Health, Chronic Disease and Injury Section recommends local health departments (LHDs) adopt an “inside-out” approach to advance health and racial equity. Internally, LHDs must increase their capacity to address equity by establishing LHD policies and practices that prioritize equity and nurture a culture of trust. Externally, LHDs must seek guidance from historically marginalized populations to inform LHD policy changes and community-based public health approaches affecting these populations for greater engagement in LHD programs. |
| Articles | State Reported Efforts to Address Health Disparities: A 50 State Review | This analysis focuses on current state efforts, many of which were implemented during or after 2020, to address health disparities and advance health equity based on a review of publicly available materials from all 50 states and DC. In addition, case study interviews were conducted with 14 stakeholders in three states (California, North Dakota, and Michigan) to increase understanding of the factors contributing to success of these state initiatives, lessons learned, and potential implications for other states. The case study initiatives reflect some of the broad themes of state-level activities identified through the analysis of publicly available materials and include states with varied geography, racial and ethnic demographics, and political leadership (See Methods for more details.) |
| Articles | Equity & Inclusion: The Roots of Organizational Well-Being | This article discusses the need to go beyond simply adopting standard diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in order to build healthy and resilient organizations. Strategies include building capacity to develop new skills, creating an environment where DEI can grow, and implementing equitable systems internally and externally. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Humboldt County Public Health: Health Equity Checklist | Humboldt County Public Health developed the Health Equity Checklist to integrate programmatic, policy, and operational strategies focused on advancing equity into the county's programs and initiatives. The Health Equity Checklist was piloted with programs in the Healthy Communities Division to practice with implementation and collect feedback on the tool. After piloting the checklist, Public Health developed the corresponding policy and procedure document on how to facilitate onboarding to programs. Equity staff have supported additional programs in different Public Health Divisions with implementation of the health equity checklist with the goal of expanding to branch-wide implementation. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Butte County Resources to Embed Equity Principles | Butte County Public Health prioritizes equity in its Strategic Plan and lists “advancing equity” as a strategic priority. In 2022, the department revised its Health Promotion and Health Education Program Development Guide, highlighting addressing at-risk populations, health equity, and social determinants of health. The Health Equity Team creates various tools to help staff incorporate equity into their work, such as a Health Equity Flyer Checklist, an Equity Site Assessment Checklist, and hosts monthly internal meetings. They also invite guest speakers from the community representing diverse populations to enhance staff's cultural competency. Moreover, the department completed a DEI Guidance document, urging staff to integrate health equity principles into both internal and external activities. |
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| Examples | Oakland Equity Indicators - Measuring Change Toward Greater Equity in Oakland | This Oakland Equity Indicators Report is an example of the type of analyses that can be developed after going through the data collection process. The city of Oakland showcases a quantitative framework for city staff and community members to understand the impacts of race, measure inequities, and track changes in disparities over time. |
| Trainings | Data for Rural Health Equity, Vol. I: Understanding Population Health Concepts | The first of a three-part series, this 1.5-hour module reviews how to use data and make a connection between social determinants of health and health disparities in a community. (Rural Resource) |
| Trainings | Data for Rural Health Equity, Vol. II: Communicating Effectively | The second of a three-part series, this 1.5-hour module dives into how to communicate data to your community. (Rural Resource) |
| Trainings | Data for Rural Health Equity, Volume III: Visualizing Data Stories | The last of a three-part series, this 1.5-hour module covers data visualization strategies to help deliver health information to your audience and tell a more captivating story. (Rural Resource) |
| Webinars | North American Equity Data Convening: Empowering Belonging Through Data | Equity-centered data is the foundation for creating a more inclusive and just society, ensuring that data collection, analysis, and decision-making processes include the needs of historically marginalized groups when setting goals for strong and inclusive communities. By focusing on equity, this approach actively seeks to uncover disparities and by amplifying the voices of those most affected by systemic inequalities, help build structures that ensure everybody thrives. Data—objective, measurable, and actionable—serves as a powerful tool to guide and refine these effort.s |
| Guides | Principles for Using Public Health Data to Drive Equity | A guide to embedding equitable practices throughout the data life cycle. |
| Guides | How Can We Mobilize Data? | This website provides ideas, actions, and resources on how to utilize data to understand and investigate inequities and evaluate public health interventions. The various materials span the spectrum of our early, established, and strong categories. |
| Articles | A Rising Tide: Increasing Rural Local Health Department Capacity to Address the Social Determinants of Health - Data and Evaluation | (Page 13 & 21) The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe five essential themes within rural local health departments to combat social determinants of health in their communities: Partnerships, Leadership, Community Engagement, Data & Evaluation, and Strategic Planning. (Rural Resource) |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | 2022 Sutter County Community Health Assessment (CHA) | While data limitations exist, Sutter County Public Health prioritizes collecting equity related data in their Public Health programs and through the Sutter County Community Health Assessment. Sutter County Public Health collects qualitative data in targeted areas within the County to capture the differences in experiences with health and well-being that exist for community members. Furthermore, Sutter County shares disaggregated data through the Community Health Assessment dashboards to highlight the health disparities that exist in Sutter County and to inform future equity work. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | El Dorado County Community Health Assessment (CHA) Data | El Dorado County completed a community health assessment using a “boots on the ground” approach, meeting with folks in their communities. The number of events, staff participating, and community responses was remarkable. The demographics of the respondents reflected the diversity of the county, closely mirroring the most recent Census data. El Dorado County will use the results of this assessment to inform new programs and services. Assessment data is accessible via their website at Welldorado.org. |
| 2024 CA LHJ Examples | Santa Barbara County: Assessing the Well-Being of Residents | Santa Barbara County Health’s Epidemiology unit partners with Santa Barbara Cottage Health and other community partners to assess the well-being of Santa Barbara County (SBC) residents through their Community Health Needs Assessment. The assessment includes a statistically significant mixture of telephone and web-based surveys, with calls to randomly selected cell and landlines. In addition, collaborative partners conduct a listening tour to hear from individuals and organizations regarding health-related needs in the community. Additionally, the department conducts regular patient satisfaction and experience surveys, conducting approximately roughly 1200 survey per year to gather feedback on satisfaction with healthcare services. |
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| Examples | Mobilize Data, Research, & Evaluation Case Studies from HealthEquityGuide.org | This website showcases case studies of health departments that successfully mobilize data, conduct research, and develop evaluations within their departments and communities. There are case studies in all levels of our early, established, and strong spectrum, each with a description of factors that enabled the work, their impacts, and advice to replicate successful efforts. It includes five case studies from California LHJs. |
| Guides | Dabbling in the Data: A Hands-On Guide to Participatory Data Analysis | This tool provides step-by-step guidance on 15 different approaches, organized into five sections: distribution, change over time, contribution, categories, and communicating findings. |
| Guides | Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives | (Chapters 36, 38-39). Part of the Community Tool Box from the University of Kansas, this section focuses on how organizations can use Community Participatory Research to evaluate and make decisions on community facing programs and policies. The section includes a toolkit specifically focused on how to evaluate a community initiative with a detailed and easy-to-follow step-by-step guide. |
| Guides | Health Equity Data Analysis | The Minnesota Department of Public Health shares their Health Equity Data Analysis (HEDA) guide to assist public health workers in separating their data into different vulnerable populations. This allows organizations to look at health outcomes among different populations in their community and plan equity activities based on data. The guide explains how to do a HEDA step-by-step, as well as how to both share and use the findings. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Butte County Community Health Assessment (CHA) & Strategic Plan | For Butte County, shared analysis occurs during the Community Health Assessment (CHA), Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and Strategic Plan processes. Additionally, some programs have formed coalitions or committees, or participate in other agencies’ coalitions or committees, where shared analysis and co-development of solutions may occur. For instance, the Public Health Director is a member of the Healthy Communities Collaborative Steering Committee which is an interagency body representing various partners in the community to address three main health improvement priorities. |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | 2023 Napa County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) | Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA)-Public Health and Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (QVMC) partnered to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) in 2023. HHSA-Public Health provided quantitative data and Providence QVMC contracted with a local consultant to design and implement a bilingual qualitative data collection plan utilizing human-centered design. The resulting quantitative and qualitative data was brought back to Live Healthy Napa County (LHNC) and Providence QVMC partners for review and prioritization in order to develop the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Riverside County Equity Initiatives | To lead equity efforts for Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS-PH), a diverse Health Equity Team was established whose fulltime job is to improve health equity in Riverside County while engaging with the community and multi-sector partners. Initiatives they have spearheaded include: the Riverside County Health Coalition, the Equity and Justice Taskforce, Health Equity Policy Action Plan, the Advancing Health and Racial Equity Report, a Health Communications team, and the Community COVID-19 Impact Hub. |
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| Guides | Ensuring Equity in COVID-19 Planning, Response, and Recovery Decision Making | This resource helps health departments ensure that equity is at the center of the decision-making process before, during and after a public health emergency. It provides examples of California health departments, (e.g., Santa Clara County, City of Long Beach etc.), embedding equity into their COVID-19 response. |
| Guides | Making Equity Endemic in Solano County | Using the Solano County Public Health Department as an example, this report includes recommendations on ways to support BIPOC communities during the post pandemic recovery. |
| Guides | Resources for Collaboration and Power Sharing Between Government Agencies and Community Power-Building Organizations | This guide is for health departments seeking to share power with community power-building organizations (CPBOs) and provides action-oriented steps to improve collaboration. |
| Articles | How Health Departments Can Promote a Healthy, Inclusive Democracy | A blog post that covers ways in which health departments can promote a healthy, inclusive democracy through Using Existing Touchpoints for Education and Awareness, Bringing Voting Into Health Assessments, Collaborating With Local Partners Championing Voting Rights and Access, Making an Organizational Commitment to Vote |
| 2023 CA LHJ Examples | Riverside County Communications Community Engagement Practices | Riverside's Health Communications team works to ensure that information is linguistically and culturally appropriate as they work with the community and other partners. They engage community residents and partners to provide their input on relevant topics. Riverside also participates in a regional language access planning committee led by Public Health Alliance which allows them to continue to learn and expand on ways to communicate with the public while exercising best practices. Members of the Riverside County Health Coalition have established a list of health priorities that the coalition are looking to address. These priorities will also inform their Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). |