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What Are Health Disparities and Health Equity? We Need to be Clear |
This brief article defines the concepts of health disparities and health equity in easy-to-understand terms. The article also explains why solid definitions are important when working with equity, and how language can help mitigate disparities. |
Early |
What is Health Equity? A Definition and Discussion Guide |
This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, contains definitions of health equity terms, key stages to enact equity in your organization, and examples of advancing health equity. It also serves as a model for enacting group discussions around what equity means to an organization and what equity “action” looks like. |
Established |
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. |
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Power-Building Partnerships for Health: Key Impacts 2018-2019 |
This resource highlights the key impacts of the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California's pilot project to develop and support partnerships between five local California health departments and community organizing groups. The partnerships focus on building community power to improve systems and/or policy change that advance health equity. |
Early |
Advancing Healthcare and CBOs to Address Social Determinants of Health |
This executive summary focuses on the collaboration between three healthcare-CBO partnerships. It is intended to help refine relationship with current or existing partners and/or agencies exploring new collaborations. |
Early |
CBOs Perspective on Improving Health and Social Services Integration |
This article discusses the perspectives of CBOs on service delivery and suggestions for improving health system partnerships. To create lasting and sustainable partnerships, CBOs must feel supported and the relationship must be mutually beneficial. |
Early |
Collaboration Between Health Systems and CBOs |
This executive summary highlights different approaches to overcoming early challenges in forming new partnerships. It provides examples and discusses common themes and lessons learned. Each strategy ensures the voices of the CBOs and their communities are valued in the priority setting and decision-making process. |
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Early |
Health Equity: Moving from the Margins to the Center |
This article is written by Dr. Anthony Iton from the California Endowment. The article serves both as an explanation of foundational equity concepts and as a reflection on Dr. Iton’s time serving communities in California. Principles of equity, and the reasoning behind them, complement the real-life examples of Dr. Iton’s time developing power- building activities for the community of Alameda County. |
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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. |
Strong |
Transparency: A central principle underpinning trustworthy guidelines |
This article discusses the importance of transparency when creating communications for the public. In order to earn community trust, guidelines and notices from your organization must be very clear, including information about where you acquire data sources and the cost/benefit analysis of decisions. |
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Early |
Integrating Equity in a Public Health Funding Strategy |
This article presents a practical approach for incorporating equity into common and competitive funding procedures for public health programs and demonstrates how integrating equitable strategies can better direct decision-makers in allocating funding and resources. |
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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. |
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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. |