Recommended Readings

• Glossary for Health Inequalities
• A Typology of Actions to Tackle Social Inequities in Health
• Achieving Health Equity: from root causes to fair outcomes
• HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
• A New Way to Talk About the Social Determinants of Health

Research Articles

• General
  1. Brennan Ramirez LK, Baker Ea, & Metzler M. (2008). Promoting health equity: A resource to help communities address social determinants of health. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dach/chhep/pdf/SDOHworkbook.pdf
  2. Colorado Department of Public Health. (2010) Information Packet and Fact Sheet. CoPrevent [website]. Available at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6U2flh3_SJLaUVaWFFMMWlSM2lpVy1weGlINHZVdw/edit?pli=1
  3. Phelan JC, Link BG & Tehranifar P. (2010). Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(S):S28-S40. DOI:10.1177/0022146510383498. Available at: http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/51/1_suppl/S28.full.pdf
• Ethnicity/Race
  1. Hummer RA & Chinn JJ. (2011). Race/Ethnicity and U.S. Adult Mortality: Progress, Prospects, and New Analyses. Du Bois Review, 8(1): 5-24. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116787/?tool=pubmed
  2. Kawachi I, Daniels N & Robinson DE. (2005). Health Disparities by Race and Class: Why Both Matter. Health Affairs, 24(2): 343-352. DOI:10.1377.hlthaff.24.2.343. Available at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/24/2/343.full
  3. Levine RS, Foster JE, Fullilove RE, Fullilove MT, Briggs NC, et al. (2001). Black-White Inequalities in Mortality and Life Expectancy, 1933-1999: Implications for Healthy People 2010. Public Health Reports, September-October2001, 116:474-483. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1497364/
  4. Satcher D, Fryer Jr. GE, McCann J, Troutman A, Woolf SH, & Rust G. (2005). What if We Were Equal? A Comparison of the Black-White Mortality Gap in 1960 and 2000. Health Affairs, 24(2):459-464. DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.24.2.459. Available at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/24/2/459.full
• Gender/Sexuality
  • Corliss HL, Shankle MD, Moyer MB. Research, curricula, and resources related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health in US schools of public health. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jun; 97(6):1023-7. Epub 2007 Apr 26. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1874199/?tool=pubmed
• Socioeconomic Status
  1. Allegretto SA. (2011) The State of Working America’s Wealth, 2011: Through volatility and turmoil, the gap widens. Economic Policy Institute: State of Working America. Briefing Paper #292, March 23, 2011. Available at: http://www.epi.org/publication/the_state_of_working_americas_wealth_2011/
  2. Braveman P, Cubbin C, Egerter S, Williams DR & Pamuk E. (2010). Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: What the Patterns Tell Us. American Journal of Public Health, 100(S1):S186-S196. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2009.166082. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837459/
  3. Lantz PM, Golberstein E, House JS & Morenoff J. (2010). Socioeconomic and behavioral risk factors for mortality in a national 19-year prospective study of U.S. adults. Social Science & Medicine, 70:1558-1566. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.003. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337768/
  4. Lantz PM & Pritchard A. (2010). Socioeconomic indicators that matter for population health. Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(4): 1-7. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/09_0246.htm

Community Based

Miscellaneous

Recommended Readings

• What is a Health Disparity?
• Bridging Domains in Efforts to Reduce Disparities in Health and Health Care
• How Can Practice-based Research Contribute to the Elimination of Health Disparities?
• Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities

Tools

• Institute for Alternative Futures.  The DRA Project: Using Healthy Eating and Active Living Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities– February 2008 Report 08-01. 2008; 1-22.

Research Articles

1. Carter-Pokras O, Baquet C. What is a “Health Disparity”?. Public Health Reports. 2002; Vol.117: 426-434. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1497467/
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report – United States, 2011. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. January 14, 2011, 60(Supplement):1-116. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/other/su6001.pdf
3. Danaher A. (2011). Reducing Disparities and Improving Population Health: The role of a vibrant community sector. Toronto: On. The Wellesley Institute. Available at: http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Reducing-Disparities-and-Improving-Population-Health.pdf
4. James SA. (2009). Epidemiologic Research on Health Disparities: Some Thoughts on History and Current Developments. Epidemiologic Reviews, 31:1-6. DOI:10.1093/epirev/mxp010. Available at: http://epirev.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/1/1.full
5. Thomas, Stephen B., Quinn, Sandra Crouse. (2008). Poverty and Elimination of Urban Health Disparities: Challenges and Opportunities. Annals of NY Academy Sciences 1136: 111–125. Available at: http://minority-health.pitt.edu/1022/1/Poverty_and_Elimination_of_Urban_Health.pdf

SDOH Fact Sheet

Power Point

Research Articles

1. Baum FE, Bégin M, Houweling TAJ, Taylor S. (2009). Changes not for the fainthearted: Reorienting health care systems toward health equity through action on the social determinants of health. American Journal of Public Health, 99(11): 1967-1974. Available at: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2008.154856
2. Burris S. (2011). Law in a Social Determinants Strategy: A Public Health Law Research Perspective. Public Health Reports, 126(S3):22-27. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150125/
3. Hillemeier M, Lynch J, Harper S, Casper M. Data Set Directory of Social Determinants of Health at the Local Level. Atlanta: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 2004. Available at:  http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/docs/data_set_directory.pdf
4. Syme, SL. (2004). Social determinants of health: the community as empowered partner. Preventing Chronic Disease, 1(1):1-5. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC544525/pdf/PCD1A02.pdf
5. World Health Organization. Latest Publications on Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Available at: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/latest_publications/en/index.html

Advocacy Fact Sheet

Research Articles

1. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2010). A new way to talk about the social determinants of health. New York: NY. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Available at: http://www.rwjf.org/vulnerablepopulations/product.jsp?id=66428
2. United States Department of Health and Human Service. National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy Available at: http://www.health.gov/communication/hlactionplan/pdf/Health_Literacy_Action_Plan.pdf
3. Pertillar, Tiffany; Pobutsky, PhD, Ann; Brandt, EdD, MPH, Gail; New, OTR, MPH, Marisa; Delavan, BA, JamieLou; Taylor, MBA, Robyn; Shah, MPA, MA, Amishi; Adunola, DDS, MPH, Folasaya; and Nweke, Onyemaechi (2016) “An Assessment of Funding and Other Capacity Needs for Health Equity Programming Within State-Level Chronic Disease Programs,” Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: Vol. 9 : Iss. 6, Article 7. Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol9/iss6/7

Cultural Competency Fact Sheet

Presentations

• LGBT 101

Research Articles

1. United States Department of Health Office of Minority Health, Think Cultural Health. Available at: https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/ United States Department of Health and Human Service. National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy Available at: http://www.health.gov/communication/hlactionplan/pdf/Health_Literacy_Action_Plan.pdf
2. United States Department of Health and Human Service. National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy Available at: http://www.health.gov/communication/hlactionplan/pdf/Health_Literacy_Action_Plan.pdf

Cultural Competency Recommendations

Recommendations to the NACDD Board to insure an association that is culturally competent

Food Deserts to Food Oases

Community Action Guide

Unnatural Causes Toolkit

Health Equity Model Language

The purpose of this document is to assist public health staff with model language to use in official documents. The statements help drive action toward policies that result in real changes in the social determinants of health.

Health Equity at Work Survey 2.0 

Please note: After accessing the Health Equity at Work Survey 2.0 through the above link, all respondents—regardless of their state or role—can complete the same assessment. While the survey is uniform across participants, the data collected by request can be disaggregated by state, allowing for an evaluation of the capacity of State Health Department (SHD) staff to advance health equity at a more granular level.

The NACDD Health Equity at Work Survey 2.0 is a resource designed to assess the capacity of State Health Department (SHD) staff to advance health equity in both practice and community outcomes. The survey assesses SHD staff’s skills in communication, policies and practices, cultural humility, program planning and development, analytic assessment, and community practice. At the end of the survey, respondents will receive a personalized score reflecting their self-rated abilities in these areas. “The data will be securely collected and used to identify training and technical assistance opportunities, while maintaining respondent confidentiality.”

For more information, please contact Pascale D. Edouard, DrPH, MPH (she/her) at pedouard@chronicdisease.org.

Linking Health Equity to 10 Essential PH Services

Action ideas to achieve health Equity by linking to the 10 Essential Public Health Services

Health Equity Council Tools and HP2020

Document contains a crosswalk or Health Equity Council tools, HP2020 objectives and Community Transformation Grants (CTG) approaches.

High School Dropout as a PH Issue

The action guide provides recommendations on how public health staff can help reduce high school drop outs.

Neighborhood Segregation

Guide calling public health staff to action in recognizing neighborhood segregation as a public health concern and steps to prevention.

Promising Practices to Reduce Inequity

10 Promising Practices to reduce social inequities in public health – high level interventions

Public Health Roles for Action to Reduce Health Inequities

Public Health Roles for Action to Reduce Health Inequities

SDOH Recommendations for Action

Recommendations for NACDD Board Action on the CDC Expert Panel on SDOH report

State Health Department Organizational Self-Assessment for Achieving Health Equity: Toolkit and Guide to Implementation

Academy

• HE_EIR_Training_Intro_Overview.pdf
• Health Equity at Work Skills assessment of public health staff – summary report (without appendices)