Advancing Health Equity
A reflection tool for organizations, programs, and individuals committed to equity
In the next and last module, you will consider evaluation using a health equity lens.
The next module is Evaluating Programs and Policies for Health Equity.
Involving Communities
Developing an Inclusive Plan
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How will we involve the community in our action planning and implementation efforts? How will we get input from a broader representation of the community? How will we report progress to the community? 7
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How are affected communities represented and compensated for participating in action planning?
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How does the plan address our agency, team, or partnership’s health equity goals? 1
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How will we ensure selected strategies build on one another to form a comprehensive approach that advances the achievement of health equity in your community? 1
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Who is accountable for reaching the short term and long-term goals? 3
Core Questions
An action plan keeps your agency, team, organization, or partnership on track toward meetings its goals and demonstrates to community members and other stakeholders that you are making concrete progress toward improving social, economic, and environmental conditions. Developing an action plan with health equity in mind means including community input in the development process and considering how all aspects of the plan may impact the community in question and consistently assuring that your team or partnership’s health equity goal is met. Key questions in this module focus on the development of an action plan that involves community input and expertise to support health equity efforts.
Action Planning for Health Equity
“Over time, there’s been a shift away from equity, a shift away from equitable distribution of income in the United States, such that the United States has gone from being one of the healthiest and most equal countries to the opposite pole. If that can happen over 50 years, then there’s certainly no reason why it can’t begin to reverse itself.”