Advancing Health Equity
A reflection tool for organizations, programs, and individuals committed to equity
Evaluating
(1) CDC.pages 39-42). https://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/dch/pdf/health-equity-guide/Practitioners-Guide-section1.pdf
(2) Prevention Research Center in St. Louis. https://www.evidencebasedpublichealth.org/
(3) Patton M. Qualitative Research Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
(4) Jacobs JJ, Jones E, Gabella BA, et al. Tools for Implementing an Evidence-based Approach in Public Health Practice. . 2012; 9: 110324.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110324
(5) Community Toolbox. http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluation
(6) CDPHE. .evaluationco.org
Thompson N, Kelger M, Holtgrave D. Program evaluation. In: Crosby RA, DiClemente RJ, Salazar LF, editors. Research methods in health promotion. San Francisco (CA): Jossey-Bass; 2006. P.99-225.
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Scientific Literature
(1) Healthy People 2020. Evidence-Based Clinical and Public Health: Generating and Applying the Evidence. http://www.healthypeople.gov/2010/hp2020/advisory/pdfs/EvidenceBasedClinicalPH2010.pdf
(2) Community Guide. https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
(3) Health Evidence: Practice Tools. http://www.healthevidence.org/practice-tools.aspx#PT2
(4) Murphy, K., Holton, E. (2011). Is this Evidence Useful to Me in CRICH Knowledge Translation Toolkit? http://stmichaelshospitalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/useful-evidence.pdf
(5) Hall M, Graffunder C, Metzler M. Policy Approaches to Advancing Health Equity. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2016. 22 (1 Supplement), S50-S59.
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Prioritizing
(1) USAID/MCHIP. Considerations for Incorporating Health Equity into Project Designs: A Guide for Community-Oriented Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Projects. http://www.mchip.net/sites/default/files/Equity%20guidance_090111_formatted_final.pdf
(2) Prevention Research Center of St. Louis. https://www.evidencebasedpublichealth.org/
(3) NACCHO. http://www.naccho.org/uploads/downloadable-resources/Gudie-to-Prioritization-Techniques.pdf
(4) CDC. (page 50). https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/pdf/sdoh-workbook.pdf
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How to Use this Tool
(1) Prevention Research Center in St. Louis. Evidence-Based Public Health: A Course in Chronic Disease Prevention. https://www.evidencebasedpublichealth.org/
(2) MacQueen KM, McLellan E, Metzler DS, Kegeles S, Strauss RP. What Is Community? An Evidence-Based Definition for Participatory Public Health. American Journal of Public Health. 2001; 91 (12): 1929-1938.
Overview
(1) Delaware Division of Public Health. Health Equity Guide for Public Health Practitioners and Partners. http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/mh/files/healthequityguideforpublichealthpractitionersandpartners.pdf
(2) Brownson RC, Baker EA, Leet TL, Gillespie KN, Editors. Evidence-Based Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
(3) Satterfield JM, Spring B, Brownson RC, Mullen EJ, Newhouse RP, Walker BB, et al. Toward a transdisciplinary model of evidence-based practice. 2009, 87(2), 368-90.
(4) Healthy People 2020: https://www.healthypeople.gov/
(5) Webb K, White R, Lacoyo E, et al. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/HOE_CDOT-White-Paper.pdf
(6) The Colorado Trust. Advancing the Health and Well-Being of All Coloradans: 2015 Annual Report. http://www.coloradotrust.org/sites/default/files/the_colorado_trust_2015_annual_report.pdf
(7) CDPHE. Health Disparities 2013 Report.
(8) National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2012). [fact sheet]. Retrieved from http://www.nccmt.ca/pubs/FactSheet_EIDM_EN_WEB.pdf.
(9) Braveman P. Social conditions, health equity, and human rights. Health and Human Rights Journal. 2013; 12(2). https://www.hhrjournal.org/2013/08/social-conditions-health-equity-and-human-rights/
(10) Kaiser Family Foundation: http://kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/
Within an Agency
(1) CDC. (pages 6-9): https://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/dch/pdf/health-equity-guide/Practitioners-Guide-section1.pdf
(2) Brownson RC, Reis RS, Allen P, et al. Understanding administrative evidence-based practices. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014; 46 (1): 49-57.
Brownson, RC, Baker EA, Leet TL, Gillespie KN, Editors. Evidence-Based Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Conducting Assessment
(1) WHO (2013). Handbook on health inequality monitoring: with a special focus on low-and-middle-income countries. Geneva: World Health Organization. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85345/1/9789241548632_eng.pdf
(2) Prevention Research Center in St. Louis. . https://www.evidencebasedpublichealth.org/
(3) MacQueen KM, McLellan E, Metzger DS, Kegeles S, Strauss RP.What Is Community? An Evidence-Based Definition for Participatory Public Health. American Journal of Public Health. 2001; 91 (12): 1929-1938
(4) IOM. The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century. 2002. National Academies Press: Washington, DC. (5) CDC. Promoting Health Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health. https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/pdf/sdoh-workbook.pdf
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Community Partnerships
(1) CDC Practitioner’s Guide to Advancing Health Equity (pages 14-17) for community engagement and partner involvement: https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/pdf/HealthEquityGuide.pdf
(2) CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/pdf/SDOH-workbook.pdf
(3) APHA. https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/health-equity
Brownson RC, Fielding JE, Maylahn CM. Evidence-based public health: a fundamental concept for public health practice.2009; : 175–201.
Brownson RC. Practice-research partnerships and mentoring to foster-based decision making. . May 2014; 11: E92. https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/14_0144.htm
Jacobs JA, Dodson EA, Baker EA. Barriers to Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health: A National Survey of Chronic Diseases Practitioners. Public Health Reports. 2010; 125: 736-742.
Murphy, K., Holton, E. (2011). http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/crich/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/reflection-exercises.pdf
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Quantifying the Issue
(1) APHA: https://www.apha.org/~/media/files/pdf/topics/equity/equity_stories.ashx
(2) Prevention Research Center in St. Louis. Evidence-Based Public Health. Module 3: Quantifying the Issue. https://www.evidencebasedpublichealth.org/
(3) Minnesota State Health Department. http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/healthequity/guide/healthequitydataguideV2.0-final.pdf
(4) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/reports/2010/rwjf63023
(5) NCI/DHHS. Making Health Communication Networks Work. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/health-communication/pink-book.pdf
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Action Planning
(1) National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health. http://www.ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Community_Planning_Equity_Lens_Aug_2011.pdf
(2) CDC. .https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/pdf/sdoh-workbook.pdf
(3) Prevention Research Center in St. Louis. https://www.evidencebasedpublichealth.org/
(4) CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/pdf/HealthEquityGuide.pdf
(5) Community Toolbox. Developing Action Plans. http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/develop-action-plans/main
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