Module 1 Achieving Equity in Health and Safety through Primary Prevention describes how Primary Prevention is a key strategy for eliminating inequities in health and safety. It provides an overview of Primary Prevention and previews material that will be covered later in the series.
Related papers:
Beyond Brochures: Chapter 1 of Prevention is Primary
National Health Foundations Letter on Prevention
Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000
Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health
Strategic Links:
Health Equity and Social Justice (NACCHO)
Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative
Module 2 Take Two Steps to Prevention describes the Two Steps to Prevention Framework and the Trajectory of Health Inequities. These tools can be used to describe why a focus on the environment is essential for health equity efforts.
Related Papers:
Healthy Eating & Physical Activity: Addressing Inequities in Urban Environments
The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America
Reducing Health Care Costs through Prevention
National Health Foundations Letter on Prevention
Strategic Links:
Eliminating Health Disparities by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
Center for Health Equity
Unnatural Causes, Place Matters. Race - The Power of Illusion
Center for Health Disparities Solutions - Johns Hopkins University
Center for Innovative Approaches to Health Disparities - University of Michigan
Equity and Social Justice Initiative
Two Steps Back to a Healthy California
Module 3 Community Factors & How They Influence Health Equity explores eighteen community factors. These eighteen factors are linked to health equity. Each factor is part of a community and provides tangible opportunities for achieving equitable health and safety outcomes.
Related Papers:
The Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE)
The Community-Driven Eden Area Livability Initiative (March 2009) and Phase II Summary Report (February 2014)
Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health
Strategic Links:
Equitable Development Toolkit
What is Social and Health Equity and why is it important?
Unnatural Causes, Place Matters. Race - The Power of Illusion
Module 4 The Spectrum of Prevention: A Framework for Addressing Health Equity, introduces the Spectrum of Prevention. It provides a step by step explanation of how the Spectrum can be used to develop a mutually supportive set of actions as part of a comprehensive primary prevention strategy
Related Papers:
Spectrum of Prevention Podcast
The Spectrum of Prevention: Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Injury Prevention
Strategic Links:
Tools for Preventing Family Violence
Transitioning to Obesity Prevention: Harnessing WIC's Success to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living
Module 5 Enhancing Effective Partnerships for Health Equity explores the power of partnerships for improving equity. It introduces the Eight Steps to Coalition Building, which can be used to launch and stabilize effective equity-focused coalitions.
Related Papers:
Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide
The Tension of Turf: Making it Work for the Coalition
Strategic Links:
Racial Equity Tools
Module 6 The Importance of Local Policy for Achieving Equitable Outcomes looks at why policy--at the city and county levels, in particular-is important to health equity efforts. It provides an overview of key strategies in the policy development process.
Related Papers:
Beyond Brochures: Chapter 1 of Prevention is Primary
ENACT Local Policy Database
Strategic Links:
Multnomah County Health Equity Initiative Executive Summary
Developing an Equity Impact Statement
Module 7 Good Health Counts: Measurement and Evaluation for Health Equity describes how community health indicators can be used to assess and monitor conditions that influence health and safety. It highlight a number of indicator reports that have been used to advance health equity efforts.
Related Papers:
Good Health Counts: A 21st Century Approach to Health and Community for California
Community Health: A Critical Approach to Addressing Chronic Disease
Strategic Links:
Community Health Status Indicators Report
South Los Angeles Health Equity Scorecard
CDC Data Set Directory of Social Determinants of Health at the Local Level
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