A Practitioner's Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease
Introduction
A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease [PDF–7.3MB] provides lessons learned and innovative ideas on how to maximize the effects of policy, systems and environmental improvement strategies—all with the goal of reducing health disparities and advancing health equity.
Incorporating Health Equity into Foundational Skills of Public Health
This section includes lessons learned from practitioners across the nation and helps the reader think about ways to incorporate the goals of health equity into key foundational skills and practices of public health including:
- Building organizational capacity [PDF–1.1MB]
- Engaging community members [PDF–1.6MB]
- Developing partnerships and coalitions [PDF–1MB]
- Identifying and analyzing health inequities [PDF–2.8MB]
- Selecting, designing, and implementing strategies [PDF–704KB]
- Making the Case for Health Equity [PDF–1.8MB]
- Addressing Health Equity in Evaluation Efforts [PDF–595KB]
Maximizing Tobacco-Free Living Strategies to Advance Health Equity
This section provides equity-oriented considerations, key partners, and community examples related to the design and implementation of the following strategies:
Maximizing Healthy Food and Beverage Strategies to Advance Health Equity
This section provides equity-oriented considerations, key partners, and community examples related to the design and implementation of the following strategies:
Maximizing Active Living Strategies to Advance Health Equity
This section provides equity-oriented considerations, key partners, and community examples related to the design and implementation of the following strategies:
- Joint Use Agreements [PDF–1.4MB]
- Safe and Accessible Streets for All Users [PDF–1.2MB]
- Trails and Pathways to Enhance Recreation and Active Transportation [PDF–2MB]
- Physical Activity in School, Afterschool, and Early Care and Education Settings [PDF–989KB]
- Neighborhood Development that Connects Community Resources to Transit [PDF–2.6MB]
- Preventing Violence [PDF–775KB]
More Information
For more information and to download the Health Equity Guide visit: http://www.cdc.gov/NCCDPHP/dch/pdf/HealthEquityGuide.pdf [PDF–42MB]
Infographic
- Page last reviewed: April 3, 2015
- Page last updated: April 3, 2015
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