The CDC’s “Safe and Accessible Streets for All Users” part of their Health Equity Guide explains why street infrastructure and transportation strategies are related to health equity; lists considerations communities should make when designing, implementing, and evaluating transportation interventions; and lists partnerships that should be… Read More »CDC Health Equity Guide: Safe and Accessible Streets for All Users
HealthEquityGuide.org, a project of Human Impact Partners, has developed a list of 15 strategic practices spanning the categories of “Build Internal Infrastructure,” “Work Across Government,” “Foster Community Partnerships,” and “Champion Transformative Change.” Each strategic practice includes action steps and a list of related resources. These… Read More »Health Equity Guide Strategic Practices
The Racial Justice Competencies for Public Health Professionals resource from the Public Health Training Center Network’s Racial Justice Working Group provides a list of competencies within the domains of Assessment, Policy Development ,and Assurance that health department staff, educators, trainers, and researchers can refer to… Read More »Racial Justice Competencies for Public Health Professionals
Rural Health Information Hub‘s Mental Health in Rural Communities Toolkit is an evidence-based toolkit sharing information and resources to support rural-based organizations in implementing mental health programs in their communities. This toolkit is primarily focused on adult mental health. There are seven modules covering mental… Read More »Mental Health in Rural Communities Toolkit
The “Structural Racism Explained” video from the Othering & Belonging Institute draws upon many varied sources in formulating specific definitions for different types of racism. The video and prompts provided in this video and teaching guide are designed primarily for teachers to help students clarify and… Read More »Structural Racism Explained Video and Teaching Guide
The Measuring Discrimination Resource by Dr. David R. Williams provides tools for measuring experiences of racism in a more tangible way. This comprehensive resource includes an Everyday Discrimination Scale, questionnaires for measuring experiences of discrimination and work discrimination, a Heightened Vigilance Scale, and more.
This recorded webinar episode produced by the American Public Health Association describes the Environmental Justice Index (EJI), the first national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lens of human health and health equity. This webinar discusses the development… Read More »The Environmental Justice Index: Ranking Cumulative Health Impacts
The American Hospital Association and the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity have teamed up to provide a list of resources that organizations can utilize to advance health equity in communities and healthcare settings. This extensive list describes and links resources that fall under the… Read More »Essential Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources
Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice is an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and the National Collaborative for Health Equity. The goal of the first stage of the project is to curate a set of policies and practices that… Read More »Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice
Developed by Bayard Love and Deena Hayes-Greene from the Racial Equity Institute, the Groundwater Approach is a metaphorical framework for analyzing racism in the United States. Examples in this document, embedded below, can help deepen understandings of the manifestations of institutional racism. We hope that… Read More »The Groundwater Approach: Building a Practical Understanding of Structural Racism