Health Equity Strategies CCDHP – Coordinated Chronic Disease Learning Community Kati Moseley, MPH Chair, Health Equity Council September 10, 2012 September 10, 20111

ASTHO Affiliate Meeting 20112

What do you need – how can we help? What do you need to succeed in your health equity efforts? How can the Health Equity Council help you? September 10, 20123

Elements of Success: Background In 2011, the Health Equity Council  Identified strategies of robust programs  Rated strategies based on depth of action  Surveyed state & territory chronic disease directors  Conducted phone interviews  Arranged presentations by five states  Gathered tools and processes from states September 10, 20124

Catalog of Strategies  Written plan with designated staff + leadership support  Staff orientation and training  Recruitment, hiring and retention practices  External contracts  Data  Partnerships  Other tools September 10, 20125

6 What would you add? September 10, 2012

Written plan with designated staff and leadership support  Designated lead to oversee the work – at least.5FTE  Written plan with logic model, process to apply an equity lens to decisions, and evaluation  Organizational self-assessment for addressing health inequities September 10, 20127

Staff Orientation and Training  New employee orientation within 6 months of hire Roots of Health Inequity |NACCHO  Ongoing staff training Roots of Health Inequity |NACCHO Unnatural Causes | California Newsreel  Regular health equity discussions during staff meetings Health Equity Prevention Primer | Prevention Institute September 10, 20128

9 Recruitment and Retention  Qualifications for positions  Recruitment outlets  Interview questions  Job descriptions  Training and support September 10, 2012

10 External Contracts Equity language in contracts, grants and RFPs  Health Equity language in contracts, grants and RFPs  Program awards funds to outside groups to promote health equity (explicitly stated)  September 10, 2012

Data  Program collects local level data on social determinants of health and has systems to insure consistent data collection  Health equity component to disease burden reports  Health equity resources available to the public September 10,

Partnerships National – ASTHO, PHAB, NACCHO, Prevention Institute, PolicyLink, YMCA, NPA September 10,

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State Partnerships State – cabinet level departments like transportation, education, commerce, planning, local health departments, business organizations What other partners do you work with? ASTHO Affiliate Meeting

Other tools Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards self-assessment tools Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) standards and measures revisions Bay Area Regional Health Inequity Initiative – Organizational Self-Assessment for Addressing Health Inequities September 10,

Take Action What is something you learned today you plan to act on? What is something you heard you want more information about? September 10,

17 Contact Us For more information contact Gail Brandt: Or visit: September 10, 2012