Guidelines for achieving health equity in practice
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Guidelines for achieving health equity in practice (PDF) is a three-page document that modifies the ten essential services to incorporate health equity.
This three-page document modifies the ten essential services to incorporate health equity and articulates actions that a local health department can take related to health equity within the context of these services. It offers suggested actions for some, but not all, of the essential services, including:
- Monitoring health status and tracking the conditions that influence health
- Protecting people from health problems
- Giving people information they need to improve their health
- Engaging with the community to eliminate health inequities
- Developing public health policies and plans
- Maintaining a competent public health workforce
- Contributing to and applying the research base of public health
When to use
These guidelines could be used in a number of different ways and for varying purposes. For example, a community health board or local health department might use these guidelines:
- In a leadership team meeting to brainstorm how and where to incorporate work on health equity into public health practice
- To develop talking points or discussion questions for a meeting with a county board, community leadership team, or similar audience
- In the context of assessing the community health board's performance or workforce development needs
- For strategic planning at any organizational level
- To inform the development of individual staff work plans
- When developing job descriptions
Things to consider
This document was developed in 2009.
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