Health equity/social determinants of health Archives

National Nature Assessment Webinar – Understanding the Role of Nature in our Work & Lives

Overview:

On Earth Day 2022, President Biden made nature-based solutions a national priority. In an Executive Order, he made a broad call for action to create nature-based solutions to tackle climate change. A new study, called the National Nature Assessment, was created. Its scope is to assess the status, observed trends, and future projections of America’s lands, waters, wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems and their benefits, including connections to the economy, public health, equity, climate mitigation and adaptation, and national security.

In this webinar, Dr. Phillip Levin, Ph.D., a Professor of Practice at the University of Washington in the School of Environment and on loan to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Director of the first-ever National Nature Assessment will share more about the National Nature Assessments’ recently released prospectus. This document was created from conversations with representatives from over 133 organizations and 40 states in the US. It evaluates how changes in nature impact safety, security, human health and equity.

Learn more and share how nature and climate change is impacting health and well-being in your communities. Find ways that this assessment can be useful in your IVP work.

View the recording HERE

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, email Safe States at info@safestates.org.

Building Equity into Safer States – Webinar Series

Safe States is excited to launch a new webinar series to provide space for deeper exploration of the recently released “Building Equity into Safer States” resource, a tool designed to help injury and violence prevention (IVP) organizations integrate health equity across the core components of a model IVP program. Developed for IVP professionals, funders, advocates, and diverse partners, this resource can be used to enhance and strengthen health equity leadership, partnerships, programs, and more.

This six-part webinar series will provide a space for deeper exploration of the “Building Equity into Safer States” resource, share real-life examples, and discuss the standards and indicators for a model IVP program.

Webinar 1: What Does Health Equity Look Like on the Federal Level?

October 4, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Join health equity officers from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) to learn how NCIPC is incorporating health equity into their organizational structure. Officers will share NCIPC’s Diversity, Equity Belong, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEBIA) strategic plan and investments in implementation efforts.

Learn more by viewing the presentation HERE

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Webinar 2: Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Benchmarks

October 16, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Next up in the series, learn about the Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB) and how they can apply to your IVP efforts. Alan Richter, co-author of the GDEIB, will share information about using this tool to advance health equity. The GDEIB is a free resource for organizations worldwide that provides a strategic planning tool, a set of actions, and measures for progress toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. Organized into 15 categories across 4 groups, these benchmarks can apply to all sectors, sizes, and types of organizations. As referenced in “Building Equity Into Safer States,” the GDEIB can be used to build and sustain a solid, equitable, and stable infrastructure by providing actionable steps that IVP organizations can take to ensure equity is embedded in its goals, core values, leadership, and accountability.

Presenter:
Alan Richter
QED Consulting

Learn more by viewing the presentation HERE

View the recording HERE

Webinar 3: Building Equity Through Data Collection, Analysis and Dissemination

October 23, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

In this webinar, presenters will share and discuss examples of initiatives that strengthen protective factors and reduce risk factors for injury and violence prevention. Participants will explore a tool that helps injury and violence prevention professionals ground resource allocation decisions in community input, scientific literature, and culturally specific strategies. Also considerations on how this tool might be adapted and adopted regularly in resource allocation decision making will be discussed.

Presenters:
Courtney Fultineer
Oregon Health Authority

Stephanie Pustejovsky
Comagine

Learn more by viewing the presentation HERE

View the recording HERE

Webinar 4: Embedding Equity into Hospital-Based Injury and Violence Prevention Programming

November 9, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Hospital-based injury and violence prevention programs have a unique space within the IVP world. Given the diverse populations served, centering programs around equity are crucial to ensuring IVP programs are reaching their target audiences. Embedding Equity into Hospital-Based Injury and Violence Prevention Programming will illustrate how equity has been incorporated into each of the IVP core components at a Level 1 Trauma Center by examining data sources, community partnerships, organizational structure, and identifying challenges and barriers.

Presenter:
Ashley Lamar
Trauma Injury Prevention Specialist
JPS Health Network

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Webinar 5: Building Equity in Firearm Injury Prevention Efforts Through Equitable Collaboration and Communication

November 13, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

In this webinar, participants will learn more about working with advocates and the veteran population to develop firearm messaging and policy. There will also be discussion on collaborating with various stakeholders to develop injury and violence prevention (IVP) communication and forming coalitions with firearm injury prevention stakeholders. Lessons learned will be shared related to firearm messaging and policy efforts in Texas.

Presenter:
Dr. Sandra McKay
University of Texas Health Science Center

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Webinar 6: Training and Technical Assistance to Build Equity in Your IVP Programs

November 28, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Doreleena Sammons Hackett from the Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) will discuss SOPHE’s health equity efforts and share information about the trainings they offer for helping public health practitioners advance health equity. Additionally, you will learn about Safe States’ upcoming trainings, technical assistance, and other learning opportunities to support you in your health equity initiatives.

Discuss SOPHE’s training opportunities
Discuss Safe States health equity training, technical assistance, and other learning opportunities
Review Safe States’ DEI Webpage and INformed – Online Training Center & Resource Hub

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Learn more about “Building Equity into Safer States” and access other tools and resources to support your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts here.

Indigenous Injury Prevention – Addressing the Disparities

This presentation focused on the Indian Health Service (IHS) Injury Prevention Program, outlining the injury rates and disparities that are seen in the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Using evidence-based strategies and innovative adaptations, participants learned more about how the IHS Injury Program is working to reduce disparities among indigenous populations.

Presenter:
LCDR Molly Madson, REHS, MPH
Injury Prevention Program Manager
Indian Health Service

Learn more by viewing the webinar HERE

Powerpoint slides HERE

If you encounter any technical difficulties with this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org.

Student Showcase – December 2022

Overview:

This Student Showcase features presentations from two Safe States’ student members – Michael Van Skiba and Victor Soupene.

Michael Van Skiba – a student attending Saint Catherine University for his Masters of Public Health in Global Health. He currently works as an EMT in the clinical setting and is passionate about health equity and social justice. His presentation will be on “Community Health Agents Advancing Women’s Empowerment and Changing Gender Norms”

Victor Soupene – a PhD student in the department of epidemiology at the University of Iowa and an occupational injury prevention trainee at the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety. His research mainly focuses on the causes of agricultural injury, suicide, and other rural health-related issues. His presentation today will be on “Circumstances contributing to Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Worker Death by Suicide”

View the Powerpoint Slides:

Michael’s presentation and research

Victor’s presentation

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

We Adjusted for Race, Now What?

Overview:

Safe States and the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) have partnered to offer this webinar on anti-racist methods.

Following the presentation, participants will be able to:
* Distinguish between discriminatory and biologic confounding biases in public health research
* Understand the implications of controlling for race in statistical analysis
* Understand the appropriate and inappropriate practice of using race/ethnicity in statistical analysis

Presenter:

Shabbar Ranapurwala, PhD, MPH – Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill.

Learn more by viewing the webinar here.

**Please note that this video will work on the Firefox browser, but not on Chrome or Edge browsers. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you have questions or encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org.

Equity Data: Where Are the Gaps?

Overview:

Equity and data have always been important principles of injury and violence prevention. But are we truly collecting data that provides an accurate picture of equity or do we have gaps in the data collection? Only through equitable data collection can we develop tailored and culturally resonant interventions to prevent injury and violence across our communities.

The University of Washington’s Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center recently released the “Equity Gaps in Injury and Violence Data Across Seattle, King County, Washington State, and Pacific Northwest” report. While this report is specific to the Pacific Northwest region, it has implications for other regions that are assessing whether current data collection systems are sufficient to capture data on equity.

Please join us for a presentation on Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center’s report findings followed by a facilitated discussion among participants.

Presenters:

Dr. Monica Vavilala

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

University of Washington

Dr. Lynn Stansbury

Affiliate Assistant Professor

University of Washington

Continuing Education:

This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate in Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit.

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH).

Training Instructions:

To complete this training, you will need to:

1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar

2. Complete the Evaluation

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Applying a Shared Risk & Protective Factor Approach to Injury and Violence Prevention — Evaluating Shared Risk and Protective Factors to Address ACEs, Suicide, and Opioid Misuse – Examples from States

Overview

This is Webinar #2 in a two-part series showcasing examples from states on leveraging and evaluating shared risk and protective factors to address ACEs, suicide, and opioid misue. This interactive webinar features representatives from two states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who share stories and lessons they have learned in their approach to connect work across three priority areas: ACEs, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Misuse. This webinar provides an introduction to evaluation principles for shared risk and protective factors utilized by states and the CDC.

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:

Participants will learn about how different communities approached evaluation to Shared Risk and Protective Factors.
Participants will better understand what challenges communities experienced when embarking on evaluation efforts with Shared Risk and Protective Factors and what they have learned in this process.

Presenters

Natalie Wilkens, CDC
Ali Maffey, Colorado
Deanna Ferrell, Utah
Allison Whitworth, Utah
Jennifer Woody Collins, Moderator

Continuing Education

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.5 CPH Recertification Credit.

Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:

Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
Recorded Webinar #2
Webinar #2 Slides
Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers.
Create your certificate of completion.

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Applying a Shared Risk & Protective Factor Public Health Approach to Injury and Violence Prevention — Leveraging Injury Prevention Efforts to Address ACEs, Suicide, and Opioid Misuse – Examples from States

Overview

This is Webinar #1 in a two-part series showcasing examples from states on leveraging and evaluating shared risk and protective factors to address ACEs, suicide, and opioid misue. This interactive webinar features representatives from states and the CDC sharing stories and lessons they have learned in the in their approach to connect work across three priority areas: ACEs, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Misuse. With a particular emphasis on efforts to address shared risk and protective factors, this webinar provides specific examples of how connections can be used to support work across multiple funding sources in the areas of programming, policy, data, surveillance, and partnerships.

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:

Participants will learn about Shared Risk & Protective Factors and how different communities applied and supported work in addressing them.
Participants will better understand what elements are needed to make working on Shared Risk & Protective Factors successful.

Presenters

Natalie Wilkens, CDC
Travis Vendetti, Rhode Island
Sarah Dinklage, Rhode Island
Michael Bauer, New York
Glynnis Hunt, New York
Ingrid Bou-Saada, North Carolina
Jane Herwehe, Louisiana
Mariana Garretson, Moderator

Continuing Education

Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:

Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
Recorded Webinar #1
Webinar #1 Slides
Complete the online evaluation, which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers.
Create your certificate of completion.

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention – It’s More than a Mental Health Concern

Overview

In 2016, nearly 45,000 lives were lost to suicide. A recent report from CDC tells us that suicide rates have increased by more than 30% in half of US states between 1999 and 2016. The report also tells us that according to data from 27 states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS, 2015), more than half of people who died by suicide were not known to have a mental health condition; but commonly reported relationship, substance misuse, physical health, job, money, legal or housing stress among other circumstances. To stem the tide of this growing public health problem, a national goal was set to reduce the annual suicide rate 20% by 2025. Meeting this goal will require implementation of comprehensive suicide prevention strategies which relies on a public health approach that goes beyond a focus on mental health conditions alone. Suicide prevention includes everyone in communities across the public and private sectors, from government agencies, to people with lived experience, to employers, to healthcare systems and beyond.

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:

Learn the latest findings on suicide from CDC scientists, State Health Department leaders in suicide prevention, and experts on suicide among U.S. Veterans.
Have a better understanding of how suicide is more than just a concern in mental health and that it spans across public health, substance abuse, and injury prevention fields as well.

Presenters

Jerry Reed, Education Development Center
Deborah Stone, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sheryll Brown, Private Consultant/Oklahoma State Department of Health – retired
Kimberly Myers, Utah Department of Human Services
Jeffrey Hill, Rhode Island Department of Health

Continuing Education

Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:

Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
Recorded Webinar
Webinar Slides
Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers.
Create your certificate of completion.

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Nurturing Our Children: State & Local Efforts to Prevent Child Maltreatment

The presentations in this webinar were included in a well-received session during the 2016 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting in April in Albuquerque, NM.

This webinar will provide an overview of child maltreatment in the U.S. and explore how state and local programs are helping protect children and families from the risks associated with child maltreatment. Learning objectives for this webinar include:

– Increase awareness of child maltreatment in the U.S.

– Identify key information for local health departments and communities to use when deciding what evidence-based child maltreatment intervention to implement.

– Understand the barriers and facilitators to implementing different evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs.

– Understand how Colorado is implementing the four Essentials for Childhood goals developed by the CDC, including strategies at the community and societal level of the social ecology, to create safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children.

– Learn how to engage critical partners to collaborate on strategies to achieve the four goals.

– Learn how Colorado has navigated these challenges in program implementation, leveraged relationships, and focused on strategies to succeed.

Presenters:

Giorgianna Venetis, MPA, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Margaret Carr, BS, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Cure Violence & the Movement to Treat Violence as a Health Problem

This webinar is based on the highly-rated closing general session presented during the 2016 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting in April in Albuquerque, NM.

Despite the enormous toll of violence in the United States as measured in injury, suffering, and death, violence is not generally seen as a health issue. The movement to treat violence as a health problem is fundamentally changing the way violence is viewed and resourced. This movement, which includes the Cure Violence program, advocates for (1) enacting social and behavioral campaigns to reduce violence; (2) using the comprehensive healthcare system as a point of intervention to interrupt the spread of violence; and (3) developing public health and epidemiology tools for community-based violence prevention programs.

This webinar will address why violence is a health problem, how health leaders play an integral role in solving all forms of violence, and we can work across sectors to address violence.

Presenter:
Shannon Cosgrove, MHA, Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence

Learning objectives of webinar:

– Understand why violence is a health problem – a contagious epidemic that is transmitted across syndromes.

– Learn how violence, like other contagions, can be interrupted through programs such as Cure Violence and through a health systems approach.

– Learn about a framework for violence prevention action, including how to activate leaders locally to transform the perceptions and response to violence.

– Learn about new areas of program innovation for Cure Violence.

Public Health, Transportation & Land Use: Institutionalizing Partnerships & Practices

A powerful connection exists between community health and transportation and land use decisions. These decisions impact many critical issues, including safety, physical activity, environmental quality, equity, and accessibility. Professionals from all fields are embracing strategic partnerships to ensure that health is fully integrated into transportation and land use policies. However, to guarantee the long-term sustainability of these partnerships, public health agencies must institutionalize the ways in which they collaborate, both internally and with partner organizations.

This two-part workshop will provide examples of how state and local public health departments can facilitate successful and enduring partnerships with transportation and land use agencies. During Part I,hear from diverse presenters and be introduced to new resources that can help professionals forge and sustain cross-agency partnerships. During Part II, listen to roundtable discussions that identify strategies for creating strong, lasting partnerships between public health, transportation, and land use agencies.

Smart Growth & Community Design Part 1: Preventing Injury & Chronic Disease via Smart Growth Policy

This webinar is the first in a two-part Smart Growth & Community Design series that focuses on the relationship between injury and chronic disease prevention, Smart Growth, and community design.

During this webinar, participants learn about Smart Growth policies and the proactive steps that public health practitioners can take to influence transportation and land-use decisions. Participants also learn additional strategies they can use to ensure that public health is a primary consideration in community design. The featured speaker is Mary Lee, a practicing attorney and expert on housing, land-use, and community economic development. Ms. Lee is the Associate Director for PolicyLink, a non-profit national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity.

Policies to Prevent Bullying in School

The theme for the 2010 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Policy Approaches to Injury & Violence Prevention.” The four webinars in this series are Webinar 1: Policies to Prevent Bullying in Schools; Webinar 2: Policies to Promote Injury-Free, Livable Communities; Webinar 3: State & National Policies to Promote Motor Vehicle Safety; Webinar 4: Policy Approaches to Injury Prevention: Successes, Strategies, & the ASTHO Presidential Challenge.

Webinar 1 focuses on bullying. Bullying has long been a serious and complex public health problem. Given the recent increase in media attention to bullying incidents and tragedies nationwide, the need for policies that appropriately and effectively address bullying in schools has become increasingly apparent. This webcast features presentations by professionals and advocates who are actively involved in shaping anti-bullying policies. During this webcast, speakers discuss their experiences with anti-bullying legislation (including legislation related to cyberbullying), describe the process needed to get such policies enacted, and provide insights on how state and local public health professionals can get more involved in the development and implementation of these policies.

Policies to Promote Injury-Free, Livable Communities

Webinar 2 focuses on injury-free, livable communities. This webcast features presentations by professionals who are actively involved in shaping state and local policies to promote Smart Growth principles that can prevent injuries, increase physical activity, and enhance the overall safety of communities. During this webcast, speakers discuss their experiences with the development and passage of policies related to pedestrian and bike safety, Complete Streets, and improved community design. Speakers also convey practical “lessons learnedÓ and will also provide their perspectives on how to better work with planners, stakeholders, and other agencies to successfully develop and implement policy changes.

Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention

The theme for the 2011 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Special Topics in Violence Prevention.”

Violence and the fear of violence can have far-reaching negative consequences and undermine efforts to improve the health and safety of communities. Perceptions of areas as being violent or unsafe may often prevent adults and children from engaging in a host of healthy activities — ranging from walking to schools and workplaces to utilizing parks and recreational areas. As a result, this lack of physical activity can be a substantial factor in the onset of chronic disease. Research has linked several chronic health conditions to a lack of physical activity, including asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. Violence only serves to exacerbate these conditions as it is a significant barrier that keeps individuals from leading healthy, active lives. Preventing violence is an imperative step in promoting safe and healthy communities and in minimizing the burden of disease. Both violence and chronic disease can be prevented by using a collaborative public health approach.

This webcast will feature presentations that will discuss the unique intersection between chronic disease and violence and provide examples of efforts that successfully address both issues. By utilizing innovative approaches and strategies, public health practitioners and other stakeholders at local, state, and national levels can help communities across the country benefit from integrated efforts to prevent violence and increase active living.

The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Using Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence; Webinar 2: Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention; Webinar 3: Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.

Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

The theme for the 2011 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Special Topics in Violence Prevention.”

Gang-related youth violence is a complex public health problem that can be addressed by using innovative, prevention-focused strategies and strong, collaborative partnerships. Acknowledging the impact of firearms on the lethality of gang-related violence, it is critical to explore the public health role in supporting primary and secondary prevention efforts to minimize violence-related firearm deaths and injuries that continue to disproportionately affect youth. This webcast features presentations by professionals and experts that are actively implementing programs in their states and communities to prevent gang-related violence. During this webcast, speakers address the national burden of firearm-related injuries among youth, describe programs currently being implemented to prevent gang-related violence and enhance youth empowerment, and provide insights on how to address the challenges of delivering effective violence prevention programs that utilize a public health approach.

Preventing Teen Dating Violence: Policies & Programs in Action

Dating violence is a serious public health issue that impacts millions of teens across the United States. Dating violence can begin early in adolescence, and can encompass physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and rape. This webcast provides information about ongoing programs and policies being implemented to effectively address teen dating violence at the national, state, and local levels. Presenters also provide strategies for how strengthen teen dating violence programs and policies within a variety of states and communities.

Broadening the Context for Injury & Violence Prevention: A Cliff Analogy and a Gardener’s Tale

Part 1 of this two-part webinar series on Injury, Violence, Health Equity & Social Justice.

An Introduction to Health Equity & Social Justice

Prevention Institute staff Lisa Fujie Parks, MPH, opened the webinar with a brief introduction to health equity and social justice and their importance to public health practice, including injury and violence prevention. Prevention Institute encourages community health and health equity by facilitating a deeper collective understanding of how root causes — such as racism and poverty — shape community environments and norms which, in turn, influence outcomes for health, safety, and health equity. To learn more, download the Prevention Institute’s fact sheet, Links Between Violence and Health Equity.

Broadening the Context for Injury and Violence Prevention: A Cliff Analogy and a Gardener’s Tale

Featured speaker, Dr. Camara Jones, discussed the interconnections between health interventions, the social determinants of health, health inequity, and the mechanisms by which systems of structured inequity affect populations. Through the lens of the injury and violence prevention goals outlined by Healthy People 2020, Dr. Jones discussed how racism adversely impacts health outcomes and unfairly advantages or disadvantages specific individuals and communities. Using her celebrated article Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale as a foundation, she offered perspectives on the relationships between race, ethnicity, social class, and health.

Health Equity & Social Justice: Changing the Narrative to Prevent Injuries & Violence

Part 2 of this two-part webinar series on Injury, Violence, Health Equity & Social Justice.

The second webinar in the 2014-2015 ASTHO-NACCHO-Safe States webinar series examined the social and political systems that generate health inequities, and showed how a local health department is working on these inequities through programs relevant to injury and violence prevention.

The Politics of Health Inequity: Public Narrative and Social Justice

Richard Hofrichter, PhD explored how racism and class exploitation are fundamental causes of health inequity, and how the dominant public narrative obscures imbalances in political power and serves to limit public health-driven solutions to programs and services instead of widespread social changes.

Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: The Alameda County Public Health Department

Katherine Schaff, MPH discussed why the Alameda County Public Health Department (Oakland, CA) is focused on social inequities and health equity, how it promotes health equity through a comprehensive community-centered local policy agenda, and what it took to get there. She provided an overview of ACPHD’s work, including its Place Matters local policy initiative and other concrete examples of working on underlying social inequities.

Topic: Health equity/social determinants of health

Student Showcase – December 2022

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