Equity-Centered Policies
Equity is the vehicle in which we can strive to achieve equality. Equity-centered policy is effective policy.
Resources
The Center's approach to equity-centered policy work fuses policy assessment, research and data gathering, ethical collaboration, and community capacity building.
With support from the Office of Minority Health and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, our Equity-Centered Policies Unit has produced multiple resources meant to inspire and assist a variety of audiences with their policy considerations.
Equity-Centered Policy and Storytelling
At the 2023 State of Black Health Conference, former Equity-Centered Policies Director Natasha Phelps presented and moderated two panels exploring The Center’s equity-centered policy work to eliminate health disparities facing African Americans, including a legal epidemiology assessment of Black neighborhoods damaged by freeways and community engagement in Atlanta, New Orleans, and Detroit.
Trusted External Resources
- American Public Health Association, “What does Health in All Policies Mean?”
- American Public Health Association, “What is Public Health?”
- American Public Health Association, “What is Health Equity?”
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement, “What Is Health Equity, and Why Does It Matter?”
- American Public Health Association, “How Do Social Determinants Impact Public Health?”a
- American Public Health Association, “How Does Environment Affect Our Health?”
- Centers for Disease Cvontrol and Prevention, “Beyond the Data – Public Health Law: A Tool to Address Emerging Health Concerns”
- “Focusing On Equity and Inclusion: When We Work On Public Health Laws"
- “What Are Political Determinants of Health & Do They Differ from SDOH?” from the Satcher Health Leadership Institute
- “An Antiracist Agenda for Medicine”
- “Equity in Action: Operationalizing Processes in State Governance”
- “Achieving Health Equity” by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- “The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report” from the Satcher Health Leadership Institute
- “The State Of Black America And Covid-19 A Two-Year Assessment” from the Black Coalition Against COVID
- Racism is a Public Health Crisis declaration map by the American Public Health Association
- “Equity in Action: Operationalizing Processes in State Governance”
- Satcher Health Leadership Institute Health Equity Tracker
- “Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health: Volume I: Executive Summary”
- Effective Law and Policy: Incorporating Equity at Every Stage (Natasha Phelps, Geographic Health Equity Alliance -CADCA)
- Public Health Law Center (Natasha Phelps, J.D. and Julie Ralston Aoki, J.D. – Public Health Law Center) - Grounded in Equity: Effective Public Health Law and Policy
- ChangeLab Solutions - Administrative Law and Health Equity
