“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin
What is Health Equity?
Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2017/05/what-is-health-equity-.html
What are the Social Determinants of Health?
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
For more information, please visit: https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health
What can we do to promote Health Equity?
Partner organizations are encouraged to use the Healthier Together’s data dashboards and reports to inform their strategic plans, advocacy initiatives, grant applications or project workplans.
To learn more about Healthier Together’s goals around health equity and data resources, please visit our assessment page:
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