A Practitioner's Guide to Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease

Copyright

2013

Published By

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This guide aims to assist public health practitioners in addressing disparities in chronic disease health outcomes. It includes lessons learned from practitioners of local, state, and tribal organizations, a collection of health equity considerations for policy, systems, and environmental improvement strategies, and methods for integrating health equity into local practices such as building organizational capacity, engaging the community, developing partnerships, identifying health inequities, and conducting evaluations.