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“Health equity means everyone has an opportunity to attain their full potential for health and well-being and no one is disadvantaged from doing so because of social position or any other socially defined circumstance.”
NASEM, 2023
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Racially and ethnically minoritized populations and tribal communities often face preventable inequities in health outcomes due to structural disadvantages and diminished opportunities around health care, employment, education, and more. A new report from the National Academies, “Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity,” analyzes how past and current federal policies may create, maintain, and/or amplify racial, ethnic, and tribal health inequities. It also identifies key features of policies that have served to reduce inequities and makes recommendations to help achieve racial, ethnic, and tribal health equity. | |
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The report identifies steps the president, Congress, and other federal-level actors can take within four action areas:
- Implement Sustained Coordination Among Federal Agencies
- Prioritize, Value, and Incorporate Community Voice in the Work of Government
- Ensure Collection and Reporting of Data Are Representative and Accurate
- Improve Federal Accountability, Enforcement, Tools, and Support Toward a Government That Advances Optimal Health for Everyone.
| Implementing this report’s recommendations will improve the circumstances in which individuals, families, and communities live, play, work, pray, and age so that all people living in the United States have the opportunity to meet their full health potential. | |
The new National Academies report analyzes ways in which federal policy contributes to health inequities in racially and ethnically minoritized populations and tribal communities and recommending changes to promote health equity. | |
The Intersection Of The Social Determinants Of Health, Federal Policy, And Racial, Ethnic, And Tribal Health Equity. | |
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Overview Of Key Conclusions And Recommendations From The Report And Answered Questions Asked By The Audience.
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Must-Listen Conversations For You! | |
Health Equity Is The Goal, Health Justice Is The Path | | |
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Solutions to health injustice exist within communities themselves, and the path to better health goes beyond medical care to working alongside partners across multiple sectors that impact our everyday lives.
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In 2021, when the Kaiser Family Foundation looked at how people fare across 27 key health measures, they found that Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans fared worse than their White counterparts in most areas due to chronic underfunding.
Over the past year, CoCreative, a consultancy that supports systems change collaborations, codesigned a new leadership program with RWJF that asked: What kind of leadership do we need to dismantle structural racism in the US health system?
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Young Americans are using their increasing political power to champion the vital conditions for health and well-being.
The AAMC Center for Health Justice conducted a nationally representative poll of 1,510 members of Generation Z (Gen Z), ages 18 to 24, with the purpose of learning more about their attitudes about some of the social factors that influence health and health equity. What does Gen Z value?
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Generation Z Challenges Partisan Divides for Health Equity
Aug. 14, 2023
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Despite a diversity of political identification, Gen Zers agree about the importance of health care, economic, and housing policy to improve the health of communities.
Efforts to promote Gen Z agreement on health equity–promoting policy and advocacy should focus on three areas: engagement, state and local action, and creating local to national professional development pathways.
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US. Should Create a Federal Entity Responsible for Advancing Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity, and Implement a Health Equity Policy Audit and Score Card
News Release | July 27, 2023
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The report pays special attention to American Indian and Alaska Native populations, which are often overlooked in large national reports and in the U.S. are worse off than all other racial and ethnic groups for most measures of health. To improve health equity for American Indian and Alaska Native populations, Congress should authorize funding of the Indian Health Service at parity with other health care programs through mandatory advance appropriations. The House of Representatives should reestablish the Indian Affairs Committee, and the director of IHS should be raised to the level of an assistant secretary.
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In community health work, we are often called upon to use various kinds of data for different circumstances—to assess community conditions, monitor trends, and prioritize areas for investment. There’s a lot to know about data and it can get technical!
Here's a refresher on some foundational data concepts, aimed to equip changemakers with basic information about common kinds of data encountered in community change work.
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Reconstructing Health Equity
Dr. Nathan Chomilo
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IP3 ASSESS Feature Spotlight | |
IP3 ASSESS is a web-based data solution designed and built for changemakers using data to advance equitable well-being in communities around the Nation. | |
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Build your own geographies to explore data describing your custom area or community. Create and manage custom areas using the simple area builder. Areas can be built from individual or groups of census tracts, zip codes, cities, counties, or states.
Areas made up of more than one geographic entity (e.g., multiple zip codes) can include contiguous or non-contiguous areas. Users can explore data for each geography configured on the platform.
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In recognition of the longstanding history of the relationship between The Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada, and those who continue its legacy, the 2023 Indigenous Communities Fellowship is open to all innovators supporting community-based solutions by and for Indigenous communities across the United States and Canada.
Challenge Open: February 1, 2023
Deadline to Submit: May 11, 2023
Solve Challenge Finals: September 18, 2023
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Leonard-Litz LGBTQ Foundation: LGBTQ+ Community Grants (New Hampshire)
Type: Foundation
Due Date: Rolling
Match Required: No Cost Share
Overview: The purpose of this program is to help LGBTQ+ people fulfill their potential by funding nonprofit organizations that advance the interests and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community through advocacy and with programs and services that meet the needs of LGBTQ+ people. Funding will be provided for life-affirming services that address one or more of the following focus areas:
- Health and wellness
- Crisis intervention
- Racial justice
- Advocacy and community engagement
- Social assistance and programming
Huntington National Bank: Charitable Grant Program (Wisconsin)
Type: Foundation
Due Date: Rolling
Match Required: No Cost Share
Overview: The purpose of this program is to contribute to the development of healthy, vibrant communities. Funding will support projects that improve self-sufficiency and quality of life, as well as advance social and economic equality, in communities served by the funding agency.
Support will be provided for projects in the following focus areas:
- Community revitalization and stabilization
- Community services
- Affordable housing
- Economic and community development
- Racial/social equity
National Indian Health Board
Type: Foundation
Due Date: August 18th, 2023
Match Required: No Cost Share
Overview: The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is accepting applications for two funding opportunities that can assist Tribes and Tribal organizations to scale up and strengthen their local response and preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks and future pandemics.
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Infection Control Grant: Supporting Tribes and Tribal organizations to reinforce infection control measures that reduce occupational exposures in healthcare settings and provide infection control training on infection prevention and control principles.
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Infectious Disease Threat Grant: supporting Tribes and Tribal organizations in implementing layered prevention strategies to avoid infectious disease threats.
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