Mechanisms for Advancing Health Equity
There is a consistently growing body of research exploring the ways that law and policy, in all sectors, can advance health equity. Decisions are made every day that affect health equity, and because of this, there are mechanisms that can be used every day to promote and further equity in all fields. Constant development of new and effective strategies to advance health equity appear in theoretical analyses, data integration, civic engagement, and more.
While health equity is woven into all our work, the resources included here specifically address law and policy issues that directly impact health equity.
Resources
Racial Equity Interests and Needs Assessment
Medical Debt is a Public Health Crisis
Promoting Health Equity in Communities Affected by Mass Incarceration—Addressing Legal Obstacles to Hiring Formerly Incarcerated Individuals as Community Health Workers
Advancing Equity for all Racial Groups through the Governmental Use of Racial Equity Tools
MICRO-TOOLKIT: Equity Assessment Framework for Public Health Laws and Policies
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
Prison Procurement Laws in the Southeast
Public Health’s Preemption Problem: Key Health Justice Impacts and Updates
Overview of State and Local Equity Offices
Six Policies that Advance Black Health and Wellbeing
Affirmative Action and Public Health Repercussions
Adult-Use Cannabis Social Equity Toolkit
Spotlight
Renewed Efforts to Address the Negative Impacts of Inequitable School Discipline
Renters Bill of Rights: Education, Enforcement, and Enhancement of Rights
Community Health Workers with Lived Experience of Incarceration Are Uniquely Suited to Serve Reentering Populations—But Legal Obstacles Impede Hiring Them
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