Health & Healthcare Resources
These resources were found through the National Rural Health Resource Center, Kaiser Family Foundation, Minnesota Department of Health, Virginia Department of Health, American Public Health Association, National Association of County and City Health Officials, and Health Outreach Partners
Books
Hofrichter, Richard and Bhatia, Rajiv, eds (2010) Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice: Theory to Action, New York; Oxford University Press, 600 pp.
Hofrichter, Richard, ed (2003) Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology, and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease,San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 688 pp.
NACCHO (2014) Exploring the Roots of Health Inequity: Essays for Reflection, Washington, D.C., NACCHO, 63pp.
Prentice, Bob (2014) Expanding the Boundaries: Health Equity and Public Health Practice, Washington D.C., NACCHO, 72pp.
Articles
What are health disparities and health equity? We need to be clear
The Marmot review final report, “Fair Society, Healthy Lives”
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America
World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Creating the Healthiest Nation: Children's Environmental Health
Creating the Healthiest Nation: Environmental Justice for All
Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health and Educational Equity
Complete streets promoting health equity in communities: Supporting transportation for all users
All Health is Connected: Can Leveraging Women's Health Care Help Narrow Gaps in Black Men's Health?
Health equity now: A state of play on public health and equity
Better Health Through Equity: Case Studies in Reframing Public Health Work
Equity Atlases: How Data and Maps Can Illuminate Transportation and Equity American Journal of Public Health Supplement: "Beyond Health Equity"
Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity (Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief)
Determinants of Equity Report (Seattle King County, Washington) (PDF)
Videos & Webinars
The impact of racism on the health and well-being of the nation
The impact of racism on the health and well-being of the nation
Making the Economic Case for Health Equity: Tribal and State Solutions (ASTHO) (video)
Webinar Recording: Shifting Community Power: Local Public Health and Community Organizing Collaborations to Confront the Root Causes of Racial Injustice and Health Inequity
Community Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States (National Academy of Sciences, January 2016)
Achieving Health Equity - A Public Health Approach (NACCHO Annual, July 2016, keynote address)
Building Power for Health Equity (NACCHO Annual, July 2016, plenary session)
Slow Violence, Health Inequity and the Future Well Being of Communities (NACCHO Annual, July 2016, panel)