A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity is a resource for public health practitioners working to advance health equity through community health interventions. While health disparities can be addressed at multiple levels, this guide focuses on policy, systems, and environmental improvements designed to improve the places where people live, learn, work, and play. The guide includes the following sections:
- Incorporating Equity into Foundational Skills of Public Health
- Maximizing Tobacco-Free Living Strategies to Advance Health Equity
- Maximizing Healthy Food and Beverage Strategies to Advance Health Equity
- Maximizing Active Living Strategies to Advance Health Equity
Population of focus: Individuals living in the U.S.
Links to resource:
- Full report — A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease (pdf)
- Links to sections of the report
Date: 2013
Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention