2024 Conference – North Sound Race and Health Equity
Clinicians and other medical professionals gathered for the 4th annual Race and Health Equity Conference in April 2024! We were proud to host keynote speakers D...
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2023 Conference – North Sound Race and Health Equity
In March 2023, we held the third annual North Sound Race & Health Equity Conference. This year’s theme: How belonging and inclusion shape our individu...
2022 Conference – North Sound Race and Health Equity
In March of 2022, we gathered with everyone again for the 2nd annual conference. We spent our time looking back at history and seeing what the data is telling u...
2021 Conference – North Sound Race and Health Equity
The inaugural Race and Health Equity Conference, held on Zoom. Events of the last year have brought increased attention to the pain of health inequities impacti...
Health Equity Scholarship
Landing page for the Health Equity Scholarship, which is supported by the activities of the North Sound Race and Health Equity Alliance
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest (film)
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis explores the legacy of the historical strengths and resilience of...
The Way Station
We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...
Care Coordination and Sno911 slide deck
Review the slide deck for the Care Coordination presentation, with area program Sno911, at the Janaury 2025 Partner Convening.
Cities With Fluoridated Drinking Water Supply
This resource provides an overview of cities that add fluoride to their drinking water supplies as a public health measure, including population data for these ...
North Sound Oral Health Maps and Tables
This resource includes various data sets related to oral health, focusing on dental utilization rates for Medicaid recipients, the enrollment of low-income stud...
Dental Professionals by County (2023) and Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
This resource provides data on the number of dental professionals—including dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants—by county for 2023, along wit...
Dental Utilization Rate For Adults With Medicaid, by Zip Code
This resource provides data on the dental utilization rate for adults enrolled in Medicaid in Washington State for the fiscal year 2022.
Dental Utilization Rate For Children With Medicaid, by Zip Code
This resource provides data on the dental utilization rates for children enrolled in Medicaid (Apple Health) in Washington State during fiscal year 2022, indica...
Dental Providers That Billed Medicaid, by Zip Code
This resource provides data on dental providers that billed Medicaid for dental services in Fiscal Year 2022, broken down by zip code in the North Sound region.
Locations of Dental Clinics: (“Safety Net” Clinics: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Clinics & Free Clinics)
This resource provides a comprehensive list of “safety net” dental clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Clinics, and Free Clinics, ...
Elementary Schools With School-Based Sealant Provider
This resource provides data on the percentage of elementary schools within various school districts in the North Sound region that have established school-based...
North Sound Oral Health: Local Impact Newsletter February 2023 – Issue 1
This resource highlights funding for various dental projects, educational opportunities, legislative updates, and initiatives aimed at improving oral health acc...
North Sound Oral Health: Local Impact Newsletter April 2023 – Issue 2
This resource promotes oral health equity in the North Sound region through partnerships and sustainable strategies, highlighting the establishment of dental th...
North Sound Oral Health: Local Impact Newsletter August 2023 – Issue 4
This resource emphasizes initiatives to enhance oral health equity and access in the region, featuring self-paced courses for dental providers, updates on incre...
North Sound Oral Health: Local Impact Newsletter October 2023 – Issue 5
This resource highlights ongoing efforts to improve oral health equity in the North Sound region, focusing on community water fluoridation in Lynden and its pot...
North Sound Oral Health: Local Impact Newsletter January 2024 – Issue 6
This resource focuses on improving oral health equity in the North Sound region, with updates on new initiatives such as a mobile dental clinic in Whatcom Count...
North Sound Oral Health: Local Impact Newsletter April 2024 – Issue 7
This resource highlights upcoming events, learning opportunities, and legislative updates to improve oral health equity in the North Sound region. It also intro...
Leveraging Medicaid to Support Community Health Workers
This brief, developed in partnership by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, explores Med...
Opportunities for Public Health Agencies to Advance Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs
This brief by the Center for Health Care Strategies provides action steps for public health agencies to help guide sustainable CHW program financing.
Messaging for Trust in Health Communication
This brief, from the Council for Quality Health Communication, is meant for community health workers (umbrella term) to communicate about evidence-based, person...
Wallet Card: Trusted Messaging
This is a printable wallet card for community health workers, from the Council for Quality Health Communication, for quick tips on messaging for trust in health...
Partner Highlight: School Sealants Project | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of the School Sealants Project, featuring the Community Health Center of Snohomish County and San Juan County Health & Community Service...
March Network Learning Session (Slides): Birth Equity – Beyond The Doctor’s Office
These are the slides for our March Network Learning Session. We learned about Birth Equity and what we can do beyond beyond the doctor’s office as communi...
March Network Learning Session (Recording): Birth Equity – Beyond the Doctor’s Office
This is a recording of the March network learning session. This March, we learned about birth equity. We learned about our current state of in the North Sound r...
Open Arms Perinatal Services
Open Arms Perinatal Services is an organization that provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, including doula care, childb...
Project Girl Mentoring Program
“Project Girl Mentoring Program is a non profit organization providing mentoring, educational and social activities to young women throughout Snohomish Co...
Shades of Divinity
Shades of Divinity, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “promote reproductive justice and equity in Washington state by uplifting BIPOC families. ...
Global Perinatal Services
Global Perinatal is a an organization working to provide support for perinatal and postpartum birthers, their partners. They provide education and connect famil...
Birth Doulas FAQ – Washington State Department of Health
In this resource, you will find frequently asked question about birth doula work, certification and education requirements and how to get started on that vocati...
Article: Everything You Need to Know About Vaginal Steaming
This resource delves into the practice of vaginal steaming, exploring its origins, purported benefits, and potential risks.
Report: 2021 March of Dimes Report Card
This resource discusses the March of Dimes Report Card, providing insights into the current state of maternal and infant health across the U.S., including state...
Article: Black, Native infants in King County die at higher rate than white babies – Seattle Times
This resource delves into the challenges surrounding infant mortality in King County, highlighting significant disparities and the urgent need for comprehensive...
Report: Washington State Maternal Mortality Review Panel: Maternal Deaths 2017–2020
In this resource, you will find policy and funding recommendations from the Maternal Mortality Review Panel (MMRP) established by the Washington State Legislatu...
Webinar: State Medicaid Opportunities to Support Mental Health of Mothers and Babies During the 12-Month Postpartum Period
This resource recommends concrete steps state Medicaid agencies can take to address mental health among mothers and infants in the postpartum year to advance he...
Podcast | Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing
“For effective and inclusive community planning, it’s important that community development groups and local governments work closely with residents who ...
Voter Participation Is a Path to Health Equity: How Health Departments Can Promote a Healthy, Inclusive Democracy
This journal article discusses how public health agencies can use their resources and relationships to foster communities in which voting is accessible, easily ...
Why and How Should Public Health Promote Voting?
This article discusses why public health has a responsibility to promote civic and voter participation in order to advance health equity.
Course: Fundamentals of Medical Interpreting online course at Skagit Valley College
“In an effort to bridge the gap in healthcare communication and ensure quality care for diverse patient populations, Skagit Valley College (SVC) proud to ...
Article: Treat me like a person—not an anomaly
“Intersex people are often left out of the equation in talking about making health care available and competent for all. This story is a great example of ...
Website: Roots of Empathy
An inclusive community building that supports children’s well being and breaks intergenerational cycles of violence and neglect. Roots of Empathy can be b...
Partner Highlight | San Juan School Based Sealant Program | January 2024 Partner Convening: the HeART of Transformation
Slides from CHC Snohomishs’ partner highlight about their San Juan School Based Sealant Program
Partner Highlight | Language Access Workforce Initiative| January 2024 Partner Convening: the HeART of Transformation
Slides from Skagit Valley College’s Partner highlight: Language Access Workforce Initiative during our January 2024 Partner Convening
Chelan County Jail & Reentry Program
“The Chelan County Jail and Reentry Program is a holistic approach to reintegration of incarcerated adults into society. Designed to address the complex n...
Slide Deck | Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience | January 2024 Partner Convening
Slides from the session Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience during our January 2024 Partner Convening
Slide Deck | Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators | January 2024 Partner Convening
Slides from the session, Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators at our January 2024 Partner Convening
Health Care Options for Immigrants in Washington State
This presentation provide healthcare options clarity for immigrants in WA state.
Opciones de Atención Médica para inmigrantes en el estado de Washington y las nuevas opciones disponibles en 2024 | Health Care Options for Immigrants in Washington State & New Options in 2024
Opciones de Atención Médica para inmigrantes en el estado de Washington y las nuevas opciones disponibles en 2024 | Health Care Options for Immigrants in Wash...
Reunión de Promotoras de Salud 2023 | CHW Convening 2023 – Presentación | Slide Deck
Aquí está la presentación que compartimos durante la Reunión de Promotoras de Salud (CHW), otoño 2023. Here is the slide deck that was shared during the CH...
Find Me A Therapist | Therapist program connects people to Black therapists
“The Find Me A Therapist program connects people to Black therapists by searching for Black mental health professionals.”
Whatcom County | Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force
“The purpose of the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force is to continually review Whatcom County’s criminal justice and behavioral health p...
September Network Learning Session (Slides): Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
Slides – Network Learning Session – Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
First Step Act Annual Report
“The First Step Act (FSA or the Act), passed into law in December 2018, was heralded as the culmination of a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice...
Frequent Users Services Enhancement ‘FUSE’ Initiative New York City FUSE II Evaluation Report
“Housing instability/homelessness increases risk for incarceration and, conversely, incarceration increases the risk for homelessness. To address these ri...
Housing First, consumer choice, and harm reduction for homeless individuals with a dual diagnosis
“Current rates of homelessness in New York City are the highest ever documented.1 A small percentage of this population remains chronically homeless, eit...
Best Practices for Engaging the Reentry Population in Health Care | Transition Clinic
“The Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) is a national organization committed to reversing the harms of mass incarceration by eliminating racial health and e...
CHART Showing Success in Everett
“CHART (CHronic-Utilizer Alternative Response Team) is a program where people who have been identified as chronic users of emergency services get intensiv...
Diversion & Treatment | Everett Community, Planning & Economic Development
“Everett alternative response programs offer policing and prosecution models proven to reduce recidivism for low-level offenders, as well as offer support...
Grace Program – Whatcom County
“The Whatcom Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement (GRACE) program is a community-based effort to find solutions for individuals who are high u...
LEAD Program Evaluation: Recidivism Report
“This report describes findings from a quantitative analysis comparing outcomes for LEAD participants versus “system-as-usual” control participants on...
Program Profile: Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program (Seattle, Washington)
This is a pre-booking, community-based diversion program designed to divert those suspected of low-level drug and prostitution offenses away from jail and prose...
Evaluation of the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative Reentry Programs
In 2010 and 2011, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, launched local reentry programs under the auspices of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult...
Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental or Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide
The purpose of Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide is to provide b...
Short-term Strategies to Improve Reentry of Jail Populations: Expanding and Implementing the APIC Model
“Almost all jail inmates will leave correctional settings and return to the community. Inadequate transition planning puts jail inmates, who entered the j...
Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court Walker, MN | Process, Outcome, and Cost Evaluation Report
This is a report from the Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court in Walker, MN about their program, CCDWI – Wellness Court.
Tulalip Tribal Court | Wellness Court
“Tulalip’s Healing to Wellness Court provides the support and resources necessary for our clients to begin living sober lives and reconnecting with thei...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community didgʷálič Wellness Center
“The didgʷáličWellness Center, which is owned and operated by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, provides out-patient treatment services for trib...
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Key Components
“In 1996,a committee of practitioners and others involved with drug court program operations was established under the leadership of the National Associat...
Designing for Social Systems | Lummi Tribal Health Center
“On Washington State’s northernmost coast resides the Lummi People, a sovereign indigenous nation of approximately 6,600 people. For the past several ye...
Whatcom County Justice Project Needs Assessment
“For decades, Whatcom County has struggled to strike a balance between prevention and incarceration in its approach to public safety. From the early days ...
The Bellingham Herald | 10 inmates at Whatcom County Jail’s Work Center test positive for COVID-19
This article talks about the impact of Covid-19 in Whatcom County Jail.
NWRC | Jail Health Program – Whatcom County Jail
The Northwest Regional Council (NWRC) was created as a “grassroots” organization. Our roots go deep into our local region, building on the ideas, values, an...
Suicide in Local Jails and State and Federal Prisons, 2000–2019 – Statistical Tables
These statistical tables present data from the Mortality in Correctional Institutions collection, through which the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) obtained ...
Kiro 7: First-ever body cavity search of Snohomish County inmate finds bag of fentanyl
This article talks about body cavity searches and Fentanyl issue in Snohomish county jail.
Incarceration Trends in Washington Fact Sheet
Since 1970, the rate of incarceration in America has expanded more than fourfold, and the United States leads the world in locking people up. Many places in Ame...
Washington State Juvenile Detention 2020 Annual Report
“This report was written in response to House Bill (HB) 2449, which was passed in 2016 and, among other things, requires an annual statewide juvenile dete...
Behavioral Health Needs of Jail Inmates in Washington State
This report describes the characteristics of 123,240 individuals booked into jail in 2013 who were recent or former clients of the Washington State Department ...
Protecting Immigrant Rights: Is Washington’s Law Working? | University of Washington Center for Human Rights
“2019’s Keep Washington Working (KWW) Act and 2020’s Courts Open to All Act (COTA) place Washington state at the forefront of national efforts to prot...
Report to Whatcom County Stakeholders on Jail Reduction Strategies
“With the county’s jail population surging, local government leaders, justice system practitioners, and community members have become increasingly conce...
Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails (Article)
“A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric se...
County evaluates jail medical care (Article)
This article from GoSkagit, talks about how providing adequate medical care in a jail has proven to be a challenge for counties throughout the country. Two year...
Washington State Medicaid Transformation Project 2.0 Approval Letter
Washington State Medicaid Transformation Project 2.0 Approval Letter – “Overall, the goal of the demonstration is to provide medical assistance and ...
Ear Hustle (Podcast)
“Ear Hustle launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and produced in prison, featuring stories of the daily realities of life inside California’s S...
Website – Whatcom Perinatal Mental Health Task Force
Connecting with parents, caregivers, and professionals to raise community awareness about the tender time of becoming a new parent, what perinatal mood and anxi...
Mobile Mama – Partner Presentation Slides
Whatcom County Health & Community Services Department’s Mobile Mama, partner project presentation. for people are interested in learning more they can...
Web Page: North Sound Race and Health Equity Alliance
During our open space, the North Sound Race and Health Equity Alliance facilitated a table where attendees could learn more about the current initiative of the ...
WIN (Well-Being in the Nation Measures) Network Website
WIN (Well-Being in the Nation Measures) Network on website. This website was mentioned during the presentation of Somava Saha, MD, MS. during our August 2023 Pa...
CDC: Promotores de Salud/Community Health Workers
The CDC’s resources for and about Promotores de Salud/Community Health Workers. Included are definitions, initiatives and available trainings.
Slide Deck: Community Health Workers – Promoting Health and Strengthening Communities
Here is the slide deck that was shared during the Community Health Workers – Promoting Health and Strengthening Communities learning session.
Siren: Community Health Workers and Social Care Integration
This episode is the first in a set of six Coffee and Science conversations on Assistance—health care sector activities that aim to reduce social risk by prov...
MDPI: Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration
This manuscript’s purpose is to describe how to engage and collaborate with promotoras in a father-focused, family-centered program for Latino families living...
MHP Salud: Roles and Impacts of Promotoras(es) de Salud
MHP Salud explains the role of a Promotores or Promotoras de Salud. Their impacts in communities and resources.
Promotora de Salud/Lay Health Worker Model
This article talks about the Promotora de Salud/Lay Health Worker Model with examples of Rural Promotora/Lay Health Worker Models.
CDC: Course – Promoting Policy and Systems Change to Expand Employment of Community Health Workers (CHWs)
This course is designed to provide state programs and other stakeholders with basic knowledge about Community Health Workers (CHWs), such as official definition...
CDC: Addressing Chronic Disease through Community Health Workers
This document provides guidance and resources for implementing recommendations to integrate community health workers (CHWs) into community-based efforts to prev...
Envision Equity: Resource Page
Envision Equity’s resource page is continually updated with CHW-curated content to support CCR-2109 programs, including CHWs, allies, and partners. With m...
American Public Health | CHW Page
The APHA Community Health Workers Section actively promotes the voice of community health workers within health care and public health systems and in communitie...
CHW Networks in the North Sound Region
Whatcom Community Health Worker’s Network page, with resources on meetings and opportunities to connect with fellow CHWs.
Community Health Workers: Evidence of Their Effectiveness
Existing studies on CHWs focus on assessing their effectiveness in improving health outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and bridging the gap in health disparit...
Recording: Community Health Workers – Promoting Health and Strengthening Communities
This is a recording of the July 2023 Network Learning Session entitled “Community Health Workers – Promoting Health and Strengthening Communities”
See Her Bloom — Understanding Black Girls’ Experiences with Drug Use
In 2022, PHI’s Center for Collaborative Planning commissioned the National Black Women’s Justice Institute to host conversations with Black girls throughout...
Effective Approaches to Addressing Substance Use Among Youth
PHI’s CA Bridge Youth Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) pilot project found how hospital emergency departments can help to reverse these trends.
‘Faces for the Future’ Students Learn How to Reduce Drug Overdoses
Youth with PHI’s Faces for the Future Public Health Youth Corps participated in a workshop at their local high school in Sacramento to learn about the detrime...
Case Studies & Best Practices: Strategies to Reduce Youth Overdoses
These case studies from PHI’s California Overdose Prevention Network contain concrete examples of data-driven strategies that address rising rates of overdose...
Black History Month Public Health Reading List
Explore books, articles, and videos recommended by Yale School of Public Health faculty, staff, and students.
Pathways to Population Health Equity
Pathways to Population Health Equity offers a framework, roadmaps, compass, and associated tools for public health practitioners to build a more prepared, resil...
Multilingual Resources on COVID-19
This blog post contains fact sheets, posters, multimedia resources, and links to live updates in multiple languages about COVID-19, its symptoms, and how to pre...
Greater than COVID Digital Toolkit
Doctors, nurses, researchers and community healthcare workers provide facts and dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines in this FAQ video series.
Rural Transportation Toolkit
This toolkit compiles promising models, resources, and tools to support organizations implementing transportation programs in rural communities across the Unite...
Emergency Preparedness – learning session slide deck
PDF of the slides from the November learning session, Emergency Preparedness. This session was part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series.
Emergency Preparedness – learning session recording
Recording of the November learning session, Emergency Preparedness, supported by the Emerging Focus Areas Cohort. Part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Cul...
National Diabetes Prevention Program
This website is part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP), which aims to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes through evidence-based lif...
North Sound Monkeypox virus resources
Compiled by North Sound ACH staff, a collection of Tribal, state, county, and other public health resources and anti-stigma literature. Updated weekly.
Mount Baker Presbyterian Ministry Update
Kevin Riley of Mount Baker Presbyterian Church describes community outreach efforts including addressing homelessness with a cold weather shelter, COVID vaccina...
Sex, Race, and Politics in the U.S.
This publication was conceptualized and written in collaboration between the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoCSHN) – an online-based, collective organ...
Work2BeWell
Work2BeWell is a direct response to community requested resources after a rise in teen suicides in the Pacific Northwest. Answering the call, former Executive D...
Work2BeWell
Work2BeWell es una respuesta directa a los recursos solicitados por la comunidad tras el aumento de los suicidios de adolescentes en el noroeste del Pacífico. ...
National Research Center
This website houses the National Research Center (NRC) at Polco, which gives local governments and other public sector organizations the data they need to make ...
Community Coalition Instagram
This post shares information about a COVID-19 and Public Health Discussion through the organization Community Coalition.
9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen
This publication outlines nine ideas from interviews with public health experts, education officials and educators around the country for what school reopening ...
These 4 Black-Led Orgs are Hiring a Shared Chief Development Officer to Sustain and Grow Their Work
This article explores how four black-led organizations are hiring a shared chief development officer to sustain and grow their fundraising work.
George Gascon Sworn in as DA, Lays Out Extensive, Ambitious Series of Reforms
This news article describes the work of the new Los Angeles District Attorney, George Gascón. He plans to stop criminalizing public health problems and acts li...
Young L.A. “Vaccine Chasers” Crowd Unofficial Standby Lines in Hopes of a Shot
This article explores vaccine inequity in L.A. where many seniors, despite being eligible to receive the shots, had failed to secure appointments. Many others c...
L.A. City Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto to Reimagine $88 Million in Funding to Communities of Color
This news article discusses how the L.A. City Council voted to override the Mayor’s veto of a proposal they backed to reallocate $88 million from the Los Ange...
COVID-19 Crisis or Not, Racist Policies Have No Place in California
This articles advocates for policy reform, including how extending tax credits to immigrant workers and their families can end an exclusionary policy that exace...
Enjoying Nature During the Shutdown is Easy – But Only if You’re Rich
This article explores how accessing green space and nature is a privilege reserved largely for the rich and White, focusing specifically on Los Angeles.
What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities
This discussion addresses why the coronavirus has disproportionately struck communities of color and potential pathways to change.
What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities
This discussion addresses why the coronavirus has disproportionately struck communities of color and potential pathways to change.
Black Americans 2.6 Times More Likely to Die From COVID-19
This blog by the Sierra Club explores how a public health disparity, the disproportionate mortality of Black Americans due to COVID-19, is rooted in systemic ra...
IE Black Equity Fund Launches Black Friday Giving Campaign
This article explores how the Inland Empire Black Equity Fund launched an online giving campaign for 40 organizations that focus on issues including higher educ...
Who Can and Can’t Get Vaccinated Right Now
This story explores global barriers to getting the vaccine; it demonstrates that getting a vaccine means living in the right place or knowing the right people.
We’re Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholder’s Republic
From the author of “How to Be an Antiracist”, this article explores American narcissim, concepts of freedom and community, and how the pandemic has ...
Watch Doctors Explain Why COVID-19 May Be More Dangerous for African Americans
This video series by TIME features two doctors who explain how the African American community is facing systemic forces that make them particularly vulnerable t...
Los Angeles as We Knew It Is History, But Its Future Begins Today
In this piece, Los Angeles’ most thoughtful academics, politicians, business leaders, artists, and chefs answer the question ’What’s next?’ amidst C...
Inslee Expected to Issue New Guidance on Phase 2; Snohomish County Plans to Apply for Reopening Amid Coronavirus Crisis
This news article discusses when and how Washington’s largest counties may be able to begin lifting the economic and social restrictions that have been in pla...
What Local Firms Are Doing to Promote Diversity and Equity
This article explores how businesses are revising their company policies to address racial equity concerns and increase diversity. It uses Boeing, Everett Schoo...
You Don’t Need Invasive Tech for Successful Contact Tracing. Here’s How it Works.
After interviewing contact tracing experts and taking an online course in surveillance technology, the author of this piece argues that we do not need invasive ...
COVID-19 — Mapping the Stages of Development in Contagion Response
This article explores the social patterns, informed by the fields of psychology, group dynamics, and leadership studies, of coronavirus. It outline the course o...
Make Racial Equity Central to California’s Public Health Response to COVID-19
This brief explores how we can center racial equity in the distribution and implementation of emergency response funds. It calls for a number of key strategies ...
The Most Segregated (And Integrated) Cities in the SF Bay Area
This publication by the Othering and Belonging Institute describes findings from their project investigating the extent, harm and solutions to racial residentia...
Families Sue California Over Inequalities in Online Education for Low-Income Black and Latino Students, Suit is First of its Kind
This article examines a lawsuit in which several California families allege the state isn’t providing adequate support and equipment necessary for children of...
How Inequity Gets Built Into America’s Vaccination System
This article examines the inequity of COVID-19 vaccination systems in the U.S., highlighting barriers like transportation, language, disability, internet access...
Basic Needs: Public Health
Public health protects and promotes good health, with special attention to those at elevated risk of poor health.
Crossing Great Divides: A Guide to Elder Mobility Resources and Solutions in Indian Country
This document highlights the importance of transportation for American Indian elders and identify innovative approaches and resources for improving transportati...
How to Engage Low-Literacy and Limited-English-Proficiency Populations in Transportation Decisionmaking
This report documents best practices in identifying and engaging low-literacy and limited English-proficiency populations in transportation decision making. It ...
Active Transportation Policy Hub
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Active Transportation Policy Hub is a search tool to empower transportation advocates, legislators, government officials and the...
Tribal Public Health and the Law: Selected Resources
This publication by the CDC provides resources related to Tribal Public Health. The resources include general ones related to Indian health policy and tribal pu...
La salud pública tribal y la ley: Recursos seleccionados
Esta publicación de los CDC ofrece recursos relacionados con la salud pública tribal. Los recursos incluyen las de carácter general relacionadas con la polí...
Priorities in Tribal Public Health
This report outlines a series of urgent priorities for strengthening tribal public health, including building community capacity, strengthening local economies,...
Prioridades de la salud pública tribal
Este informe esboza una serie de prioridades urgentes para el fortalecimiento de la salud pública tribal, incluyendo la creación de capacidad comunitaria, el ...
LGBTQ+ Health Equity Library
LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere. They deserve to live open, authentic lives without fear of discrimination, harassment, judgement, or violence. Despite decades ...
Multisolving 101: Co-Creating Vital Conditions for Thriving Together
As our society grapples with multiple systemic crises, including COVID-19, climate change, and racial injustice, an opportunity for multi-solving emerges. Multi...
Unleashing the Power of the People: Lessons on Public Engagement for Environmental and Climate Justice
This report is a collection of case briefs which profiles five NAACP units with significant achievements in environmental and climate justice advocacy.
Community Health Workers Toolkit
This topic guide provides resources that identify different CHW models, demonstrate effective CHW programs, and outline the issues and challenges to the develop...
Caja de herramientas para los trabajadores sanitarios de la comunidad
Esta guía temática proporciona recursos que identifican diferentes modelos de TCS, demuestran programas eficaces de TCS y describen los problemas y desafíos ...
Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening the US Public Health Infrastructure
This report was completed to better understand current weaknesses and challenges that are impacting the US public health system’s infrastructure and to id...
Retos y oportunidades para reforzar la infraestructura de salud pública de EE.UU.
Este informe se ha realizado para comprender mejor los puntos débiles y los retos actuales que afectan a la infraestructura del sistema de salud pública de EE...
Adapting and Aligning Public Health Strategic Skills
This report provides an analysis of ways in which public health skills can be used to increase its effectiveness. This serves as a sector analysis with the goal...
Adaptación y alineación de las competencias estratégicas en materia de salud pública
Este informe ofrece un análisis de las formas en que se pueden utilizar las competencias de salud pública para aumentar su eficacia. Esto sirve como análisis...
Virtual Resource Center For Public Health Emergency Preparedness
This virtual resource center serves as a repository for state-focused resources pertaining to public health emergency preparedness policy.
COVID-19 Vaccination: An Equitable Response
This document provides guidance on how to develop and implement an equitable vaccine response. It contains information on how to most equitably prioritize vacci...
COVID-19 Testing Communications Toolkit
This website is intended to help people communicate the importance of COVID-19 testing. It provides various tutorials and materials to help clearly educate indi...
Coronavirus and Latino Health Equity
This website contains a curated collection by Salud America! of culturally relevant stories, infographics, webinars, and other resources on the COVID-19 pandemi...
Environmental Health and COVID-19 Resource Library
This resource library contains curated resources on how to address the needs of environmental public health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes info...
The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021
This annual report examines public health funding trends and recommends investments and policy actions to build a stronger public health system, prioritize prev...
Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being
This Community Commons collection introduces the Seven Vital Conditions for Well-Being.
CDC’s Recommendations to Improve Preconception Health and Health Care
This brief provides ten recommendations from the CDC on how to improve preconception health through clinical care, individual behavior change, community-based p...
Guidelines for the Successful Transition of People with Behavioral Health Disorders from Jail and Prison
This set of guidelines are intended to assist behavioral health and corrections, and community corrections administrators in their ability to develop effective ...
The High Achieving Governmental Health Department in 2020 as the Community Chief Health Strategist
This paper is intended to help local and state health departments adapt to emerging health demands, minimize pitfalls, and take advantage of new opportunities. ...
Leading Through Health System Change: A Public Health Opportunity – Planning Tool
This tool has been designed for public health practitioners at all levels to practice using adaptive thinking as they grapple with the many questions presented ...
Commons Good Podcast: Liz Baxter
Health happens in communities, in the spaces where we congregate, live, and work; where children go to school and play; and where we seek care and services. Nor...
EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model
This tool details an approach to address environmental and/or public health issues in local communities for environmental justice stakeholders, including commun...
Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development
This informational publication discusses land use and community design strategies that community-based organizations, local and regional decision-makers, develo...
Legal Issues Concerning Identifiable Health Data Sharing Between State/ Local Public Health Authorities And Tribal Epidemiology Centers In Selected U.S. Jurisdictions
This resource provides a general overview of the legal authority of state, local and tribal public health agencies to collect, use, and share data for public he...
Cuestiones legales relacionadas con el intercambio de datos sanitarios identificables entre las autoridades de salud pública estatales/locales y los centros de epidemiología tribales en determinadas jurisdicciones de EE.UU.
Este recurso proporciona una visión general de la autoridad legal de las agencias de salud pública estatales, locales y tribales para recoger, utilizar y comp...
Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health
The recent nonindictments of police officers who killed unarmed Black men have incited popular and scholarly discussions on racial injustices in our legal syste...
Transportation Health Impact Assessment
The Transportation HIA Toolkit provides a framework for public health departments, city planners, project managers, and other stakeholders to conduct ...
Community Health Assessment Toolkit
The Community Health Assessment Toolkit offers a nine-step pathway for conducting a community health assessment and developing implementation strategies.
Caja de herramientas para la evaluación de la salud de la comunidad
El kit de herramientas para la evaluación de la salud de la comunidad ofrece una ruta de nueve pasos para realizar una evaluación de la salud de la comunidad ...
Social Determinants of Health
The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) is a framework that acknowledges that non-medical factors greatly affect health outcomes. While this concept originated...
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