Blog Posts

HIP blog post by Megan Gaydos on the ways health departments are using a power analysis to advance health equity.

HIP blog post by Martha Ockenfels-Martinez on 3 ways to center community in public health research.

HIP blog post by Jonathan Heller on the ways power imbalances perpetuate health inequities — and what public health can do to shift power for health.

HIP blog post by Nashira Baril on the pitfalls of "health equity" work without an analysis of structural systems of oppression — and a call to realign for true equity.

HIP blog post by Megan Gaydos on the experiences and lessons learned by the Minnesota Department of Health team with their Health Equity Data Analysis action tool.

HIP blog post by Megan Gaydos on health equity recommendations HIP and advisors developed for the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) as PHAB updates their national accreditation standards.

HIP blog post by Martha Ockenfels-Martinez, on her takeaways from PolicyLink's Equity Summit in Chicago.

HIP blog post by Megan Gaydos summarizing lessons learned from our Advancing Health Equity in Health Departments webinar series.

The Health Affairs Blog covered the need to address power as a determinant of public health in an important piece by Marjory Givens, David Kindig, Paula Tran Inzeo, and Victoria Faust. The piece also includes HIP’s Public Health Awakened network as an example of public health building relationships with community organizing groups!

HIP blog post by Ana Tellez shares immigration and education highlights from the recent Netroots Nation conference.