To advance health equity, local health departments must systematically address power imbalances, racism, and other forms of oppression. To do so, they must transform how they work internally, with communities, and alongside other government agencies. To support this challenging work, we developed this set of strategic practices (read more about our process).
Tips to Apply the Strategic Practices in Your Work
- There isn’t a step-by-step set of instructions to advance health equity.
- You will have to mold these strategic practices to fit your local context, and then refine and adapt as the context shifts.
- Use these strategic practices together, strategically, through an intentional and adaptive process to achieve your goals.
Build Internal
Infrastructure

Mobilize Data, Research, & Evaluation

Build Organizational Capacity

Change Internal Practices and Processes

Prioritize Upstream Policy Change

Allocate Resources
Work Across
Government

Build Government Alliances

Develop a Shared Analysis

Broaden Regulatory Scope
Foster Community
Partnerships

Share Power with Communities

Build Community Alliances

Engage in Movements
Champion Transformative
Change

Confront the Root Causes

Develop Leadership and Support Innovation

Change the Conversation

Build a Health Equity Movement
Last Updated: July 6, 2017