The relationship between health and education is well-documented; however, public health limits its engagement with the education sector to activities related to interventions that contribute directly to population health measures such as immunizations and more recently…

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The CDC conducts the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Risk Factor Survey each year in 28 communities across the nation.  The 2009 data analysis gives us reasons to be concerned about the effectiveness of public health departments in developing interventions that can begin to narrow the gap between racial/ethnic groups and the White population.  The conclusion recommends developing more culturally appropriate community-level interventions that address social…

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The California Pan Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) recently released report on the topic of the primary care medical home. The report presents each of the benefits associated with this health services delivery model and offers an equity improvement recommendation for each benefit.

The report can be accessed at: http://www.cpehn.org/pdfs/Medical%20Homes.pdf

Promise Neighborhoods, an intitiave of the U.S. Department of Education, is an example of an intervention that targets the social determinants of health. According to the DOE's website:

The Promise Neighborhoods Program is intended to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of all children in distressed communities, including rural and tribal…

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The Disparities Reducing Advances Project (DRA) recommendations forwarded to me a bit after Christmas. I am just getting a chance (day off) to go through emails and forward useful information. I thought this report was an ok post for this network. I am certain some of you will find the DRA website useful. I have never heard of the project, but it is handy if you need a crash course on health disparities and/or social determinants of health. A real diamond mine of…

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This is an exciting project that should be featured in some way so we can keep up with how it is being rolled-out.

From APA webpage:

The primary aim of this scan/study is to identify and evaluate the development, adoption and implementation of food access goals and policies of comprehensive and sustainability plans across the U.S. for the purpose of reducing food access disparities among children, adolescents and adults. The secondary aim is to provide…

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Obesity prevention is relatively new to public health. A sense of urgency has set into motion a variety of interventions with very little research to validate their potential for effectiveness. Research informs action; and the research approach influences actions taken to address a problem. Paula Braverman's article in the July 2009 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease suggests that without a health disparities perspective to obesity research, interventions may miss the… Continue

RWJ's Commission to Build a Healthier America issued a brief summarizing simple messages concerning social determinants of health and health equity. As public health folks begin to take the concepts of social determinants & health equity to a lay audience, the conversation needs to engage not intimidate or ,to be totally honest, not be as boring as listening to paint dry.



Remember how all Snoopy can hear is blah blah blah but pays attention when he hears words that matter to him?… Continue