CDC Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health Resources

NEW: Promoting Health Equity—A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health ( PDF–3.4Mb)
This workbook is for community-based organizations, public health practitioners, and community health partners seeking to create health equity by addressing the social determinants of health. The following can help expand new or existing public health initiatives:

• Use community-based participatory approaches.
• Develop non-traditional partnerships with government, academia, business and civil society.
• Try integrated interventions combining social, organizational, environmental, economic, political, and community strategies

Data Set Directory of Social Determinants of Health at the Local Level
This directory contains an extensive list of existing data sets that can be used to address the social determinants of health. The data sets are organized according to 12 dimensions, or broad categories, of the social environment. Each dimension is subdivided into various components.
 

A limited number of this publication can be ordered.
 

Health Disparities Resources from the Prevention Institute

• THRIVE (Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments)* is an interactive Internet tool to help communities understand and prioritize environmental factors that impact health disparities.
   
• Strengthening Communities: A Prevention Framework for Eliminating Health Disparities* ( PDF–672K) examines the environmental conditions that hold the most promise for reducing health disparities in low-income communities of color, and further delineates the community factors that can contribute to or prevent health disparities.
   
• The Imperative of Reducing Health Disparities through Prevention* ( PDF–377K) outlines promising approaches and next steps for reducing health disparities.
   
• Laying the Groundwork for a Movement to Reduce Health Disparities* ( PDF–345K) assesses the landscape of existing efforts to address disparities, identifies gaps and imbalances, and discusses what elements are necessary to develop an effective national movement.
   
• Health for All* is a statewide public/private sector initiative to advance systemic change to improve health outcomes.

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Page last reviewed: August 26, 2008
Page last modified: September 4, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion