Health Promotion and Health Equity
Training Overview
- Audience: Governmental and community public health professionals and anyone interested in learning about health promotion and health equity.
- Format: Online, self-paced
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Contact hours: Massachusetts CHO, RN, RS
- Learning level: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Learning level: Awareness
- Prerequisites:None
- Companion training:
- Supplemental materials:
- •Facilitators Guide (PDF) is available if used in a classroom
- •Instructions to navigate the online training.
- •Policy and Practice Report: Embracing Equity in Community Health Improvement (PDF)
Long-standing systemic social and health inequities have put some population groups at increased risk of getting sick, having overall poor health, and having worse outcomes when they do get sick. Local boards of health (LBOH) are responsible for protecting the public’s health by providing the 10 Essential Public Health Services outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One of these essential public health services is to communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it. Health equity is a framework for addressing the social and environmental factors that contribute to negative health outcomes in populations who have historically been marginalized, excluded, or otherwise placed at a social disadvantage.
This training will detail what is meant by health and health equity. It will also outline health promotion strategies that LBOH can use when planning and implementing interventions that support the health and well-being of all individuals and families in their community.
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What you’ll learn
After completing this training, you will be able to:
- Describe the Healthy People initiative and leading health indicators
- Define and differentiate between the terms health, public health, health equity, health disparity, health inequity, and social determinants of health
- Detail three health promotion strategies
- Identify three planning steps and seven action plan elements for a successful health promotion intervention
- Name four ways you can support health equity in your community
Subject Matter Experts
Rodrigo Monterrey
Deputy Director Office of Health Equity
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)
Erica Piedade
Director
Local Public Health Initiatives
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)
Oanh Bui
Office of Population Health
Office of Health Equity
Managing CLAS Initiative
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)
Disclaimer
This training was supported by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) with funds made available by the Grant Number 6 NB01OT009172-01-02, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center (PHTC) Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.