Measuring Health Equity : an assessment of equity metrics in performance management and planning

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• Corporate Authors:
  Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  With support from CDC’s Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, in 2021, ASTHO initiated a health equity metric assessment to strengthen the evidence base for measuring health equity by identifying and collecting known and emerging metrics that support health equity strategies and monitor advancements toward health equity.
  
  To better understand the state of the field, ASTHO conducted an environmental scan that looked at state and territorial planning documents and national frameworks. As the scan revealed wide variation in how jurisdictions use equity-related terms and limited established metrics, ASTHO convened an advisory group to help identify resources and guide the work’s direction.
  
  Participating health agencies told ASTHO about their challenges in developing health equity standards and measures, including obstacles related to the underlying culture and the change management required to evolve toward a more equitable public health system. The agencies described both data limitation challenges and workforce capacity and communication challenges. This ASTHO Report summarizes these challenges, proposes incremental recommendations, and acknowledges the need for states and territories to apply both health equity and performance management strategies to develop health equity standards and measures.
  
  The production of this report was supported by Grant Number 5 NU38OT000317-03-00, CFDA 93.421, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of ASTHO and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of
  
  Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  measuring-health-equity.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care, Integrated Health Equity Health Policy Public Health Practice
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Funding:
  Grant Number 5 NU38OT000317-03-00, CFDA 93.421
• Pages in Document:
  21 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9b2592177f4f4fe48cc8c03326277436dde8ee0302d8fc3bdcdd3580b3933bc7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138384/cdc_138384_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]