How-To Guide: Engaging Island Jurisdiction Partners
This how-to guide provides steps, tips, and templates for developing and maintaining effective partnerships within island health agencies.
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Establishing an Office of Health Equity or Minority Health
Ohio,
Establishing an Office of Health Equity or Minority Health Learn how to establish, structure, and fund a health equity or minority health office. A dedicated office of health equity or minority health can provide a focus on cross-cutting ...
Sharing Island Stories on Health Equity: Setting the Stage for Equity in the Island Areas
Blog,
Guam,
In the spring of 2022, ASTHO’s island area members convened at the first island-focused COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes and asked each other what creating an equitable and sustainable public health and healthcare system looks like ...
Building an Island Health Equity Framework for the Future
Blog,
Guam,
In this post, ASTHO explores the conversations and considerations that went into developing the Islands Health Equity Framework.
Overcoming Baked-In Inequities and Promoting Health Equity in the Island Areas
Blog,
Guam,
Many health equity frameworks have been built in the context of the states, as such, they do not always translate easily to the U.S. territories and freely associated states.
Islands Health Equity Framework
The purpose of the Island Health Equity Framework is to create a shared understanding of how to move towards health equity in an island context.