From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from : <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">State of the Health Equity Movement, 2011 Update<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The Disparity Reducing Advances Project - DRA Project Report No. 11-01<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Prepared by Clem
Bezold, Nathan Birnbaum, Emily Masterson, and Heidi Schoomaker<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Institute for Alternative Futures IAF <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part A: Overview
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at: <a href="http://bit.ly/IWRaY2" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/IWRaY2</span></font></a> <br>
Part B: Catalog of Activities PDF
[96p] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/IIPirw" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/IIPirw</span></font></a> <br>
Part C: Compendium of Recommendations PDF [182p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/IIPQxJ" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/IIPQxJ</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">This set of reports brings attention to the often unnoticed but
growing trend of policy decisions, administrative actions, and community
efforts seeking health equity </span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri">‐‐</span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">fair access to health resources and a fair distribution of health
outcomes.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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In the <u></u><u></u>United States<u></u><u></u>,
awareness of health inequalities and commitment to pursue health equity are
both increasing, despite the worst economic conditions in 80 years. Economic
conditions threaten to worsen the unfair distribution of health outcomes. Yet
efforts and specific recommendations for health equity continue to grow. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The <i><span style="font-style:italic">2011 Update </span></i>reports
provide a convenient resource that identifies 159 different health equity
activities and 79 sets of recommendations from local, state, national, and
international reports.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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The <i><span style="font-style:italic">2011 Update </span></i>notes that many
of the recommendations focus on:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Early childhood investment<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Education<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Active living, housing, transportation, and the environment<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Healthy eating and behaviors<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Employment<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Law enforcement/criminal justice<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Health care<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Community and interagency collaboration<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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This breadth of areas reflects the growth in “<i><span style="font-style:italic">Health
in All Policies</span></i>” thinking and analysis among community groups and governments
at all levels, calling for each sector to contribute to the quality of the
nation's health.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The <i><span style="font-style:italic">2011 Update </span></i>also
identifies the following recurring strategic themes across activities and
recommendations:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Increasing awareness of health inequities and the social
determinants of health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Advocacy and leadership for health equity and social justice<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Emphasizing community empowerment<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Increasing collaborative partnerships with all sectors<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• The need to coordinate and utilize research and outcome
evaluations more effectively<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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