How local health departments work towards health equity

Rebeccah Sokol, Beth Moracco, Sharon Nelson, Jill Rushing, Tish Singletary, Karen Stanley and Anna Stein

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2017, vol. 65, issue C, 117-123

Abstract: Health inequities are exacerbated when health promotion programs and resources do not reach selected populations. Local health departments (LHDs)11LHD: Local health department. have the potential to address health equity via engaging priority populations in their work. However, we do not have an understanding of what local agencies are doing on this front.

Keywords: Health equity; Program planning; Engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.08.002

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