Category: Communications
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Framing with Data
This article was written by FrameWorks Institute states a striking statistic has the power to deepen understanding of a topic. However, public health communicators often misuse data, resulting in messages that are ineffective or convey unintended meanings. View the resource below:
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Talking about Health Equity
In a study conducted by FrameWorks researchers, it was revealed that the term ‘equity’ is often misunderstood by the general public. Most individuals associate it solely with financial matters like home or business equity. This poses a challenge for communicators, emphasizing the importance of providing clear explanations whenever the term is used. The article below […]
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Explaining the Social Determinants of Health
This resource developed by FrameWorks Institute talks about how public health experts often refer to the “social determinants of health” to highlight how nonmedical factors like geography, income, and education profoundly influence health outcomes. However, this term can present challenges in effective communication despite its importance. Communication research suggests that the term may not resonate […]
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Iowa Health and Human Services Health Equity Framework
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Service‘s Health Equity Framework identifies the internal opportunities to fully integrate health equity perspectives and capacities and to understand and embrace the unique social and community context within Iowa. The resource also identifies core public health roles, a root cause analysis to health inequities, and opportunities to shift […]
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Racial Justice Competencies for Public Health Professionals
The Racial Justice Competencies for Public Health Professionals resource from the Public Health Training Center Network’s Racial Justice Working Group provides a list of competencies within the domains of Assessment, Policy Development ,and Assurance that health department staff, educators, trainers, and researchers can refer to when approaching their work as public health professionals. Each competency […]
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“Let’s Talk Moving Upstream” Article and Resource
Canada’s National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health has shared the “Let’s Talk Moving Upstream” resource as part of their “Let’s Talk Series.” This short article discusses how public health can work to create greater fairness in the distribution of good health at the downstream, midstream, and upstream levels, as well as how to shift […]
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“Proximal, Distal, and the Politics of Causation: What’s Level Got to Do With It?” Article by Nancy Krieger
Dr. Nancy Krieger, social epidemiologist and equity advocate, shares her thoughts on the terminology of “proximal/downstream” and “distal/upstream” in the field of public health and which terms to use instead when discussing levels, pathways, and power related to the social determinants of health.
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Necessary Conversations: Understanding Racism as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity
Necessary Conversations: Understanding Racism as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity is a component of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation‘s “Culture of Health Series.” This book, written by Alonzo Plough, shows us how to move past fear, shame, and denial of acknowledging the United States’ history of racism through authentic conversations about racial inequity that […]
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Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice
Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice is an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and the National Collaborative for Health Equity. The goal of the first stage of the project is to curate a set of policies and practices that can be implemented at the local level to promote racial […]
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The Groundwater Approach: Building a Practical Understanding of Structural Racism
Developed by Bayard Love and Deena Hayes-Greene from the Racial Equity Institute, the Groundwater Approach is a metaphorical framework for analyzing racism in the United States. Examples in this document, embedded below, can help deepen understandings of the manifestations of institutional racism. We hope that this resource sparks reflections and inspires you to consider changes […]