Advancing Equity

Equity in public health is ensuring all people have the resources they need to be safe, healthy, and to thrive, regardless of their socioeconomic status, race, sexual orientation, or gender identification. It involves intentionally addressing and reducing health disparities by engaging the populations most affected. The following resources will help with implementing equity-forward programs that promote fairness in health outcomes for all.

For information on receiving training and technical assistance from IPS to integrate equity into your community-based programs, please contact us.

Webinars / Tools / Hot Topics

Webinars

IPS’ free webinar series provides learned insights into how to apply an equity-centric approach to upstream prevention efforts.

ACTing for Equity: A Real-World Primer for Advancing Equity in Communities

Learn how to apply IPS’s Approach to Community Transformation (ACT) Model as a framework to build community power, engage in community-led planning, and support community-driven decision making to advance equity.
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Tools

IPS’ ACTing for Equity Toolkit provides assessment, community organizing, media advocacy, and sustainability resources for public health professionals to move equity forward within their community-based programs.

IPS’ ACTing for Equity Toolkit
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Hot Topics

Our IPS-authored Hot Topics provide perspectives on important national conversations happening around equity and public health.

A Perfect Storm: When Climate Change, Racial Justice, and Mental Health Collide

April is a busy month for mental health awareness: National Minority Health Month, Alcohol Awareness Month, and Stress Awareness Month…
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How the “Housing Theory of Everything” Can Help Explain Alcohol and Other Drug Problems

Up until the 1980s, common knowledge held that preventing addiction to substances, be they narcotic drugs, tobacco, or alcohol, were issues to be dealt with at the individual level through education…
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Juneteenth at IPS: Historical Oppression and Upstream Prevention

On June 19, 1865, U.S. General Gordon Granger led federal troops to Galveston, Texas — one of the few remaining areas of the deep south that had held resistance late into the Civil War….
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Immigration is Mutually Beneficial. When will Americans Learn this Lesson?

As “the land of opportunity,” the United States has always had a tradition of welcoming immigrants…
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We’ve Overcome Stigma and Prejudice, Now Let’s Overcome Drugs and Alcohol

Pride Month sprang from the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. What began as an impassioned march to Central Park to commemorate the riots…
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Black Vaccine Hesitancy Stems from a Long History of Medical Racism

Dr. Susan Moore, a Black medical doctor, recently died of COVID-19. She documented her experience leading up to her death, including being denied pain medication and proper treatment…
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5 Questions That Incorporate Racial Equity Into Public Policy – Part I

‘Equity’ is a state where everyone can achieve optimal health, well-being and happiness, where no one is denied…
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5 Questions That Incorporate Racial Equity Into Public Policy – Part 2

Policymakers must consider racial equity implications during the enforcement phase as well as the development phase of a policy…
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Equitable Housing: A Place-Based Solution to Racism

Since the beginning of 2020, we have become acutely aware of how systemic racism has impacted people of color in America…
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