Definitions
Disparity or Inequity
What Determines Health?
Williamson County Facts
100

What is the celebration that honors the end of slavery in the United States-- when news of freedom and the civil war's end finally reached the last group of enslaved people in America. 

What is Juneteenth? 

100

Black newborn babies are 3x more likely than white babies to die when treated by white doctors. Is this a disparity or an inequity? 

What is inequity? 



Source: Greenwood et al., 2020

100

One’s access to healthcare, and quality of that care, determines what percentage of their health?

What is 20%?


Source: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Going Beyond Clinical Walls: Solving Complex Problems (Oct 2014)

100

Who is the mayor of Franklin, Tennessee? 

What is Ken Moore? 



Source: City of Franklin, TN 2021

200

_________ is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being not just the absence of disease

A. Equality 

B. Social Determinants of Health 

C. Health 

D. Fitness

What is C? 



Source: Healthy People 2030

200

Pregnant people over the age of 35 tend to have more pregnancy challenges/complications than pregnant people under 35. Is this a disparity or an inequity? 

What is disparity? 

200

One’s health behaviors (tobacco use, diet and exercise, alcohol use, sexual activity) determines what percentage of their health?



What is 30%?


Source: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Going Beyond Clinical Walls: Solving Complex Problems (Oct 2014)

200

Happening every year in Franklin, Tennessee, this is Middle Tennessee's largest family fall festival. 

What is PumpkinFest? 

300

This term is defined as the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and grow, etc. that affect health and health outcomes. 

A. Culture 

B. Index of Good Health

C. Community

D. Health Intersectionality 

What is C? 



Source: Healthy People 2030

300

Black women are 3-4x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Is this a disparity or an inequity? 

What is inequity? 



Source: CDC, 2019 

300

One’s physical environment determines what percentage of their health?



What is 10%?


Source: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Going Beyond Clinical Walls: Solving Complex Problems (Oct 2014)

300

This very popular Franklin, Tennessee venue opened in 1938 as the first air-conditioned building in town. 

What is (the) Franklin Theatre?

400

A state where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to help such as poverty and discrimination.

A. Health Care 

B. Public Health 

C. Health Advocacy 

D. Health Equity 

What is D? 



Source: Braveman, 2014 

400

Black and Brown people have been/continue to be disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Is this a disparity or an inequity? 

What is inequity? 

400

One’s zip code determines what percentage of their health?

What is 50%?


Source: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Going Beyond Clinical Walls: Solving Complex Problems (Oct 2014)

400

What percentage of Williamson county adults surveyed in 2019 believe that alcohol abuse is a problem in this county? 

What is 92% 



Source: Williamson County 2019 CHNA

500

This term is defined as: a preventable and unfair health difference that negatively affects people from socially disadvantaged groups and is related to social, environmental, and economic conditions 

A. Health Disparity  

B. Health Inequity

C. Health Inequality 

D. Morbidity and Mortality

What is B? 



Source: Duran & Perez-Stable, 2019

500

Older people tend to have more health problems than younger people. Is this a disparity or an inequity?  

What is disparity? 

500

SES Factors (education, job status, family/social support, income, community safety) determine what percentage of one's health? 

What is 40%?


Source: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Going Beyond Clinical Walls: Solving Complex Problems (Oct 2014)

500

What percentage of Williamson adults surveyed in 2019 agreed/strongly agreed that mental illness is a problem in this county? 

What is 92%? 



Source: Williamson County 2019 CHNA

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