Equity Fundamentals
This term means fairness in access to resources and opportunities.
What is equity?
A lack of this can lead to misunderstanding or mistrust of initiatives.
What is stakeholder engagement?
These are the conditions where people live, learn, work, and play that affect health and quality of life
What are Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)?
A team trained in this is better prepared to address disparities.
What is equity or anti-bias training?
This type of data helps assess who benefits from an initiative.
What is disaggregated data?
The difference between giving everyone the same thing vs. what they need
What is equality vs. equity?
These hidden, often unconscious prejudices affect decision-making.
What are implicit biases?
Give one specific example of a Social Determinant of Health.
What is access to quality education (or housing, transportation, food, etc.)?
Diverse teams improve outcomes because of this.
What is varied lived experiences or perspectives?
The best way to test if a strategy is working for underserved communities.
What is outcome evaluation or performance metrics?
This concept means ensuring all groups have a fair chance to reach their full health potential.
What is health equity?
The failure to consider this factor can worsen health disparities.
What is social determinants of health?
These historical practices can still shape current inequities in health and opportunity.
What are redlining or discriminatory policies?
Knowing this helps teams avoid repeating past mistakes.
What is the city’s or neighborhood’s history?
A project that closes a gap in health, income, or access does this
What is reduces disparities?
Policies, historical practices, and systemic factors all contribute to this.
What are disparities?
Historic patterns of this have led to underinvestment in communities.
What is redlining or structural racism?
These deep-rooted systems and policies contribute to persistent inequities across generations.
What are systemic and structural factors?
Alignment with this can reduce the burden on affected communities.
What are other capital projects?
What are community projects?
These groups should be prioritized in evaluating success.
What are underserved populations or vulnerable groups?
Giving everyone the same size shoe is an example of this flawed approach.
What is equality?
An initiative that does this may unintentionally displace low-income residents.
What is causes gentrification?
How do where people live, learn, work, and play influence long-term health outcomes?
What are they directly shape access to care, exposure to harm, and social opportunity?
This ensures investments improve quality of life across groups.
What is equitable resource allocation?
Tracking this helps avoid unintended harms.
What is unintended consequences?