| Identify health equity issue and affected population |
Collaborative Action for Child Equity (CACE) |
Project THRIVE |
Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy |
Health360x |
Health Policy Training |
| Health equity issue |
Prevalence of childhood obesity and threats to positive childhood mental health |
Prevalence of depression and the delivery of low quality mental health services |
Potential for HIT to reduce existing disparities, create new disparities, or widen disparities in health outcomes |
Prevalence and severity of diabetes, obesity and other chronic conditions |
Prevalence of policies and practices that create, sustain, or widen health disparities compared with policies and practices that create or advance health equity |
| Health policy issue |
Parents and policymakers have the potential to impact childhood obesity, mental health disparities and academic success through supportive, culturally tailored quality parenting programs |
Health care clinics and system policies should support culturally centered models of integrated care, guiding staff training and education, clinical service provision, and use of health information technology |
HIT policies may be exacerbating existing disparities; community stakeholders including primary care physicians, public health professionals are often not engaged in the policymaking process |
Diabetic patients are empowered to manage their health with support programs including culturally tailored peer support and HIT |
Health policy training programs that integrate health equity develop leaders prepared to advance health equity |
| Affected population |
African Americans living in under-resourced communities as compared with the general population |
Racial/ethnic minority groups, individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES) and other vulnerable populations with known mental health disparities |
Underserved and vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, rural populations, Medicaid recipients and the health care providers serving these populations |
Racial and ethnic minorities in the South with diabetes, obesity and other chronic conditions |
Health policy leaders, health professionals enrolled in the SHLI Health Policy Leadership Fellowship and the Community Health Leadership Program and the organizations/communities they serve |
