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Sample Recommendations Adopted by the CDC Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD)^a Between2014 and 2017^40–44

	Selected CDC Responses
Resources and technical assistance for public health practitioners
To maintain the progress achieved through the technical resources developed at the CDC to support work, competence, and functional capacity of STLT Public Health agencies in addressing SDOH inequities, the CDC should ensure that SDOH-supportive resources are maintained, updated, and promoted as necessary on an ongoing and long-term basis.  Build community capacity to implement, evaluate, and sustain programs and policies that promote health equity, especially in communities at highest risk.	Development and growth of SDOH Web site Collaboration with ASTHO to expand practice of braiding and layering among STLT health departments.
Data
Identify and monitor indicators of health equity.  The CDC should explore the available non–health data sources from other domains (eg, housing, human services, education, transportation, public safety, income) that are readily available and that offer insights into the impact of the social determinants of health	Indicators of Health Equity Project. Maintenance of non–health data resources on SDOH Web site.
Planning
In its efforts to advance health equity and optimal health for all, the CDC should develop a clearly understood vision and plan for addressing the social and structural determinants of health and health inequities (SDOH).	Workgroup plan and implementation.

Abbreviations: ASTH0, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; SDOH, social and structural determinants of health; STLT, state, tribal, local, and territorial.

^aACD disbanded in 2017.