Health Equity Resources
Unnatural Causes:
Is Inequality
Making Us Sick?
World Health Organization -
Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health.
National Association of
City and County Health
Officials - Health Equity
and Social Justice
(health departments
nation wide)
Health Equity and Social
Justice Initiative: Working
towards fairness and
opportunity for all.
(Washington state)
Center for Health Equity
Louisville, KY Health
Department
Workbook for Communities.
CDC publication. 3 MB
"Reaching for a Healthier
Life: Facts on Socioeconomic
Status and Health in the
United States."

MacArthur Foundation
Network on Socioeconomic
Status and Health
Dr. Charles E. Blair
Memorial Health
Conference

Link to materials and Video
of Keynote by Dr. David
Williams presented in
Asheville in October 2009

Dr. Blair was a champion for
health parity in the Ashveille
community for many years. He
founded
ABIPA, the Asheville
Buncombe Institute for Parity
Achievement, and worked
tirelessly to improve the health
and health care of people of
color in the Asheville area. Dr.
Blair passed away in early
2009.

Conference materials and
video
Link here for a pdf of the
pre-conference presentation
by Dr. Williams for health care
providers entitled
"Understanding and
Addressing Social Disparities
in Health and Health Care." (1
MG)

Link here and follow the
directions below to access all
of the conference
presentations and on-line
video of the one-hour keynote
presentation by
Dr. David Williams of Harvard
University.

Directions to access
presentation and keynote
video,
"A Time for Action:"
- Register (upper left of page)
for the free on-line conference
materials. If you do not already
have a free MAHEC account,
you will now need to create
one.
- Click on "Go to Course."
- Click on "View Your Course
Options."
- Scroll down to see the
various presentations.
-  Click on Lecture in Flash
Video Format to watch the
keynote presentation, "A Time
for Action: Social Disparities in
Health and how to Effectively
Address Them."

Other courses offered by
MAHEC are available at this
link.
Health Equity
Publications
Health Equity
Groups &
Organizations
Moving Up Stream:
Addressing Social
Determinants of Health
Report
Full conference proceedings
from the 2006 Meeting of the
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Foundation of Minnesota
"The Economic Burden of
Health Inequalities in the
United States"   
September 2009

The Joint Center for Political
And Economic Studies
New Ways to Talk about the
Social Determinants of Heal
th

Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
The Asheville Buncombe
Institute of Parity
Achievement
Carolinas Association for Community Health Equity creates collaborative partnerships focused
on improving health by eliminating health disparities that affect racial, ethnic, and other at-risk
populations.