Worksheet 3 - Health Equity in Your Agency

Worksheet 3: Health Equity in Your Agency

Identify all of the programs in your agency addressing the elimination of health disparities and poverty, and the promotion of equity.

1. How many health equity programs are there in your agency?

1. Briefly describe the health equity programs or policies in your organization?

1. The past week we examined various diseases that disproportionately affect certain groups (e.g., gender, race, and social class). What are some structural or institutional reasons why these health inequities exist?

1. Briefly describe the programs in your agency addressing the elimination of poverty.

1. Briefly describe the programs in your agency addressing the promotion of equity.