This video explains health equity and the interconnected factors that contribute to health inequities and health disparities. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/videos/Video2-HealthEquityOverview_LowResolution.mp4

Dr. Brooks shared updates on CDC’s COVID-19 response, including the latest scientific information and what everyone should know about protecting themselves and others. Dr. Liburd discussed CDC’s newly released COVID-19 Response Health Equity Strategy: Accelerating Progress Towards Reducing COVID-19 Disparities and Achieving Health Equity ...

Dr. Nafissa Cisse Egbuonye (Public Health Director Black Hawk County Health Department), Dr. Jarvis Chen (Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health), Dr. Thomas LaViest (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Dean, Tulane University), and T. Benicio Gonzales, MSW (Louisville Metro Department ...

The effects of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups is still emerging; however, current data suggest a disproportionate burden of illness and death among these groups. Presenters from local jurisdictions and national organizations discussed actions taken to mitigate the disproportionate impact on racial and ethnic ...

This short promotional video discusses the concept of health equity and introduces a four-part Health Equity video series developed by CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/videos/Video1-Teaser_LowResolution.mp4

Presentation given by CDC's Chief Health Equity Officer, Dr. Leandris Liburd to the American Association of Immunologists This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/videos/aai/Liburd-Advancing-Health-Equity-0427-low-res.mp4

CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) is taking innovative approaches to building healthier communities. As NCCDPHP Director Dr. Karen Hacker explains, our ability to be healthily can be affected by social determinants such as economic status, education, and access to health care. To make sure ...

Dr. Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, speaks about health disparities in the United States, and the need for equal opportunity for people to prosper. Video Transcript: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/video/transcripts/health-equity-video-transcript-01.docx This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov ...

Dr. Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, speaks about the differences between health equity and equality. Video Transcript: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/video/transcripts/health-equity-video-transcript-02.docx This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/video/210201-health-equity/321646_2 ...

This webinar introduces the new program, Partnering for Vaccine Equity, which supports national, medical, non-profit, academic, faith-based, and community-based organizations in their work to increase vaccine confidence and vaccine uptake. Subtitles and transcripts are available in English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Simplified Chinese ...

What is Health Equity? This three-minute motion graphic video explains how social, economic, and environmental conditions can create health inequities and how these inequities can affect health disparities. For more information and to download our infographic series visit: http://healthequity.sfsu.edu/content/infographic Motion graphic designed ...

This video provides information about how social determinants of health (SDOH), the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, influence health outcomes and shape our daily lives. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/videos/Video3-sdoh_LowResolution.mp4

Dr. Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, speaks about barriers to health equity in the United States. Dr. Besser places particular emphasis on health disparities caused by racism and discrimination. Video Transcript: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/video/transcripts/health-equity-video-transcript-03.docx This video can ...

The 2019 State of Health Equity at CDC Forum applied a health equity lens to public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities through deliberate communications and interdisciplinary partnerships. Top experts in public health emergency preparedness and response made presentations focused on preparing and responding to ...

Video recording of the Dr. William ‘Bill’ Jenkins Health Equity Lecture on June 7, 2021 This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/videos/2021_June_Bill_Jenkins_lecture.mp4

The 2019 State of Health Equity at CDC Forum applied a health equity lens to public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities through deliberate communications and interdisciplinary partnerships. Top experts in public health emergency preparedness and response made presentations focused on preparing and responding to ...

Wyandotte County experienced the state of Kansas' first death. Its residents, over half of whom are minorities, have been impacted by COVID-19 at disproportionally high rates. In response to these data, community members representing the diversity of the County's neighborhoods partnered with the Unified Government of Wyandotte Health Department ...

Explains the NCHHSTP structure established to facilitate and guide the health equity-related work of the Center. It has an Office of Health Equity and incorporates social determinants of health into numerous surveillance systems as well as AtlasPlus. NCHHSTP supports partners in communities to understand the types of barriers that exist in ...

We are #BMCProud of our impact in addressing inequities around the COVID-19 vaccine in the communities we serve, though we know we have a long way to go. As we look forward and continue critical health equity work, it’s important to reflect, learn and celebrate the progress we’ve made to date in collaboration with our exceptional community ...

During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss the intersection of telehealth and health equity and implications for health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenters will identify long-standing systemic health and social inequities that contribute to COVID-19 health disparities, while highlighting opportunities and limitations of ...

The Pfizer Foundation’s* Accelerating Health Equity Grants program aims to support nonprofits that are working to break down health inequities among the lives of Black communities in the US. By directly addressing social determinants of health, these groups are helping build stronger, healthier communities. To learn more visit: www.Pfizer.com ...

With modern technology and innovation, it’s easy to forget that businesses of all sizes are actually driven by the humans behind the scenes. Let’s keep these humans healthy with CDC’s Workplace Health Resource Center. CDC’s new website helps employers design, develop, put in place, evaluate, and sustain workplace health promotion ...

Big picture framing of NCHHSTP’s work to promote health equity with a focus on social determinants of health. Health equity is when everyone can be as healthy as possible. Addressing social determinants of health saves lives, improves health outcomes, and promotes health equity. Strong focus on the public health infrastructure in the United ...

Dr. Darrell Gray, MD, MPH, FACG, Chief Health Equity Officer at Elevance Health discusses how and why health equity should be authentically embedded and reflected across all lines of a company’s business, so that everyone in the healthcare ecosystem benefits, especially patients and their families. #ElevanceHealth Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH ...

Health disparities exist all around us. They affect the type and quality of healthcare available to certain portions of the population, and can negatively affect health outcomes. Do you know what these health disparities are and how to identify them? This video was created specifically for the Khan Academy MCAT Video Competition. Please feel ...

From Evidence to Action: Using the Community Guide to Achieve Equity and Health Outcomes presented by Dr. Bob Brewer, CDC and Dr. David Hopkins, CDC...

The pandemic made disproportionate disparity in communities more visible. Since the beginning of COVID-19, CDC has made gathering data regarding race and ethnicity a focus point. Health equity can be impacted by various factors in the environment. Organizations and communities can help end health inequity by investing in public health and ...

This webinar presents the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, highlights nutrition content in the PreventT2 curriculum, and offers strategies for addressing culture and health equity. In order to receive continuing education (CE) for WD4371-092121 - Innovations in Diabetes Behavior Change - September 21, 2021 (Web on Demand), please ...

The WOKE CDC is now establishing an office of "Health Equity" -- because they clearly did a good job these past four years, and deserve more...

Learn how to use the Environmental Justice Index. SPEAKERS: Sharunda Buchanan, MS, PhD | Interim Director, Office of Environmental Justice (HHS) Benjamin McKenzie, MS | Geospatial Epidemiologist; Coordinator of the Environmental Justice Index, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday it would stop reporting or monitoring COVID-19 case data and transmission rates after the government ends the pandemic's public health emergency designation next week.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges and opportunities to improve antibiotic use and sustain antibiotic stewardship, or efforts to improve antibiotic use and prescribing, including through reducing and eliminating health disparities. Health disparities are closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages ...

Mary E. Foley describes the US Public Health System, its programs and administration; explains the evolution of the Medicaid, Medicare and CHIP programs and discusses State Medicaid administration across the US in 2022. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/videos/DPHR10L.mp4

DP23-0020 Informational Conference Call Recording- January 13, 2023 This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/funding-opportunity/videos/cdc-rfa-dp-23-0020-informational-call-lowres.mp4

HealthEquityGuide.org is a resource with inspiring examples of how health departments have concretely advanced health equity — both internally within their departments and externally with communities and other government agencies.

CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, expresses support for The Community Guide and the work of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) during the June CPSTF meeting. She notes the value of providing communities systematic review evidence on the effectiveness and economic benefits of community-based intervention approaches. She also ...

This video explores the significance of intersectionality and its role in health outcomes. Intersectionality is defined as the interconnected structures and systems that create inequality among people and populations based on social categories of difference (such as race, class, and gender). This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov ...

Daniel Dawes discusses The Satcher Health Leadership Institute, the Political Determinants of Health, the Health Equity Tracker Project and how data and technology can help us make progress on COVID-19 inequities. The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine aims to be the leading transformational force for ...

Walensky to have more direct oversight of agency divisions, heighten focus on health equity, data

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 guidance to loosen a number of its recommendations. CBS News' chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has the details. #covid #cdc #news "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" delivers the latest news and original reporting, and goes beyond the headlines with context and ...

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The CDC approved an additional updated COVID-19 vaccine dose for Americans who are 65 and older or have compromised immune systems on Wednesday.

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Deputy Dean of Public Health at Brown University Dr. Megan Ranney breaks down a new CDC report that shows that the nation's maternal death rate rose significantly in 2021, with the rates among Black women more than twice as high as those of White women.

Are you interested in learning about what is going on with community health workers (CHWs) at the national level? The National Diabetes Education Program and CDC's CHW Workgroup at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion hosted a webinar that outlined what CHWs are, described their roles in achieving health ...

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Terrie got shocking news when she was just 40. She had cancer from the cigarettes she'd started smoking in high school. Rather than retreat, Terrie shared her health struggles with the world to inspire smokers to quit. In this video from CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Terrie talks about all the little things she missed because of ...

Health equity means everyone has a fair opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Watch to learn how to improve health equity for people with disabilities as we continue to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. Still have questions about getting vaccinated? Call the Disability Information and Access Line at 1-888-677-1199 or email questions ...

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw,Executive Chairperson,Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited talks about the big gaps in making universal health coverage possible for a country as diverse as India and the role of big pharma in making health accessible. Ms Shaw emphasised on ensuring access and affordability for all.

According to the CDC, "Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death;...

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Learn how physical activity in the workplace is helping eliminate cardiovascular disease and diabetes disparities in racial and ethnic communities. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod2.php ...

Health Equity Summit 2022 Health Equity Summit 2022 Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Sponsored by the USVI Department of Health's CDC Grant OT21-2103 - Health...

The sixth COVID-19 Conversations webinar explored the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on minority communities, what we can do now to combat these disturbing health inequities, and what we can learn from past pandemics about how to provide equitable care to all. COVID19Conversations.org

A new guide on 'inclusive communication' has been published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in order to promote 'health equity.'

Addressing health equity issues through antibiotic stewardship.