A two-page handout that briefly describes ten key messages about health equity, as  presented in the PBS series UNNATURAL CAUSES, useful for spurring discussion and raising awareness.

The Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy released this report compiling ideas for health equity promotion generated during statewide community screenings of UNNATURAL CAUSES. Their site also contains resources for promoting public awareness about health inequities.

A three-page handout with facts about health, economics, and inequity in the United States, and how we compare internationally. Useful for spurring discussion and raising awareness.

A report providing leaders in community health centers, public health and policy an understanding of how health care providers can move beyond health care services alone to improve the health of the population by leveraging social determinants of health.

The full Health Equity Quiz in a 6-page PDF - 22 questions, with more detailed answers and references.

An adaptation of our Health Equity Quiz interactivity, presented in Powerpoint slides that can be used in classrooms, presentations, outreach, etc.

To play with music, also download this mp3 file.

Special thanks to Stephen Bezruchka at the University of Washington Population Health Forum for his help in writing questions and inspiring this activity

A chart that shows how the US compares to about 30 other countries in life expectancy. The US is near the bottom.

This two-sided handout presents some ideas for medicals schools to use their unique position to promote health equity.

These slides by David R. Williams, Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard University, demonstrate evidence of the pathways by which racism, especially residential segregation, shapes health outcomes.

This handout describes several key resources that may be useful for audiences interested in learning more about the connections between population health and the built / physical, social, economic, and service environment.

A one-page handout with a few ideas you can use to get started and encourage others to become involved in working towards health equity.

Part 1 of two-part article published in Dec 2011 issues of Health Promotion International. Part 1 of this article examines how health promotion rhetoric specifically concerned with provision of the prerequisites of health differs among nations identified as being either liberal, social democratic, conservative or Latin welfare states.

Part 2 of two-part article published in Dec 2011 issue of Health Promotion International. Part 2 of this article documents the extent to which public policy activity that provides the prerequisites of health through public policy action differs among varying welfare state regimes.

This PowerPoint file contains 36 of the more important graphs from the Equity Trust web site and/or published in The Spirit Level, illustrating the relationship between levels of economic inequality within countries and health and social problems. They can be downloaded and used in presentations as long as you acknowledge The Equality Trust as their source.

This two-sided flyer introduces the series along with the tools and resources available on the companion Web site. Be sure to download both sides!

Flyer Front (pdf)
Flyer Back (pdf)

A one-page handout, excerpted from the UNNATURAL CAUSES Action Toolkit, providing a quick introduction to the concept of "health equity," and how to rephrase conventional questions about health into an equity framework.

A comparison of conventional tips for better health with advice on changing your social determinants of health - advice that, for obvious reasons, your doctor is unlikely to give you.