Background Community health improvement plans (CHIPs) are strategic planning tools that
help local communities identify and address their public health needs. Many local health …

Objectives Community health improvement plans (CHIPs) are foundational public health
practice, yet no studies have been conducted to understand implementation of these plans …

Community Planning with a Health Equity Lens: Promising Directions and Strategies Page
1 AUGUST 2011 1 Community Planning with a Health Equity Lens: Promising Directions …

There are many tools available to communities to help them design, implement, and
evaluate community-based solutions that advance health equity. These tools can be …

Abstract Introduction: Funded by a Public Health Ontario'Locally Driven Collaborative
Project'grant, a team led by public health practitioners set out to develop and test a …

Background Effectively addressing the social determinants of health and health equity are
critical yet still-emerging areas of public health practice. This is significant for contemporary …

Objective: Drawing on the knowledge, beliefs, and experiences of public health experts and
community leaders working to advance health equity, our objective was to develop and …

This commentary contextualises and documents the process of a twinning learning
exchange between the US Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health initiative …

Purpose of Review Describe the role of comprehensive plans in promoting health equity in
urban communities. Specifically, the review aims to identify recent findings related to using …

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than
others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status …