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About these Resources

BHT is regularly researching available resources for health equity work to guide our own journey and support our partners. This is a list of resources related to the activities in the Equity Assessment that either BHT staff or members of the Technical Assistance Bank have found helpful. Despite how long it is, it is by no means exhaustive. Is there a tool that has been helpful to your organization? Please feel free to share by sending it to Alethea@betterhealthtogether.org.

Resources by Topic

Community Engagement

• Effective Patient and Family Advisory Councils

• How Healthcare Providers Meet Patient Language Needs

• Health Literacy: Hidden Barriers and Practical Strategies

• Making Community Health Care Culturally Correct (Article)

• Reducing Barriers to Health Care: Practical Strategies for Local Organizations

• A Toolbox for Creating Sustainable Partnerships with Patients and Families in Research

• Working With Patient and Families as Advisors Implementation Handbook

Equity 101 

Equity 101: Key Terms and Definitions

• Cultural Awareness; Definitions

• Cultural Awareness: Key Terms

• What Are Health Inequities Or Inequalities?

• What are Health Inequities? 

Equity 101: Resources and Online Trainings

• Breaking Prejudice

• A Checklist to Facilitate Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity (Article)

• How To Overcome Our Biases. Walk Boldly Toward Them (TED Talk)

• IHI: Open School

• Implicit Bias: Resources and Tools

• Microaggressions In Everyday Life

• The National Center for Cultural Competence

• Policy Resources to Support SDOH

• Project Implicit

• The Root Causes of Health Inequity

• The Roots of Health Inequity; Online Course

• Jane Elliot’s Commitment to Combatting Racism

• The Anti-Racist Guide

• RACE – The Power of an Illusion (PBS Documentary)

• 1619: The New York Times Project

• Illuminatives: A Nonprofit Initiative to Increase Indigenous Visibility

• The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Race (NPR Article)

• Our New Postracial Myth (Atlantic Article)

Data

• Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement

• Equity Screen Tool

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Implementation guidance on data collection standards for Race, Ethnicity Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status

• Centers for Disease Control

• DataView: Profile of Persons With Disabilities in Medicare and Medicaid

• Core Concepts of Racial Equity Tools

• Planning The Use of Racial Equity Tools

• Acting with Racial Equity Tools

• Evaluating Racial Equity Tools

• A Culture of Supremacy in Medicine

• How Not To Use Data Like a Racist: A Seven-Step Framework For Ethics and Equity in Data (Zoom Recording)

Organizational Change

• 20 ways majority-white nonprofits can build authentic partnerships with organizations led by communities of color

• Anti-Racist Organizational Change Project

• Equity in The Center

• Nonprofit Resources to Support Racial Equity

• White Supremacy Culture in a Pandemic (Article)

Specific Trainings

Ableism / Disability Resources

• Some Basics of Ableism

• What is Ableism?

• Ableism Documentary with RSA Animation

• Social Justice Project; Ableism

• Ted Talk: Able Privilege

• Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice; by Michelle R. Nario-Redmon

• Developmental Disabilities: A Simple Guide for Service Providers; by Mac Griffith

• Disability: A Diversity Model Approach in Human Service Practice; by Romel W. Mackelprang, Richard O. Salsgiver

• Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment; by James I. Charlton

• The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World; by Al Etmanski

• Americans with Disabilities Act; U.S. Department of Justice

• Disability rights and wrongs; by S.D. Edwards Journal of Medical Ethics

• U.S. Department of Justice

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• About: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• The ACE Study: Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults

• Spokane Regional Health District ACES Toolkit

• CDC Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – Training

• Center for Youth Wellness

LGBTQ+ Equity Resources

• Addressing Health Care Disparities in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Population

• Best Practices in Transgender Health: A Clinician’s Guide

• LGBT Healthcare Training Video: “To Treat Me, You Have to Know Who I Am”(Video)

• We Are Here: A Transgender Training Video for Healthcare Professionals (Video)

• Gender Differences in the Quality of EMS Care Nationwide for Chest Pain and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

• GLAAD’s Transgender Resources and FAQ’s

Social Determinants of Health; Resources and Online Trainings

• Data and Resources on SDoH (CDC)

• Income, Poverty, and Health Inequality (Article)

• Poverty and Health (WHO)

• SDoH; The Solid Facts (EBook) (CDC)

• Tools for Putting Social Determinants of Health into Action (CDC)

• Communicating Within The Culture Of Poverty; Participant Handout

Trauma Informed Care

• Trauma Informed Care: What It Is, And Why It’s Important (Article)

• Trauma Informed Care Project

• Historical Trauma And Cultural Healing; Video Series

• Trauma Informed Counseling; Dr Darryl Tonemah

• Understanding and Treating Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma (CE) COST

 Workforce Diversity

• 10 Ways Employees can Support Diversity and Inclusion (Article)

• Disability Justice in the Workplace

• Diversity Training Videos

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment, Hiring and Retention

• Online Diversity Training

• Racial Equity: Organizational Self Assessment

• Race Matters: Organizational Self-Assessment

• Six Ways To Support Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace

• Why Workplace Diversity Is So Important, And Why It’s So Hard To Achieve (Article)

• How To Run Better Equity Focused Meetings (Article)

• The Meyer’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Spectrum Tool

• Why Are We Still Struggling with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nonprofit Governance (Article)

• Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter for Nonprofits

Recommended Podcasts

• Civil Rights: Pod For the Cause

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• NPR: Code Switch

Recommended Books on the Topic of Race

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Coming to America:  A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life Roger Daniels

A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America Ronald Takaki

Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade Thomas Norman DeWolf and Jodie Geddes

How to be An Anti-Racist Ibram X. Kendi

The Little Book of Racial Healing Thomas Norman DeWolf and Jodie Geddes

An Indigenous People’s History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

So You Want to Talk About Race? Ijeoma Oluo 

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide Carol Anderson

Who We Be: The Colorization of America Jeff Chang

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race Beverly Daniel Tatum

Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White Frank Wu

Say It Louder: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy. Tiffany D. Cross

Stamped From the Beginning. Jason Renolds and Ibram X. Kendi