Governors are working to reduce health disparities across the 55 states and territories. The NGA Center is supporting this important work through the State Efforts to Address and Communicate Best Practices on Health Equity project. Through this project, the NGA Center is identifying strategies Governors are currently using to address and communicate about health equity to reduce health disparities for people with disabilities, people of all races and ethnicities, and rural populations. This work is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
NGA Resources
Using Plain Language for Effective Health Communication
Governors are focused on improving the health and well-being of their constituents, and health communication is a tool that can support this. States and territories are exploring ways to increase ...
Promising Practices for State and Territory Disability Data Collection and Usage
This brief outlines promising practices that states and territories can implement to collect disability data to advance health equity. A full list of citations is available in the PDF version ...
Health Equity Learning Network Kickoff
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) launched a Health Equity Learning Network to explore policy solutions and ...
Leading State Approaches and Communication Strategies to Support Health Equity
This brief describes innovative approaches and communication strategies states and territories are using to address health equity needs. (Download) Governors are leading the way in addressing health equity in their ...
Health Equity Roundtable
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held a health equity roundtable on August 24th in Broomfield, Colorado, bringing together nine states and territories including Colorado, Guam, ...
Behavioral Health Equity for All Communities: Policy Solutions to Advance Equity Across the Crisis Continuum
As a point of interception, equitable crisis response provides an opportunity to disrupt a cycle that has perpetuated longstanding challenges in underserved communities. (Download) Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic called widespread ...
COVID-19 Vaccines for Children: Exploring Immunization Strategies for Individuals Under 12
Governors have employed system-wide approaches and innovative procedures to protect health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper looks at ways to position the COVID-19 children's vaccine response to ensure equitable ...
Championing Health Equity
This brief synthesizes key accomplishments and lessons learned based on interviews with 10 state COVID-19 health equity task forces. (View/Download) Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified social, economic, and health ...
Building State Capacity to Facilitate Equitable Access to Testing and Treatment for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB
This paper includes considerations and approaches to promote equity and improve public health capacity to prevent, detect and respond to HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs and TB during the public health ...
