Resources

DEI & Health Equity

• • DEI & Health Equity
  • Hospital Health Equity Learning Community
  • DEI Peer Group for Hospitals and Health Systems
  • DEI & Health Equity Events
  • DEI & Health Equity Resources

General

• American Hospital Association Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Health Equity Resource Series

 

DEI and Health Equity Roadmaps

• American Hospital Association: The Health Equity Roadmap

 

Organizational Leadership for Health Equity

• It Starts at the Top: How Boards Can Prioritize Health Equity. Boardroom Brief, American Hospital Association Trustee Services, January 2024
• Building a Governing Board Strategy on Diversity and Health Equity: Case Studies from the Field. American Hospital Association Trustee Services.
• American Hospital Association Trustee Services: Articles and Toolkits on Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
• Board of Trustees Survey: Health Equity Readiness. Impact4Health, LLC and Via HealthCare Consulting, Inc. 2021-2024
• Health Equity and DEI Organizational Assessment: American Hospital Association: The Health Equity Roadmap

 

Data

• Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Measures for Hospitals and Health System Dashboards. American Hospital Association Institute for Diversity and Health Equity
• Reducing Health Care Disparities: Collection and Use of Race, Ethnicity and Language Data. Signature Leadership Series, American Hospital Association, 2013.
• PRAPARE health related social needs screening, implementation and action tools
• Ready, Set, Go! A Guide for Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, A Program of the Fenway Institute.
• Information for Patients about SOGI Screening: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions: Information for Patients. National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.
• Data-Driven Care Delivery: Data Collection, Stratification and Use. American Hospital Association Institute for Diversity and Health Equity

 

Data Utilization

• Roadmap to Advance Health Equity. RWJF Advancing Health Equity: Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation Program

 

Health Literacy

• Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments and Reducing Disparities. Milken Institute.

 

Community Partnerships

• A Playbook for Fostering Hospital-Community Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health. Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and American Hospital Association (AHA), 2017.
• American Hospital Association’s Hospital Community Collaborative
• Community Partnerships:  Strategies to Accelerate Health Equity.  Health Equity Resource Series.  AHA Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, 2021.

 

Disability Best Practices and Resources

• UNH Disability and Health Program

 

LGBTQ+ Best Practices

• Affirmative Services for Transgender and Gender-Diverse People: Best Practices for frontline health care staff. National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. Winter 2022.
• Ready, Set, Go! A Guide for Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, A Program of the Fenway Institute.

 

Training

• Southern NH AHEC: Cultural competency training and train the trainer program
• Harvard University Implicit Association Test benefits and tool

 

Communication

• AHE’s Health Equity Communication Guide