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Building Organizational Capacity to Advance Health Equity

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Description

The Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) of Nashville/Davidson County, TN implemented department-wide strategies to focus on their core value of equality. The strategies included professional development and learning experiences to assess and understand how individual biases impact health status, modifying recruitment and interviewing practices to hire staff with an understanding of health equity, and fostering relationships with organizations that serve communities affected by health inequities. MPHD built health equity into its Departmental Strategic Plan and established an Equity Work Group to support the department in attaining its goals.

Goal / Mission

The mission of the Metro Public Health Department is to protect and improve the health and well-being of all people in Metropolitan Nashville.

Impact

Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County has implemented department-wide strategies to address existing health inequities.

Results / Accomplishments

Through implementation of these efforts, the Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County continues to incorporate health equity in all aspects of the department's work.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Metro Public Health Department Nashville/Davidson County
Primary Contact
Metro Public Health Department, Nashville/Davidson County
311 23rd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 340-5616
http://www.nashville.gov/Health-Department.aspx
Topics
Community / Governance
Health
Organization(s)
Metro Public Health Department Nashville/Davidson County
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date of publication
2013
Location
Davidson County, TN
For more details
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/pdf/FoundationalSki...
Target Audience
Racial/Ethnic Minorities

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.