Building Organizational Capacity to Advance Health Equity
A Good Idea
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
311 23rd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 340-5616
http://www.nashville.gov/Health-Department.aspx
Topics
Community / Governance
Health
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
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Target Audience
Racial/Ethnic Minorities