A Practitioner’s Guide To Advancing Health Equity

There is a growing body of literature exploring how environments in this nation shape our health. To address this issue, public health practitioners are implementing chronic disease policy, systems, and environmental improvements where people live, learn, work, and play. Practitioners are also considering how to ensure such improvements are designed to reverse the negative trends of chronic health conditions among vulnerable population groups. This document was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Prevention Institute, with funding support under contract 200-2007-20014 Task 009. The design and published . . .