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Examining The History Of Racial Groups To Understand Health Disparities In Monterey County, Virginia Murillo
Examining The History Of Racial Groups To Understand Health Disparities In Monterey County, Virginia Murillo
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The Monterey County Health Department’s Health Equity Scholars Academy aspires to train health workforce leaders to prioritize equity into services. Health inequities occur when there are systematic differences in the health statuses of different populations. These disparities perpetuate negative health outcomes for minority groups. In Monterey County, too few public employees are aware of the types and pervasiveness of health inequities experienced by a significant proportion of the population. A timeline was developed to provide a more accessible way to educate public employees about significant events and policies affecting Monterey County resident’s health. Content from the timeline has been incorporated …
Increasing Accessibility To Key Social Determinants Of Health In Monterey County, Tabitha Vargas
Increasing Accessibility To Key Social Determinants Of Health In Monterey County, Tabitha Vargas
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Monterey County Health Department’s Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Unit provides agency-wide support in promoting health equity. Obesity and diabetes rates in Monterey County are too high and there needs to be an increase of accessible data, which may help increase targeted prevention services. A health brief was developed for the purpose of increasing access to county-wide obesity and diabetes data and increasing knowledge of the role of how social determinants of health may affect health outcomes. A survey was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the health brief with results demonstrating that 100% of respondents agreed that the brief was …