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This is the summary page containing the full guide to HEDA: Conducting a Health Equity Data Analysis: A Guide for Local Health Departments, Version 2. HEDA provides information on how to think about, collect, and analyze local data related to health equity. It provides a starting point for understanding how to document health inequities. This guide provides a detailed process for analyzing health inequities in a local jurisdiction. The guide describes how to use data to identify health differences between population groups, instead of only examining the population as a whole. The process includes steps to identify and examine the causes of population differences in health, and emphasizes the importance of working in partnership at every step with communities experiencing inequities.
Resource Details
- Topics of Practice: Data Collection and Analysis
- Outcomes of Interest: Reduction of Health Disparities
- Level of Evidence: Promising
- Tools or Materials Included in Resource: Yes
- Outside of US: No