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This case study outlines how the Harris County Public Health Department (HCPH), Texas, developed and championed health equity-focused policies, structures, staffing positions, and trainings. In addition to outlining specific resources and frameworks other health departments can use, the report notes that HCPH used their health equity policy and procedures to redesign their response to the Zika virus.
Resource Details
- Geographic Areas of Implementation: Urban
- Setting/Context of Implementation: Workplace
- Topics of Practice: Organizational Change/ Development
- Outcomes of Interest: Improve Organizational Infrastructure
- Level of Evidence: Promising
- Tools or Materials Included in Resource: Yes
- Social Determinants of Health: Economic Stability
- Outside of US: No