Health equity curricular toolkit
Trusted resources on health equity to help guide your care plans for underserved populations.
The health equity curricular toolkit was championed by the Health Equity Team of Family Medicine for America’s Health and inspired by the Starfield II Health Equity Summit. It provides a structured curricular tool to facilitate exploration of some of the most pressing questions around social determinants of health, vulnerable populations, economics and policy and offers resources to promote skill-building to confront drivers of persistent and pervasive inequities.
This tool kit is intended for clinical and public health learners and primary care faculty who would like an opportunity to further explore this area, which was often not intentionally and adequately prioritized in past medical school and residency curricula.
The guidebook to the health equity curricular toolkit includes a description of the socio-ecologic framework, the modular design, facilitation strategies, a glossary of definitions and health equity resources, and a worksheet to promote real-time application of an equity lens. This is accompanied by 14 modules, including an introductory prerequisite two-part module. Three short videos were also developed to assist with the use of the tool kit.
Guidebook
Introductory prerequisite 2-part module
Making America healthier for all (Parts 1 and 2):
Part 1: What each of us can do
Part 2: Shifting the paradigm toward social accountability
Health equity modules
Social determinants of health modules
Identifying and addressing patients' social and economic needs in the context of clinical care
Communities working together to improve health and reduce disparities
Improving patient outcomes by teaching students about social determinants of health
Understanding health experiences and values to address social determinants of health
Vulnerable populations modules
Supplemental videos
Almost 40 content experts and educators in health equity across the United States and Canada helped develop the material for this tool kit and specific author information is provided in the Guidebook of the tool kit.
More information about the Health Equity Team of Family Medicine for America’s Health can be found in: Martinez-Bianchi V, Frank B, Edgoose J, Michener L, Rodriguez M, Gottlieb L, Reddick B, Kelly C, Yu K, Davis S. Carr J, Lee JW, Smith KL, New RD. Addressing Family Medicine’s Capacity to Improve Health Equity through Collaboration, Accountability and Coalition-Building. Fam Med.2019;51(2):198-203.