Medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas
This guide helps states, organizations, and partners better understand medically underserved areas (MUAs) and health professional shortage areas.
Recap: “Leading Through Change” Panel Discussion & Peer Exchange”
The Community Approaches recently convened national, state, and local leaders and practitioners to share how they are navigating change in public health.
Consultative Selling: Practice the Connecting “Match” Meeting Worksheet
State and community partnerships are vital for reaching populations experiencing tobacco related disparities, yet tobacco is not always a top priority for partners.
Health Equity: Understanding Social Determinants of Health, Bias, and Cultural Humility to Improve Tobacco Related Outcomes
This handout discusses: what is health equity, its root causes, and how cultural humility can improve tobacco related outcomes.
Community Engagement & Collaboration Best Practices
These processes take on special importance when you are partnering with people facing health disparities, who may have had past experiences where their input was not valued, or they felt disempowered within a partnership.
Principles of Equitable Community Engagement in Tobacco Control: Populations with Low SES Characteristics Fact Sheet
To have an impact in reducing tobacco-related disparities, which are often linked to socioeconomic status, it is essential to authentically engage the people who are most affected by the harms of tobacco.