Susan Weisman, J.D., is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. She holds a BA from The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) and a JD from Mitchell Hamline School of Law (St. Paul, MN). Karen Ben-Moshe, M.P.H., is the Senior Program Associate with the Public Health Institute, Health in All Policies program. She has a BA from Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT), an MPH from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health (Berkeley, CA), and an MPP from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy (Berkeley, California). Vayong Moua, M.P.A., is a Health Equity Advocacy Director at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota in Eagan, Minnesota. He received his BA from St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN) and his MPA from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI). He is responsible for developing strategy and action for Blue Cross's prevention and health equity advocacy initiatives to reduce tobacco use, obesity, and health inequities. Sarah Hernandez, M.P.H., is the director of policy for the Office of Health Equity at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She has a BA from the University of Colorado (Denver, CO) and an MPH from the Colorado School of Public Health (Aurora, CO).
J Law Med Ethics. 2019 Jun;47(2_suppl):116-120. doi: 10.1177/1073110519857333.
This article takes a birds-eye view of equity in action, showcasing efforts to embed an equity lens in legislated and non-legislated policies and practices in three states. Authors from California, Colorado, and Minnesota provide state-specific examples of how equity has been advanced and operationalized in state-level governance. The article describes progress and lessons learned and offers guidance to others.
本文从全局视角审视了行动中的公平性,展示了三个州在立法和非立法政策和实践中纳入公平视角的努力。来自加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州和明尼苏达州的作者提供了州一级治理中如何推进和实施公平性的具体例子。本文描述了进展和经验教训,并为其他州提供了指导。