ChildObesity180, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Medford, USA.
Population Health Partners, PLC, Rochester Hills, MI, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2022 Aug;26(Suppl 1):82-87. doi: 10.1007/s10995-022-03456-9. Epub 2022 Aug 3.
The Maternal and Child Health workforce, public health practitioners, researchers, and other groups need clear, practical guidance on how to promote health equity in the communities they serve. The National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center's Health Equity Team synthesized eight approaches for promoting health equity that drew on their experience working with public health practitioners and communities. The approaches are to: Expand the understanding of the drivers of health and work across sectors; Take a systems approach; Reflect on your own organization; Follow the lead of communities who experience injustices; Work with community members, decision-makers, and other stakeholders to prioritize action; Foster agency within individuals and collective action within groups; Identify and collect data to show where health inequities currently exist to inform equitable investment of resources; and Be accountable to outcomes that reflect real improvements in people's lives. The fields of maternal and child health and public health more broadly is already engaged in the complex work of promoting equity and social justice, and in doing so, should refine, challenge, add to, and build upon these approaches.
妇幼保健劳动力、公共卫生从业者、研究人员和其他群体需要明确、实用的指导，了解如何在他们所服务的社区中促进健康公平。国家妇幼保健劳动力发展中心的健康公平团队综合了八项促进健康公平的方法，这些方法借鉴了他们与公共卫生从业者和社区合作的经验。这些方法是：扩大对健康驱动因素和跨部门工作的理解；采取系统方法；反思自己的组织；跟随经历不公正待遇的社区的领导；与社区成员、决策者和其他利益相关者合作，优先采取行动；在个人中培养能动性，在群体中培养集体行动；确定和收集数据，以了解目前存在健康不平等的地方，为公平投资资源提供信息；并对反映人们生活实际改善的结果负责。更广泛的母婴健康和公共卫生领域已经在从事促进公平和社会正义的复杂工作，在这样做的过程中，应该完善、挑战、补充和扩展这些方法。
