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Health Equity
Trainings
Self-Paced Resources
From Concepts to Practice: Health Equity, Health Inequities, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
Topic Areas: Health equity, Health inequities, Health disparities, Social determinants of health
Target Audience: General public health staff, Public health, Students
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through CDC TRAIN (Create Account)
Cost: Free
Health Disparities and Determinants of Health
Topic Areas: Determinants of health, Health disparities, Culture
Target Audience:
Approximate length: 2 hours
Offered by: South Central Public Health Training Center & Alabama Dept. of Public Health
Requirements: Create account
Cost: Free
Health Equity 101
Topic Areas: Social determinants of health, Health equity
Target Audience: Educators / Trainers, Researchers / Analysts, General Public Health Staff, Public Information / Media Specialists, Healthcare, Human Services
Approximate length: 20 - 30 minutes
Offered by: Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center & CDC ELI Fellowship program
Requirements: Launch through CDC TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Cultural Diversity, Health Disparities and Public Health
Topic Areas: Cultural diversity, Race/ethnicity, Gender, Health disparities
Target Audience: Public health professionals
Approximate length: 2 hours
Offered by: South Central Public Health Training Center & Alabama Dept. of Public Health
Requirements: Register through CDC TRAIN; Enroll; Create account/Log In
Cost: Free
Achieving Health Equity for LGBT People
Topic Areas: LGBT health disparities, Cultural competence, Minority health
Target Audience: General public health staff, Healthcare
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: National LGBT Health Education Center
Requirements: Registration required to access
Cost: Free
Addressing Health Equity: A Public Health Essential
Topic Areas: Health disparities
Target Audience: Educators / Trainers, General Public Health Professionals
Approximate length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Offered by: Empire State Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Enroll
Cost: Free
Strategies to Advance Health Equity: How Health Departments Can Protect the Health of Immigrants
Topic Areas: Immigrant health, Policy, Minority health, Health disparities, Partnerships
Target Audience: Public health professionals working in state and local health departments, Policy, Human services, Social workers, Educators, Community health worker, General public health
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Serving Diverse Communities: Finding Data on Health Disparities
Topic Areas:
Target Audience: Public health professionals & Healthcare providers-may include Public health nurses, Community health workers, Academic researchers, Policy makers, & Epidemiologists
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)
Requirements: Registration required
Cost: Free
Health in 3D: Diversity, Disparities, and Social Determinants
Topic Areas: Cultural diversity, Disparities, Social determinants of health
Target Audience: General Public Health Staff, Public Health professionals, Healthcare
Approximate length: 25 minutes
Offered by: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Health Equity and Prevention Primer
Topic Areas: Primary prevention, health disparity, health equity, Policy, Community Assessment, Coalition
Target Audience: Public health practitioners and advocates interested in achieving health, safety, and health equity through policy advocacy, community change, and multi-sector engagement
Approximate length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Offered by: Prevention Institute
Requirements:
Cost: Free
Introduction to Public Health in North Carolina Training Series. Module 2: Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
Topic Areas: Health disparities/Minority health, Access to Care (includes health insurance), Cultural Competence, Determinants of health
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals, Nurses, Policy / Planner, General Public Health Professionals, Public Health
Approximate length: 30 minutes
Offered by: UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Requirements: Launch through CDC TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
The Roots of Health Inequity
Topic Areas: Community engagement, Racism, Gender inequity, Social justice, Frames, Leadership, Narratives
Target Audience: Public health practitioners, Nurses, and Health education specialists who want to initiate action on the root causes of health inequity
Approximate length:
Offered by: National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
Requirements: Registration Required
Cost: Free
Recorded Webinars/Videos
Messaging Health Equity to Decision-Makers
Topic Areas: Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities, Law and Policy & Ethics
Target Audience: Local, state, and tribal public health professionals; Policy advocates working with decision-makers; Health equity advocates
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Northwest center for public health practice
Requirements: Create account
Cost: Free
Promoting Health Equity: The Role of Community-based Strategies
Topic Areas: Health disparities, Health equity, Community-based interventions
Target Audience: Community health workers, General public health professionals
Approximate length: 45 minutes
Offered by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Create account
Cost: Free
Advancing Health Equity Through Power Building and Narrative Change
Topic Areas: Power building, Narrative Change
Target Audience: Public health professionals, Social service providers, Local health departments, Community organizers, and Other allied health professionals
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Michigan Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Enroll
Cost: Free
Addressing Social Determinants of Health for LGBTQ People (Part 1)
Topic Areas: LGBTQ health, Determinants of health
Target Audience: Case managers, Peer navigators, Community health workers and other enabling services staff
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: National LGBT Health Education Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Addressing Social Determinants of Health for LGBTQ People (Part 2)
Topic Areas: LGBTQ health, Determinants of health
Target Audience: Case managers, Peer navigators, Community health workers and other enabling services staff
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: National LGBT Health Education Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Engaging Across Sectors and Disciplines to Build Community and Capacity for Health Equity
Topic Areas: Partnerships, Disparities, Community, Cultural competence
Target Audience: Educators / Trainers, Physicians and Other Clinicians, Policy / Planner, General Public Health Staff, Public Health
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
The Built Environment and Reducing Health Disparities
Topic Areas: Built Environment, Health disparities
Target Audience:
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Environmental Health Specialty Units
Requirements: Enroll
Cost: Free
The Public Health Nurse and Health Equity
Topic Areas: Public health nurses, Health equity
Target Audience: Public health nurses, General public health professionals
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Association of Public Health Nurses
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities: Theory and Evidence
Topic Areas: Social determinants of health, Health disparities/Minority health, Heatlh equity, Policy
Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals, Epidemiologists / Surveillance Staff, Substance Abuse Professionals, Public Health Professionals, Healthcare, Human Services
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Health Inequities, Health Disparities/Minority Health
Topic Areas: Social determinants of health, Health disparities/Minority health, Heatlh equity, Policy
Target Audience: Policy / Planner, Public Health practitioners, General public health staff, Public Information / Media Specialists
Approximate length: 50 minutes
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Using Geographic Information Science to Advance Health Equity and Environmental Justice
Topic Areas: Geographic Information Science, Environmental factors
Target Audience: Environmental Health Professionals, Policy / Planner, Researchers / Analysts, Public Health Professionals, Information Systems Professionals, Public Works
Approximate length: 51 minutes
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Building Healthy Communities: The Role of Behavioral Health in Advancing Health Equity and Optimal Health for All
Topic Areas: Behavioral health, Health equity, Determinants of health
Target Audience: Public health professionals including Health educators, Local health department professionals and those working in other health-related agencies
Approximate length:
Offered by: Region V Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Registration required
Cost: Free
Health Disparity within the Transgender Community
Topic Areas: Transgender, Health disparities/Minority health, Gender
Target Audience: Mental health professionals, General public health professionals, Human services, Policy/Planners
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
Topic Areas: Social determinants of health
Target Audience: General Public Health Staff
Approximate length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Offered by: Family Health Outcomes Project (FHOP)
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
The Intersection of Cultural Diversity, Health Policy Development and Policy Analysis
Topic Areas: Diversity, Race/ethnicity, Gender, Health policy, Health disparities, Minority health
Target Audience: Public health professionals
Approximate length: 3 hours
Offered by: Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Requirements: Register through CDC TRAIN; Enroll; Create account/Log In
Cost: Free
Confronting Health Disparities in African American Communities
Topic Areas: African American, Health disparities, Minority health, Determinants of health
Target Audience: Public health
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: University at Albany School of Public Health
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Asian Health Disparities and Hepatitis B in the Era of Elimination
Topic Areas: Health disparities, Infectious disease
Target Audience: Physicians and Other Clinicians, Policy / Planner, General Public Health Staff, Public Health, Healthcare
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
LGBT Aging: Addressing Disparities and Health Care Needs
Topic Areas: LGBT, Minority health, Health disparities
Target Audience: Healthcare, General public health staff
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: The National LGBT Health Education Center and SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders)
Requirements: Registration required
Cost: Free
Communicating Public Health: Message Design Strategies to Promote Awareness and Action to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Topic Areas: Communication, Social determinants of health, Health disparities
Target Audience: General Public Health Staff, Public Health
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Structural Factors and Sexual Orientation Disparities in Adolescent Substance Use
Topic Areas: Substance abuse, Minority Health, Youths
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Professionals, General Public Health Staff, Public Health professionals
Approximate length: 40 minutes
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation
Topic Areas: Racism, Social determinants, Disparities
Target Audience: Public health professionals
Approximate length: 4 hours
Offered by: American Public Health Association
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
A Community-Based Organization’s Approach to Addressing LGBT Health Disparities
Topic Areas: LGBT Health, Minority health/health disparities
Target Audience: Nurses, Social Workers, Public Health, Human Services
Approximate length: 1 hour
Offered by: Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Requirements: Launch through TRAIN (Create account)
Cost: Free
Web Resources
Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Your Community
Topic Areas: Social determinants of health
Target Audience: Public health
Approximate length:
Offered by: Community Tool Box
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Health Equity Learning Series
Topic Areas: Health equity, Health disparities, Social determinants of health, Racism, Community engagement, Rural health, Policy
Target Audience:
Approximate length: Video recordings (50 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes)
Offered by: The Colorado Trust - A Health Equity Foundation
Requirements: Registration required for upcoming In-person presentation
Cost: Free
Conscious & Unconscious Biases in Health Care
Topic Areas: Implicit/unconscious bias, conscious/explicit bias, Health disparities, Cultural competence
Target Audience: Health care practitioners, health professionals
Approximate length:
Offered by: National Center for Cultural Competence
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Health Equity and Social Justice 101 Training Series
Topic Areas: Health equity, Social justice, Racism, Class, Intersectionality, Policy, Gender
Target Audience: Public health practitioners
Approximate length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Offered by: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
PDF Documents
A Practitioner's Guide for Advancing Health Equity. Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Diseases
Topic Areas: Health Equity, Chronic disease
Target Audience: Public health practitioners
Approximate length: 132 pages
Offered by: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention - Division of Community Health
Requirements: None
Cost: Free
Expanding the boundaries: Health Equity and Public Health Practice
Topic Areas: Health Equity
Target Audience: Public health practitioners
Approximate length: 72 pages
Offered by: National Association of County & City Officials (NACCHO)
Requirements: None
Cost: Free