Websites - Health Equity Information Resources - a Summa Medical Library Guide

Health Equity Websites

Below is a selection of health equity websites that provide access to statistics, tools, state and local information, and more.

Health Equity Websites

Centers for Disease Control
Source of statistical information, updates on disease surveillance, Morbility and Mortality Weekly Report.
How Healthy is Your State - Key Health Statistical Data for Ohio
From the Trust for America's Health. Comparable statistics from all 50 states are also available on this website
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts
Health statistics presented as graphics (including state health facts), Perspectives, polls on health issues, and much more.
PeriStats - Maternal & Infant Health Data (March of Dimes)
Search for statistics by state, and topic, and apply different filters. Data can be displayed in varying formats such as tables or bar graphs.
Shortchanging America's Health : A State-By-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent
Report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF).

American Speech Language Hearing Association Self Assessment for Cultural Competence
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care describes how medical resources are distributed and used in the U.S. It also has reports, publications, and interactive tools that allow visitors to view, compare, and contrast specific regions.
Disability-Competent Care Self-Assessment Tool
A resource for health systems and plans when evaluating their capacity to meet the needs of adult patients with functional limitations.
Do Ask, Do Tell: A Toolkit for collecting Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Clinical Settings
Health Literacy Tool Shed
A database of health literacy measurement tools. Filters available by language and numerous other parameters.
Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition: Take the Antiracism Survey
Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competency Self Assessment Checklist for Personnel Providing Primary health Care Services
Helps providers identify gaps in the physical environment, materials, and resources.
Tools Section on Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit, QI Essentials Toolkit, IHI Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events, SBAR Tool, Safer Dx Checklist: 10 High-Priority Practices for Diagnostic Excellence, “Psychological PPE”: Promote Health Care Workforce Mental Health and Well-Being, and much more
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Screening recommendations. Tools and resources for primary care providers

Chronic Disease Website - Ohio Dept. of Health
Info on costs. burden, and risk factors associated with chronic diseases in Ohio's population; information on a variety of programs and initiatives designed to address and mitigate chronic diseases, tools & resources, data & publications such as the chronic disease map gallery showing prevalence of specific diseases by region.
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Info on costs. burden, and risk factors associated with chronic diseases in Ohio's population; information on a variety of programs and initiatives designed to address and mitigate chronic diseases, tools & resources, data & publications such as the chronic disease map gallery showing prevalence of specific diseases by region.
Ohio Department of Health
A helpful A-Z index helps you find rules, forms, ODH programs, grants, statistics, & other information.
Summit County ADM Board
Alcohol, Drug Addition, and Mental Health Services Board. Find local support services, community partnerships, and prevention programs.
Summit County Public Health Department
Information about local programs and services. Clinical services include: Dental, Immunization, Refugee Health, STD/HIV, WIC, and more.

AHRQ National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
AHRQ Patients with Limited English Proficiency
Best Practices for Asking Questions to Identify Transgender and Other Gender Minority Respondents on Population-Based Surveys (GenIUSS)
CDC's Inclusive Communication Principles
Healthy People 2030
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Provides objectives for each topic/health condition, along with statistical information and more.
Urban Institute: Racial inequities in health
World Health Organization
Numerous reports and publications, statistics, core health indicators.

Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations
Significant disparities in life expectancy and other health outcomes persist across the United States. Health care has a significant role to play in achieving health equity. While health care organizations alone do not have the power to improve all of the multiple determinants of health for all of society, they do have the power to address disparities directly at the point of care, and to impact many of the determinants that create these disparities
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
An organization that works with health systems, countries, and other organizations on improving quality, safety, and value in health care.
National Quality Forum
A not-for-profit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization working to improve healthcare.
Population Health Alliance
A network dedicated to advancing the principles of population health improvement
The Roots of Health Inequity
UHCAN Ohio. Community Engagement in Hospital Antiracism
The Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a 50-year-old organization that sponsors and conducts research and analysis on poverty and under-served Americans to provide insight on a variety of policy issues, including Health Policy

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