This page showcases a variety of selected state-produced health equity reports. These reports will give you examples of state public health departments’ approaches by highlighting data, identifying progress, and providing tools and resources to put the focus on health equity and health disparities.

Health Equity Reports by State and Territory

This issue brief explores the importance of maternal and infant health disparities by delving into topics such as racial and ethnic disparities, economic impact, infant mortality, maternal disparities, and prenatal care as well as highlights different programs states have implemented to address these issues.

This primer on state public health for tribal leaders explores the history of health-related federal laws for state health agencies, the state health governance system, the role of the tribal health leader in establishing partnerships with state health agencies, and tips on how to create successful partnerships between state health agencies and tribes and tribal organizations.

Knowing State Public Health Primer

This primer on tribal health explores the history of health-related federal laws for tribal nations, the role of the state health official in establishing partnerships with tribal nations, and tips on how to work successfully with tribes and tribal organizations.

Knowing Tribal Health Primer

Based on interviews with directors of minority health, health disparities offices, state public health officials, community leaders, and local health officials these case studies describe health equity strategies in Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia.

State Case Studies

This document includes shared definitions on health equity and health inequities and five action steps that ASTHO and the undersigned Affiliate Council Members have supported for improving health equity and eliminating health disparities.

Affiliate Health Equity Position Statement

ASTHO’s Affiliate Health Equity Subcommittee conducted an online quantitative survey to assess how ASTHO and its 22 affiliate organizations address racial/ethnic minority health, health disparities and health equity. Additionally, ASTHO’s Health Equity Workgroup staff conducted 30-minute qualitative interviews with five respondents to delve deeper into their health equity approach. This document contains the results and recommendations from the survey and interviews.

Executive Summary of Affiliate Health Equity Survey

Health equity is a social and economic issue. This ASTHO-produced webinar, issue brief, and slide deck explores the economic benefits of achieving health equity in the business sector with a focus on racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomic status.

Commissioner John Auerbach, state health official of Massachusetts and immediate past president of ASTHO, called on states to improve health equity.

ASTHO's survey of state and territorial Offices of Minority Health. Of the 59 agencies surveyed, 51 returned responses.

With support from the HHS Office of Minority Health, ASTHO surveyed state and territorial health agencies on racial/ethnic minority health and health disparities. The results of that survey are available in the following clickable map.