Eliminating Structural Racism to Achieve Health Equity Policy Academy
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from CDC, launched the Eliminating Structural Racism to Achieve Health Equity Policy Academy, a capacity building and technical assistance opportunity for state and island jurisdictions. The policy academy fosters the development of governmental workforce policy development skills and Boundary Spanning Leadership to advance policy, systems, and workforce changes to achieve health equity.
The videos in this policy academy feature key insights to build state and island area agency capacity around policy research, development, and evaluation to support internal organizational change, address institutional and structural racism to advance health equity, and forge multi-sector partnerships to address the social determinants of health.
Who Is at the Table? Advancing Equity-Driven Teams
State and territorial health officials and their agencies are committing to advancing health equity and achieving optimal health for all. In order to achieve this goal, ASTHO believes there are critical actions that can be taken to require an intentional and explicit focus on addressing structural racism and acknowledging racism and racial discrimination in public health as a primary issue. This requires effective strategies to formulate the right team of individuals as well as informed action steps to expand engagement efforts with the most relevant agency staff and constituents who are most impacted.
Who Is at the Table? Effective Community Engagement Strategies
State and territorial health officials and their agencies are committing to advancing health equity and achieving optimal health for all. In order to achieve this goal, ASTHO believes there are critical actions that can be taken to require an intentional and explicit focus on addressing structural racism and acknowledging racism and racial discrimination in public health as a primary issue. This requires effective strategies to formulate the right team of individuals as well as informed action steps to expand engagement efforts with the most relevant agency staff and constituents who are most impacted.
Boundary Spanning Leadership Principles to Center Equity
This video captures the principles in Boundary Spanning Leadership and its role in centering equity. The pathway to centering equity in policies and practices to center equity, such as workforce, performance improvements, grants management are amplified using this conceptual framework.
Boundary Spanning Leadership in the Policy Development Process
This video uncovers the interface between boundary spanning leadership and the CDC policy development process. Boundary Spanning Leadership is the capability to create direction, alignment, and commitment across boundaries or sectors to achieve a higher vision or goal. ASTHO’s Eliminating Structural Racism Policy Academy, funded by CDC, embedded the principles of boundary spanning leadership into the policy development process with hopes building stronger relationships to sustain the work.
Boundary Spanning Leadership Testimonials
This video captures the experience and impact of boundary spanning leadership (BSL) during the policy academy. Participants will share the impact of using the tools (i.e., BSL) to execute learnings during the policy academy.