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Health Equity

Equity

Achieving the highest level of health and well-being for all people

Disparity

Avoidable differences between groups of people created by societal barriers and systematic exclusion from opportunities

Current Projects

Health Equity Community Health Assessment

The Department, in partnership with Thurston Thrives, is conducting a community health assessment. Findings will begin to be available in 2021.

The Equity Gap Part II: What We're Learning About Health & Well-Being in Thurston County Presentation - January 2020 Thurston Thrives Coordinating Council
The Equity Gap: What We're Learning About Health & Well-Being in Thurston County Presentation ~ October 2019 Thurston Thrives Coordinating Council

Approach

The Department is committed to a course of action that reduces, and ultimately eliminates, health disparities so that optimal health for ALL is possible.

Resources

Race, Racism and Health from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities
Health Equity Institute
Environmental Justice
Health Literacy
Washington State Coalition for Language Access
Institute of Health Equity (International)

Contact Us

For more information, contact Mary Ann O'Garro at 360-867-2525 or mary.ann.ogarro@co.thurston.wa.us

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