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Health Equity: Moving Beyond "Health Disparities"

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A health equity movement is underway, in which broad sectors are working together to create solutions to the complex problem of health inequities. This paper lifts up solutions that are grounded in strengthening communities, engaging non-health sectors, lifting up promising practices, advancing progressive policy options, and identifying research gaps that can make the case for prioritizing health equity strategies.  
 

Equitable Food Hubs - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Describes food hubs as an emerging retail strategy that has the potential to create a more equitable food system. (2014)

Resident-Owned CDFIs - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Resident-owned community financial institutions build assets for low-income residents and provide them with a stronger voice in neighborhood development and revitalization. (2004)

Commercial Stabilization - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Effective techniques employed by community-based organizations to preserve cultural organizations and longstanding commercial enterprises that define the historic character of communities. (2004)

Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Addresses urban agriculture efforts focused on serving low-income communities and communities of color. Shows how projects can improve access to healthy, affordable food for low-income communities and improve residents' health. (2011)

Rent Control - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Protections to slow the pace of rapidly escalating rental prices. (2004)

Real Estate Transfer Taxes - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Techniques through which tax regulations can limit two destabilizing practices in low- and moderate-income communities: delinquency and speculation. (2004)

Minority Contracting - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Ensures that healthy local businesses owned by people of color are a basic component of strong, sustainable communities. (2004)

Local Hiring - Equitable Development Toolkit

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An array of strategies that connect economically marginalized communities to regional job opportunities. (2004)

Living Wage Provisions - Equitable Development Toolkit

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Ordinances that ensure the employees of public contractors, private contractors receiving public sector funding, and public employees are paid wages at pace with regional cost of living measures. (2004)

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