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By: CHP | Posted on: December 9th, 2008. | 
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Categories: Disparities • Education • Policies and Laws • Public Health • Rural Health
The Health Equity Alliance is a group of residents from the Corvallis area seeking to address health inequalities locally. During spring 2008, the group formed to discuss health inequality within the Corvallis community using the Unnatural Causes series as a tool. After these meetings, they concluded that more similar sessions would be very helpful to address health issues at a broader level in their community.
Among the goals of the Health Equity Alliance is to “engage community stakeholders in discussions to broaden understanding of factors that contribute to health inequality and to identify opportunities for how public and private organizations can contribute to the development of healthy communities.”
Between March 1 and December 1, 2008, with support from Community Health Priorities and the Northwest Health Foundation, the Health Equity Alliance sponsored the following community forums using Unnatural Causes as a guide:
Corvallis Forum April 2008 – 120 people
Corvallis Community Café October 2008 – 85 people
Monroe Community Café October 2008 – 20 people
They also engaged community stakeholders in the following discussions to broaden understanding of factors that contribute to health inequality:
Small group meetings with Mayor of Corvallis, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, Corvallis Archimedes Chapter
Co-sponsorship of events with Archimedes Chapter & Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
In addition, they trained local leaders to facilitate presentation of the Unnatural Causes Series and provided technical assistance for the Monroe community grant to Oregon Solutions.
In addition, other planned activities include:
OSU Philosophy Dept “Ideas Matter” Series on human rights aspects of health
Seminars for Pre-Med and Pre-Pharmacy students to introduce the health equity perspective
Heart of the Valley Birth Network viewing of “When the Bough Breaks” and discussion of racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality
Podcasts, radio shows, video
The Health Equity Alliance plans to continue to sponsor community forums and small group discussions, and facilitate communication and coordination between groups and serve as a resource to our group’s members and the community. They also plan to identify mechanisms to partner with other groups who are using health equity assessment tools to better understand the root causes of health inequality at the local level.
If you would like more information on the Health Equity Alliance, please contact Karen Levy Keon at .
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