Health Equity Committee Toolkit: Stages of Development for County and Tribal Health Councils
New Mexico's County and Tribal Health Councils are committed to improving the health of all diverse communities and have led improvements in the health, social, economic, and environmental conditions of communities experiencing and addressing inequities.
Health Equity Committees, developed under each County and Tribal Health Council, work to integrate processes and tools to examine how racial and other inequities impact the community and advocate for change to prevent those inequitable impacts. Systemic inequities are addressed by applying an equity lens in decision making to create change in the state's public health infrastructure, policies, and community’s programs and services.
This Health Equity Committee toolkit has been adapted for New Mexico’s County and Tribal Health Councils to serve as an aid in developing and sustaining their unique, individual Health Equity Committees.
We want to acknowledge Dr. Fran Butterfoss and the Society for Public Health Education and Coalitions Work, which developed the original stages of development documents which were adapted to meet the needs of County and Tribal Health Councils.
