Publications, Presentations, and Resources

Alameda County Public Health Department Publications

• Life & Death from Unnatural Causes: Health & Social Inequity in Alameda County (2008)
• Alameda County Health Status Report (2006)
• Youth Health and Wellness in Alameda County (2006)

Alameda County Public Health Department Presentations

• Building A Public Health Workforce to Achieve Health Equity

  Anthony Iton. The National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Conference. July 30, 2009

• Engaging Our Community in Health Equity Solutions

  Anthony Iton. The National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Conference. July 11, 2007

• Transforming Public Health Practice to Address Health Inequities: Communicating With Staff

  Anthony Iton. The National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Conference. July 28, 2006

• Alameda County: What Are We Really Doing to Change the Context of Health?

  Anthony Iton, et al. May 2007

Other Publications

• Getting Under the Skin–Using Knowledge about Health Inequities to Spur Action
  Susan Eaton, Sara Abiola, A CCHIRJ Research-in-Action Brief, Harvard Law School. May 2009
• Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina (2006)
  How local health departments can prepare to meet the needs of vulnerable populations in emergencies.
• Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice
  The National Association of County and City Health Officials.
• Provoking Thought, Changing Talk: Discussing Inequality
  Berkeley Media Studies Group
• Reaching for a Healthier Life: Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in the U.S.
  Adler NE, Stewart J, et al.  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health (2007)

Resources

• The Bay Areas Regional Health Inequities Initiative
• The National Association of County and City Health Officials Health Equity and Social Justice Web page
• PolicyLink
• Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Economic and Political Studies
• The Praxis Project
• The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Healthy Development Measurement Tool
• The World Health Organization (WHO)--Action on the Social Determinants
• WHO--Towards a Conceptual Framework for Analysis and Action
  on the Social Determinants of Health