Health Equity

"Health equity" is the idea that everyone should have a similar opportunity to have a healthy and long life, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or social class.

Our local solutions - working together: 

• "Addressing Complex Community Problems through Collective Impact," keynote speech by David Phillips
• Shasta Early Literacy Partnership (also on Facebook)
• Reach Higher Shasta (also on Facebook)
• Working Strategies for Women (also on Facebook)

New to Health Equity? Learn more here:

More than 100 community leaders participated in the "Healthy People in a Healthy Economy" summit in May 2013. You can review some presentations here:

• "Understanding the Root Causes of Health: What Communities Can Do About It," Dr. Anthony Iton
• "Dying Too Soon in Shasta County," Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency Director Donnell Ewert
• "Cost of Inaction," former Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency Director Marta McKenzie 

Would you like to learn more? 

Contact Charlene Ramont, Public Health Program and Policy Analyst, at (530) 229-8219 or cramont@co.shasta.ca.us