Resource Guide on Translating Evidence into Action on Health Equity
Diagrammatic Representation of Dimensions of Urban Health Equity Source: Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity
The Summit on Translating Evidence into Action on Health Equity brings together public health leaders,
practitioners, researchers and community members to consider and discuss new evidence-based initiatives
and action to reduce health inequities both nationally and in New York City. The short- term goal of the
Summit is to develop practical recommendations for translating current evidence into action to promote
health equity in New York City. The longer-term aim is to forge a community of practitioners, researchers
and advocates who can work together to realize the aim of eliminating health inequities in New York City.
This resource guide includes selected references on what is known about the scope of health inequity and
the strategies to reduce them for selected health problems. It is intended to introduce Summit participants
and their colleagues with some of the growing body of evidence on taking action to promote health equity.
Note: All these documents and links also at www.sph.cuny.edu/research
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Suggested Resources on Translating Evidence into Action to Reduce Health Inequities
Source: Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity
Brownson RC, Fielding JE, Maylahn CM. Evidence-Based Public Health: A Fundamental Concept for Public
Health Practice. Annual Review of Public Health 2009; 30(1):175-201.Click here
Dankwa-Mullan I, Rhee KB, Stoff DM, et al. Moving toward paradigm-shifting research in health disparities
through translational, transformational, and transdisciplinary approaches. Am J Public Health 2010;100:S19S24.Click here
Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity. Improving urban health equity through action on the
social and environmental determinants of health. University College of London and Rockefeller Foundation,
2010.
Koh HK, Oppenheimer SC, Massin-Short SB, Emmons KM, Geller AC, Viswanath K. Translating research
evidence into practice to reduce health disparities: A social determinants approach. Am J Public Health
2010;100:S72-S80.Click here
Lee H, Fitzpatrick JJ, Baik S-Y. Why isn’t evidence based practice improving health care for minorities in the
United States? Applied Nursing Research 2013;26(4):263-268. doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2013.05.004.Click here
Minkler M. Linking science and policy through community-based participatory research to study and
address health disparities. Am J Public Health 2010;100:S81-S87.Click here
Wallerstein N, Duran B. Community-based participatory research contributions to intervention research:
The intersection of science and practice to improve health equity. Am J Public Health 2010; 100:S40-S46.
Click here
World Health Organization. Urban Governance for Reducing Health Inequities. In Hidden Cities. Chapter 6 in
Unmasking and Overcoming Health Inequities in Urban Settings, Geneva: WHO, 2010. Click here.
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Reducing Inequities in Reproductive Health
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Boonstra HD. The impact of government programs on reproductive health disparities: Three case studies.
Guttmacher Policy Review 2008;11(3). Click here
Brindis CD. A Public Health Success: Understanding Policy Changes Related to Teen Sexual Activity and
Pregnancy. Annual Review of Public Health 2006;27(1):277-295. Click here
Durand M-A, Carpenter L, Dolan H, Bravo P, Mann M, et al. (2014) Do Interventions Designed to Support
Shared Decision-Making Reduce Health Inequalities? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE
9(4): e94670.Click here
Fernández ME, Allen JD, Mistry R, Kahn JA. Integrating Clinical, Community, and Policy Perspectives on
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination. Annual Review of Public Health 2010;31(1):235-252. Click here
Greene C, Hernandez Jennings M. Reducing Inequities in Sexual Health Outcomes for Young Men of Color.
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, 2014. Click here
Planned Parenthood. Priorities for Mayor Bill de Blasio. 2014. Click here
Poverty Causes Teen Parenting, Not the Other Way Around. RH Reality Check. Click here
Sundaram V, Liu KL, Laraque F. Disparity in maternal mortality in New York City. J Am Med Womens Assoc.
2005;60(1):52-7.Click here
Townsend JW. Program strategies for reducing inequities in reproductive health services. Stud Fam Plann.
2010;41(2):139-42.Click here
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Finding the data to guide efforts to reduce inequities
Cook BL, McGuire TG, Zaslavsky AM. Measuring racial/ethnic disparities in health care: methods and
practical issues. Health Serv Res. 2012;47(3 Pt2):1232-54.Click here
Hosseinpoor AR, Bergen N, Koller T, Prasad A, Schlotheuber A, Valentine N,Lynch J, Vega J. Equity-Oriented
Monitoring in the Context of Universal Health Coverage. PLOS Med. 2014 Sep 22;11(9):e1001727. Click here
Hughes D, Docto L, Peters J, Lamb AK, Brindis C. Swimming upstream: the challenges and rewards of
evaluating efforts to address inequities and reduce health disparities. Eval Program Plann. 2013; 38:112.Click here
Martens PJ. The right kind of evidence--integrating, measuring, and making it count in health equity
research. J Urban Health. 2012;89(6):925-36. Click here
Miao Q, Chen D, Buzzelli M, Aronson KJ. Environmental Equity Research: Review with Focus on Outdoor Air
Pollution Research Methods and Analytic Tools. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2014 Jun 27:0. Click here
Roos NP, Roos LL, Brownell M, Fuller EL. Enhancing policymakers' understanding of disparities: relevant
data from an information-rich environment. Milbank Q.2010 Sep;88(3):382-403.Click here
Sridharan S, Tannahill C. Rethinking Evaluations of Health Equity Initiatives: an introduction to the special
issue. Eval Program Plann. 2013;36(1):153-6. Click here
Welch VA, Petticrew M, O'Neill J, Waters E, Armstrong R, Bhutta ZA, et al. Health equity: Evidence synthesis
and knowledge translation methods. Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 22;2:43. Click here
WHO | Monitoring health inequality: Illustrations of fundamental concepts. WHO, 2014. Click here
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Reducing Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
High blood pressure ever by neighborhood poverty (age-adjusted)
NYC Community Health Survey 2012
APPEAL, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc, Joint Center for Political
and Economic Studies, National Council of La Raza, SOPHE. REACH for Health Equity: Racial and Ethnic
Approaches to Community Health.; 2014. Click here
Bambra C, Joyce KE, Bellis MA, Greatley A, Greengross S, et al. Reducing health inequalities in priority public
health conditions: using rapid review to develop proposals for evidence-based policy. J Public Health (Oxf).
2010;32(4):496-505.Click here
Heart Disease & Stroke. Baltimore City Health Department. Click here
Mt Sinai Medical Center. Preventing heart disease in New York City children and their caregivers. 2014. Click
here
NYU School of Medicine and CUNY Receive CDC Grant to Establish NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center
Focused on Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Inequities. The Office of Communications & Public Affairs. Click
here
Sanson-Fisher R, Carey M, Mackenzie L, Hill D, Campbell S, Turner D. Reducing inequities in cancer care: The
role of cancer registries. Cancer 2009;115(16):3597-3605. doi:10.1002/cncr.24415. Click here
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Reducing Inequitable Exposures to Environmental and Occupational Hazards
Baron S, Sinclair R, Payne-Sturges D, et al. Partnerships for Environmental and Occupational Justice. 2009.
Click here
Baron SL, Beard S, Davis LK, Delp L, Forst L, et al. Promoting integrated approaches to reducing health
inequities among low-income workers: applying a social ecological framework. Am J Ind Med.
2014;57(5):539-56. Click here
Baron SL, Steege AL, Hughes JT Jr, Beard SD. Introduction to a special issue: eliminating health and safety
inequities at work. Am J Ind Med. 2014;57(5):493-4. Click here
Flegenheimer M. De Blasio Orders a Greener City, Setting Goals for Energy Efficiency of Buildings. The New
York Times. Click here
Lamb AK, Ervice J, Lorenzen K, Prentice B, White S. Reducing asthma disparities by addressing
environmental inequities: a case study of regional asthma management and prevention's advocacy efforts.
Fam Community Health. 2011;34 Suppl 1:S54-62. Click here
Liebman AK, Network MC, Punnett L, Ruiz V, Justice F, Kidd-Taylor A. The Health of the Low-Income
Workforce: Integrating Public Health and Occupational Health Approaches An Issue Paper for Discussion at
the Eliminating Health and Safety Disparities at Work Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 14 and 15,
2011. Click here
Ramirez-Andreotta MD, Brusseau ML, Artiola JF, Maier RM, Gandolfi AJ. Environmental Research
Translation: Enhancing interactions with communities at contaminated sites. Science of The Total
Environment 2014;497-498:651-664. Click here
Shire JD, Marsh GM, Talbott EO, Sharma RK. Advances and Current Themes in Occupational Health and
Environmental Public Health Surveillance. Annual Review of Public Health 2011;32(1):109-132. Click here
Steege AL, Baron SL, Marsh SM, Menendez CC, Myers JR. Examining occupational health and safety
disparities using national data: a cause for continuing concern. Am J Ind Med. 2014;57(5):527-38. Click here
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Reducing Inequitable Exposures to Violence
National data from U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Backer TE, Guerra NG. Mobilizing communities to implement evidence-based practices in youth violence
prevention: the state of the art. Am J Community Psychol. 2011;48(1-2):31-42. Click here
Cerdá M, Morenoff JD, Hansen BB, Tessari Hicks KJ, Duque LF, Restrepo A, Diez-Roux AV. Reducing violence
by transforming neighborhoods: a natural experiment in Medellín, Colombia. Am J Epidemiol. 2012;175
(10):1045-53. Click here
Community Guide Systematic reviews on: Early Childhood Home Visitation , Firearms Laws , Reducing
Psychological Harm from Traumatic Events, School-Based Violence Prevention Programs, Therapeutic
Foster Care, Youth Transfer to Adult Criminal System.
Cook-Craig PG, Millspaugh PH, Recktenwald EA, Kelly NC, Hegge LM, Coker AL, Pletcher TS. From Empower
to Green Dot: Successful Strategies and Lessons Learned in Developing Comprehensive Sexual Violence
Primary Prevention Programming. Violence Against Women. 2014. Click here
Klofas J, Duda J, Schreck C, & Robertson N. SNUG Evaluation. Center for Public Safety Initiatives. 2013. Click
here
Picard-Fritsche S, Cerniglia L. Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: An evaluation of Crown
Heights Save Our Streets, a replication of the Cure Violence model. Center for Court Innovation. Click here
Reuland, M. M., Morabito, M. S., Preston, C., & Cheney, J. (2006). Police-community partnerships to address
domestic violence. US Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services. Click here
Ward E, Ashley D. The new imperative: reducing adolescent-related violence by building resilient
adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2013;52(Suppl 2):S43-5. Click here
World Health Organization, & Injuries and Violence Prevention Department. (2004). The economic
dimensions of interpersonal violence. Geneva: Dept. of Injuries and Violence Prevention, World Health
Organization. Click here
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Reducing Inequitable Exposures to HIV and Substance Abuse
NYC DOHMH, HIV Epidemiology and Field Services Program - data reported by September 30, 2012;
NYC DOHMH population estimates, modified from US Census Bureau intercensal population estimates – updated July 22, 2013
Austin J, Jacobson M. How New York City Reduced Mass Incarceration: A Model for Change? Bennan Center
for Justice at NYU Law School, 2013. Click here
Campanile C. De Blasio plans treatment instead of jail for “low-level” lawbreakers. New York Post 2014.
Click here
Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies. Behavioral Health for New York City’s Future 2014. Click here
Cui RR, Lee R, Thirumurthy H, Muessig KE, Tucker JD. Microenterprise development interventions for sexual
risk reduction: a systematic review. AIDS Behav. 2013;17(9):2864-77. Click here
Freudenberg N. HIV in the epicenter of the epicenter: HIV and drug use among criminal justice populations
in New York City, 1980-2007. Subst Use Misuse.2011;46(2-3):159-70. Click here
Friedman SR, West BS, Tempalski B, Morton CM, Cleland CM, Des Jarlais DC, Hall HI, Cooper HL. Do
metropolitan HIV epidemic histories and programs for people who inject drugs and men who have sex with
men predict AIDS incidence and mortality among heterosexuals? Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;24(4):304-11.
Click here
Hardee K, Gay J, Croce-Galis M, Afari-Dwamena NA. What HIV programs work for adolescent girls? J Acquir
Immune Defic Syndr. 2014;66 Suppl 2:S176-85. Click here
Rotheram-Borus MJ, Swendeman D, Chovnick G. The Past, Present, and Future of HIV Prevention:
Integrating Behavioral, Biomedical, and Structural Intervention Strategies for the Next Generation of HIV
Prevention. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 2009;5(1):143-167. Click here
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Creating Equitable Responses to Health Emergencies
Most Highly Vulnerable Individuals Per Square Mile to All-hazards. Based on NYC DOHMH calculated vulnerability.
Blumenshine P, Reingold A, Egerter S, Mockenhaupt R, Braveman P, Marks J. Pandemic Influenza Planning
in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008;14(5):709715. Click here
Carr JL, Sheffield PE, Kinney PL. Preparedness for climate change among local health department officials in
New York state: a comparison with national survey results. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2012;18(2):E24-32.
Click here
Lin L, Savoia E, Agboola F, Viswanath K. What have we learned about communication inequalities during the
H1N1 pandemic: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Public Health 2014;14(1):484. oi:10.1186/14712458-14-484. Click here
Maja-Schultz T, Swain B. Disabled adults in adult care facilities facing disasters in New York City: an
aggregate assessment. Care Manag J.2012;13(2):67-74. Click here
Reams MA, Lam NSN, Cale TM, Hinton CM. Applying a community resilience framework to examine
household emergency planning and exposure-reducing behavior among residents of Louisiana’s industrial
corridor. Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.) 2013;11(2):107. Click here
Verni C. A hospital system's response to a hurricane offers lessons, including the need for mandatory
interfacility drills. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31(8):1814-21. Click here
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Reducing Inequities in Access to Healthy Food
Source: Morland et al, 2002
An R. Effectiveness of subsidies in promoting healthy food purchases and consumption: a review of field
experiments. Public Health Nutr. 2013;16(7):1215-28. Click here
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Healthy Food Environment, General Food Environment
Resources and Strategies for Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Food Environment. Click here
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Health and Medicine Program. SNAP to Health: A
Fresh Approach to Strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 2012. Click here
City of New York. New York City food policy: 2013 food metrics report. 2013. Click here
Freudenberg N, Silver M and the Good Food Jobs Research Team. Jobs for a Healthier Diet and a Stronger
Economy: Opportunities for Creating New Good Food Jobs in New York City. New York:New York City Food
Policy Center at Hunter College, 2013. Click here
Gittelsohn J, Rowan M, Gadhoke P. Interventions in small food stores to change the food environment,
improve diet, and reduce risk of chronic disease. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012;9:E59. Click here
New York City Coalition Against Hunger. Superstorm of Hunger Lingering Shortfalls Expose a Tale of Two
Food Cities. 2013. Click here
New York City Council. Foodworks: A Vision to Improve NYC’s Food System. 2010. Click here
New York City Obesity Task Force. Reversing the Epidemic: The New York City Obesity Task Force Plan to
Prevent and Control Obesity, 2012. Click here
Public Plate Report Working Group. The Public Plate in New York City: A Guide to Institutional Meals. New
York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, 2014. Click here
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Reducing Inequities in Mental Health
Mental health counseling or treatment by Race/ethnicity (age-adjusted)
NYC Community Health Survey 2012
Aidala, A et al. The Frequent User Service Enhancement Initiative: New York City FUSE II. Columbia
University Mailman School of Public Health, 2013. Click here
Citizen’s Committee for Children of New York. A Prescription for Expanding School-Based Mental Health
Services in New York City Public Elementary Schools. 2013. Click here
The Fortune Society. An Innovative Program Model for Mental Health Clinic Services for Correctional
Reentry Populations: The Fortune Society’s Better Living Center. June 2013. Click here
Kazdin AE, Rabbitt SM. (2013). Novel Models for Delivering Mental Health Services and Reducing the
Burdens of Mental Illness. Clinical Psychological Science, 1(2), 170–191. Click here
Levanon Seligson A. et al. New York/New York III. Supportive Housing Evaluation. A report from the NYC
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in collaboration with the NYC Human Resources Administration
and the New York State Office of Mental Health, 2013. Click here
Leviton A. Child Health Disparities in New York City. Citizen’s Committee for Children, 2014. Click here
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Linking Housing and Health Care Works for
Chronically Homeless Persons. Evidence Matters, 2012. Click here
Unutzer J, et al. The Collaborative Care Model: An Approach for Integrating Physical and Mental Health Care
in Medicaid Health Homes. Center for Health Care Strategies Inc. May 2013. Click here
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