How to Use Law & Policy to Affect Health Equity: Part 2 of Exploring the Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity & the Law - for Facilitators

This collection of tools supports anyone interested in teaching public health students and practitioners about how laws affect social determinants of health and health equity. This facilitator package is offered through the Public Health Law Academy, which provides free trainings to help public health practitioners deepen their understanding of how to use law and policy to improve population health outcomes.

Start with Part 2 of our training Exploring the Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity & the Law; then download and tailor the following resources for your specific audience:

• Facilitator's checklist
• Facilitator's guide, which provides instructions on how to customize this training for your audience
• Facilitator's script, which can be modified for your audience and speakers
• Slide presentation, which can be adapted to your unique training content

About This Training

This two-part training from ChangeLab Solutions and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explores how public health law affects social determinants of health and health equity, focusing on how unjust laws drive structural racism and health inequities. Part 2 describes actions that health departments can take to close inequitable gaps in health outcomes and how health departments can use the tools of law and policy to address social determinants of health and advance health equity.

Learning Objectives

Instructors can tailor these training materials to achieve the following learning objectives:

• Describe how laws affect health and health equity
• Examine fundamental drivers of health inequity
• Discuss the role of health departments in supporting equity-centered policies
• Illustrate how the concepts of health inequity and social determinants of health can be applied in practice