Wood County Health Department has identified disparities in community health outcomes as a priority consideration for current and future programming. Wood County is home to almost 75,000 individuals, many of whom belong to marginalized groups. The Hmong community, Latinx/e community, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the Amish community are of particular concern to the Health Department in terms of establishing more equitable care and programming.
Our project culminated in a tool, informed by supporting evidence, for the evaluation of health equity in Wood County’s Health Department programs and opportunities for improvement in program efforts, which can be found in the Appendix section of this proposal. Our paper aims to examine existing tools for their efficacy, structure, and application as well as review the relevant literature around the use of similar tools, their implementation, and their effects.
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