220: You Can Help Build the Health Equity Tracker

Daniel Dawes, Executive Director for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses a new Health Equity tracker that recently marked its first year online; ASTHO is talking about equity during its upcoming Health Equity Summit 2022 set for Wednesday, July 27th; Amelia Poulin, ASTHO's Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and Recovery, elaborates on the importance of inclusive communication for contact tracers and case investigators; and ASTHO posts a new blog article examining how some jurisdictions are changing laws to allow people to modify their birth certificates to update gender markers that may be out of date. Health Equity Tracker Webpage: One Year of Advancing Health Equity ASTHO Health Equity Summit Registration CDC Webpage: Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication ASTHO Blog Article: Jurisdictions Seek to Modernize Vital Records Systems