The Environmental Equity Project is an HCPHES community dialogue and assessment initiative coordinated by the Office of Policy and Planning. 

The Project explores environmental factors as a root cause of certain acute and chronic health disparities and engages a diverse community in a comprehensive, culturally appropriate dialogue process to determine perceptions regarding the environment, the environment’s impact on health, prioritization of community environmental needs, and capacity building. 

The Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE-EH) tool, developed by the National Association for County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), is used to facilitate the Project community dialogue process.

Resources:

National Association for County and City Health Officials

PACE-EH

Tracking health inequities through public health practice: A handbook for action