Contributing to a Global “Health in all Policies” Field of Practice
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PHI's State of Equity has contributed to the Health and Equity in all Policies (HiAP) field, demonstrating how different sectors can work together to promote policies that reduce inequities and improve health outcomes for everyone. To help deepen this work and bring it to scale, State of Equity has contributed to growing a global HiAP field of practice.
Health and Equity in All Policies (HiAP) is a growing field of practice for governance and public health. State of Equity has helped to develop and test models for this approach, demonstrating how different sectors can work together to promote policies that reduce inequities and improve health outcomes for everyone.
State of Equity helped to build the California Health in All Policies Task Force from the ground up, and has collaborated with the World Health Organization, Global Network for Health in All Policies, American Public Health Association, and Institute of Medicine to develop the HiAP field of practice. This includes thought leadership, publications, case studies, workshops, trainings, and keynote addresses.
In 2013, State of Equity teamed up with the American Public Health Association and California Department of Public Health to write Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments, a foundational guide which is used as a text and training manual in public health programs, government health departments and health ministries around the globe.
During September of 2023, State of Equity’s Julia Caplan and Strategic Growth Council’s Jazmine Garcia Delgadillo attended an opening seminar for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) launch of their new Collaborating Centre on Health in All Policies and the Social Determinants of Health at Tampere University, Finland. The event was hosted by the Global Network for Health in All Policies. Caplan and Garcia Delgadillo presented perspectives and insights from California’s HiAP program, including the links between California’s HiAP and racial equity work, at the launch seminar. Watch their presentation.
In 2024, the World Health Organization released a report outlining a new HiAP model with four pillars that support a collaborative framework:
- Governance and accountability
- Leadership at all levels
- Ways of working and work methods
- Resources, financing and capabilities
State of Equity contributed to the content of the report, highlighting examples from California of how health equity and racial equity have been advanced through the HiAP model. Read the report here.
In 2024, State of Equity Director Julia Caplan joined the Executive Committee of the Global Network for Health in All Policies. The Global Network was launched by the governments of Sudan, Finland and Thailand, the Province of Québec, and the State of South Australia during the 70th World Health Assembly in May 2017, with a mission to work with various stakeholders to address the determinants of health by strengthening the Health in All Policies approach, with a focus on supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage.
A version of this impact story first appeared on the State of Equity site and in their newsletters.
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