Extension's National Framework for Health Equity

In 2012 ECOP created a national task force on health to identify systemwide priorities. This group produced a National Framework for Health and Wellness, approved by ECOP in 2014. In 2020, ECOP recognized the need to update guidance in this area and appointed a Health Innovation Task Force to provide recommendations for system-level change to further advance Cooperative Extension’s work in the area of health. Those recommendations are included in this document.


Attribution
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Table of Contents
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Authors
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Introduction
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Video Introduction: Dr. Roger Rennekamp, Extension Health Director,
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Cooperative Extension/ECOP, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
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Methods
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The Changing Health Landscape
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America’s Opioid Misuse Crisis
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Mental Health
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COVID-19
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Climate Change
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Food Insecurity
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Health Insurance
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Cooperative Extension Evolves
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Nutrition Education
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Expansion of Health Programming
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Health Extension Comes of Age
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Extension Engagement with the Health Care Community
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Engagement with Clinical and Transformational Science
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Capacity Building and Professional Development
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Transition from Expert to Partner
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New Partnerships, New Investments
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Health Equity as a Core Theme
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Definitions of Health Equity
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Rurality and its Relationship to Inequities
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Racism as Driver of Inequity
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Recognizing Inequities
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Targeted Universalism
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Social Determinants of Health as a Core Theme
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Contemporary Population Health Frameworks
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Strengthening Extension’s Capacity to Engage
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Coalitions and Community Health Assets as a Core Theme
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Community Coalitions
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Cooperative Extension’s Framework for Health Equity and Well Being
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The Framework Explained
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Recommendations
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Recommendation 1:
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References
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