Working off the issues shared by our community, the Health Equity Agenda Steering Committee has implemented ways to create positive change. Find out more about each of the issues and the areas of focus this year below. Areas of Focus use a “both and” approach. This means we focus on prevention as well as treatment, both upstream and downstream impacts on health equity.

Why is it important?

Navigating the health care system greatly affects an individual’s health and adherence to care plans. Community Workers, or promotoras, are vital in helping people understand and navigate this system. To improve this support, the HEA is forming a Community Worker Council to boost their availability and launch a Patients’ Rights Campaign. Santa Clara County struggles with insufficient data on race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, complicating efforts to create inclusive policies. To address this, the HEA is implementing a detailed disaggregated data program to better capture and analyze information for specific groups, enhancing future focus and inclusivity.

Individual Health Equity Issues

Access to high quality care is important for everyone’s health and wellbeing. Access can be hampered by things like cost of care, transportation, provider shortages, long waits for specialty referrals, and difficult to navigate systems.

Solution:


The HEA is researching and developing a work plan that will increase the number of culturally-responsive health care providers in Santa Clara County.

Access to high quality care is important for everyone’s health and wellbeing. Access can be hampered by things like cost of care, transportation, provider shortages, long waits for specialty referrals, and difficult to navigate systems.

Solution:


The HEA is researching and developing a work plan that will increase the number of culturally-responsive health care providers in Santa Clara County.

Access to high quality care is important for everyone’s health and wellbeing. Access can be hampered by things like cost of care, transportation, provider shortages, long waits for specialty referrals, and difficult to navigate systems.

Solution:


The HEA is researching and developing a work plan that will increase the number of culturally-responsive health care providers in Santa Clara County.

Access to high quality care is important for everyone’s health and wellbeing. Access can be hampered by things like cost of care, transportation, provider shortages, long waits for specialty referrals, and difficult to navigate systems.

Solution:


The HEA is researching and developing a work plan that will increase the number of culturally-responsive health care providers in Santa Clara County.

Access to high quality care is important for everyone’s health and wellbeing. Access can be hampered by things like cost of care, transportation, provider shortages, long waits for specialty referrals, and difficult to navigate systems.

Solution:


The HEA is researching and developing a work plan that will increase the number of culturally-responsive health care providers in Santa Clara County.