Leveraging Partnerships & Determinants to Mitigate Harms Associated with Gambling

Wednesday, Feb 28th, 2024, from 1:00 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET (Virtual)

Health equity means everyone has a fair shot at living the healthiest life possible, and one of the first steps in ensuring that everyone has a fair shot is working with community partners to identify and address health disparities. A community-driven health equity action plan is intended to create a roadmap for communities to take action on a health equity agenda that addresses priorities in their community. This training will examine how communities can identify and prioritize health disparities and address the social determinants of health, facilitate a community change process through authentic community engagement, and collect and analyze data on health disparities to identify key issues to inform a health equity action plan.

Competency Level: Intermediate

Length: 2 hours 

Learning Objectives - At the end of this training, participants will be able to:  

• Identify key issues to analyze and address in planning to eliminate health disparities   
• Describe the social determinants of health and ways they could address them through problem gambling prevention efforts                                                            
• Identify ways they can build authentic partnerships in the community to facilitate a community change process                          
• Collect and analyze data on health disparities to inform and prioritize key issues in the community to address in a health equity action plan