Health Equity Resources

Where are you in your health equity journey? We’ve compiled some resources that may help you at different stages.

Communication Best Practices from the CDC: Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication
Resources from the Racial Equity Institute, including the Groundwater Approach Training or attend a workshop (schedule).
Reading: What are microagressions (Vox)
Reading: Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2019-2021 (by the American Cancer Society)
Documentary: Unnatural Causes (Rent on Vimeo)
Join the Iowa Cancer Consortium’s Health Equity Committee! Email [email protected] to learn more

Book: Me & White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad
Book: Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
Book: Race for Profit, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Reading: Making the Case for Health Equity (by the American Cancer Society)
Reading: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (by Peggy McIntosh)
Reading: What is implicit bias? The invisible racism that makes Black women dread the doctor’s office (Today.com)

Podcast: The 1619 Project (New York Times)
Reading: Cancer Care Considerations for Sexual and Gender Minority Patients (ACCC)