How local health departments work towards health equity.

Background: Health inequities are exacerbated when health promotion programs and resources do not reach selected populations. Local health departments (LHDs) have the potential to address health equity via engaging priority populations in their work. However, we do not have an understanding of what local agencies are doing on this front.

Improving Population Health by Incorporating Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Into Value-Based Care Models.

Today's health system transformation provides a prime opportunity to leverage the capacity of public health to reduce the burden of chronic disease and injury, improve population health, and contain health care costs. Health care settings and organizations should support public health capacity as a key investment in population health.

Assessing Preliminary Impact of the North Carolina Community Transformation Grant Project Farmers' Market Initiatives Among Rural Residents.

Objective: Using the Social Determinants of Health as the study's theoretical underpinning, the authors examined the impact of the North Carolina Community Transformation Grant Project farmers' market initiatives on changes in awareness and use of farmers' markets, and fruit and vegetable consumption.

Methods: During the farmers' market season, the researchers conducted a random digit-dial telephone survey among residents in 3 rural North Carolina counties to examine changes in farmers' market awareness, shopping, and fruit and vegetable consumption. They examined change over 1 year using t tests, chi-square tests, and propensity score matching.