BCBS MN aimed to address health and racial inequities by establishing coalitions and community partnerships with healthcare systems. This effort led to the development of successful coalitions, increased awareness of equity issues, and the promotion of comprehensive approaches to tobacco control through community engagement.
Embed Internal Equity Policies and Create Steering Committees in Health Systems
Capacity Building, Health Equity, Health Systems, Infrastructure, Insurance Coverage, Interventions, Leadership, Policy, Repository, Technical Assistance and Training English Coalitions, Community Based Organizations, Health Departments, Health Systems, Healthcare Providers, Nonprofits, Policymakers, Social Services Promising Practice ProgramsBCBS MN hoped to reduce inequities affecting diverse and underserved communities through an organizational and systemic approach to racial and health equity. BCBS MN adapted broad, planned structural solutions for internal equity policies and created steering committees to embed equity in health systems.
Collect Data to Counter Data Disparities on Adult Tobacco Use
Assessments, Data, and Research, Capacity Building, Cessation, Community Engagement, Community Partnerships, Evaluation, Health Equity, Policy, Program, Quitlines/Tobacco Prevention Modalities, Repository, Screening, Substance Use/Abuse, Technical Assistance and Training, Tobacco Control and Prevention English Families, Health Departments, Men, Policymakers, Women Promising Practice ProgramsSouthern Nevada Health District developed improved data collection, disaggregation, and tobacco use surveillance efforts through community partnerships in order to inform policy and program change for priority populations of interest. The Tobacco Control Program is working to use this data analysis and information to create a safe, culturally and linguistically tailored quitline and cessation protocols for the NH/PI community.
Establish Smokefree Legislative Policies Through Community Capacity Building
Assessments, Data, and Research, Capacity Building, Coalition Building, Community Engagement, Community Partnerships, Countering Tobacco Industry, Health Equity, Infrastructure, Interventions, Leadership, Policy, Repository, Smoke-free Multi-unit Housing, Substance Use/Abuse, Technical Assistance and Training, Tobacco Control and Prevention, Youth Engagement English Coalitions, Community Based Organizations, Health Departments, Men, Nonprofits, Policymakers, Teens/Adolescents (13-18), Women, Young Adults (19-24) Promising Practice ProgramsCPACS formed a youth task force to advocate for tobacco policy change through work with policymakers, partnerships with national nonprofits, and the local tobacco control GATE coalition. Engaging youth in policy initiatives allowed for greater community support for smoke-free ordinance passage and legislative change.
Adopt a Community Readiness Framework
Assessments, Data, and Research, Capacity Building, Community Engagement, Evaluation, Infrastructure, Interventions, Policy, Program, Repository, Technical Assistance and Training English Coalitions, Community Based Organizations, Health Departments, Health Systems, Men, Nonprofits, Policymakers, Social Services, Women Promising Practice ProgramsAPPEAL adapted the transtheoretical model into a framework for analyzing community readiness for policy change. APPEAL employs the community readiness model to help communities identify and evaluate priority areas of focus to develop policy strategies to change social norms.
Move Communities With a Policy Change Model
Capacity Building, Community Engagement, Community Partnerships, Infrastructure, Interventions, Leadership, Policy, Repository, Tobacco Control and Prevention English Coalitions, Community Based Organizations, Health Departments, Health Systems, Men, Nonprofits, Policymakers, Women Promising Practice ProgramsAPPEAL developed a framework for engaging communities in policy change from identifying policy champions for leadership development to coordinating collaborative efforts with priority populations. The model targets 4 levels of policy change to reduce and eliminate health disparities within communities.