Center for Reducing Health Disparities Publications
CRHD Publications
The Center for Reducing Health Disparities has produced a number of publications that address inequities in health for racial, ethnic, and language minority populations, as well as curriculum development.
El Centro para Reducir las Disparidades de Salud ha producido una serie de publicaciones que abordan las desigualdades en la salud de las poblaciones minoritarias raciales, étnicas y lingüísticas, así como el desarrollo de planes de estudio.
New Publication! Community Engagement: A Foundation for Health Equity and Resilience
Community Engagement: A Foundation for Health Equity and Resilience, explains how institutions and communities are redefining engagement through approaches rooted in trust, shared power, and long-term partnership. Key initiatives include the NIH ComPASS program, the National Academy of Medicine’s conceptual model, new FDA clinical trial guidance, and state Medicaid strategies.
Community Engagement: A Foundation for Health Equity and Resilience
Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd Edition
Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd Edition, is a collective effort from 165+ expert community engagement practitioners. The new edition provides users with the latest science and resources for engaging communities. The 3rd Edition includes a new, 10th principle of community engagement, a new definition and models of community engagement, and 3 new chapters. The 3rd Edition also features numerous case examples from community partners.
Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd Edition (PDF)
Executive Summary: Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd Edition
The Executive Summary is a concise overview of key updates in the 3rd Edition, highlighting the latest science and resources for effective community engagement. This summary covers essential insights, including the new 10th principle, updated definitions and models, and three new chapters that address emerging best practices.
Executive Summary: Principles of Community Engagement, 3rd Edition (PDF)
Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd Edition
This edition was developed as a partnership among the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration, other federal agencies, academic institutions, community organizations and individuals who are committed to advancing community engagement. Through the presentation of tools and success stories, Principles of Community Engagement (Second Edition) provides public health professionals, health care providers, researchers and community-based leaders and organizations with both the theoretical framework and practical guidance for engaging partners in projects to advance health science and benefit communities nationwide.
Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd Edition (PDF)
Esta edición se desarrolló como una asociación entre los Institutos Nacionales de Salud, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), la Administración de Recursos y Servicios de Salud, otras agencias federales, instituciones académicas, organizaciones comunitarias y personas comprometidas con el avance de la participación comunitaria. A través de la presentación de herramientas e historias de éxito, Principios de participación comunitaria (segunda edición) brinda a los profesionales de la salud pública, proveedores de atención médica, investigadores y líderes comunitarios y organizaciones tanto el marco teórico como la orientación práctica para involucrar a los socios en proyectos para promover la salud. la ciencia y beneficiar a las comunidades de todo el país.
Principios de Vinculación Comunitaria, segunda edición (PDF)
Engaging With Communities - Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19
This report explores the impact of COVID-19 on health disparities and the importance of using a health equity approach to engage at-risk communities. It highlights examples of collaboration with community organizations, tribes, health departments, hospitals, and universities, offering lessons from the pandemic to improve public health efforts and support vulnerable communities.
Engaging With Communities - Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19 (PDF)
Department of Mental Health Reports
The “Building Partnerships” reports present results from our initial community engagement meetings with various underserved and underrepresented communities in California. Their voices provide first-hand descriptions of the needs of their community and their struggles and accomplishments as members of a community excluded from full participation in society. Their experiences and insight provide invaluable guidance for developing Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) programs and improving mental health services for these communities.
- Engaging the Underserved: Personal Accounts of Communities on Mental Health Needs for Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies (PDF)
- Key Considerations when Engaging Underserved Communities under the MHSA (PDF)
- Conversations with African Americans About Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
- Conversations with Communities about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
- Conversations with the Hmong about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
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- Conversations with Latinos and Asian Americans about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
- Conversations with Latino Migrants about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
- Conversations with LGBTQ Youth about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
- Conversations with Native Americans about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths (PDF)
Solano County Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model (ICCTM): In 2016 Solano County Behavioral Health Division (SCBHD), partnered with UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD), to launch a multi-phase five-year community-initiated Mental Health Services Act Innovation project known as the Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model (ICCTM). The project focuses on highlighting the experiences and mental health needs of the Filipino American, Latino and LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) communities of Solano County. Read the initial research reports, “Community Narratives About Mental Health in Solano County” below:
The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities “Providing Quality Health and Health Care with CLAS” curriculum is an innovative program designed to help leaders in the health care industry develop comprehensive strategies to meet accreditation requirements and improve their quality of culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Created in collaboration with the State of California Office of Multicultural Health and the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, this curriculum is an effective method for quality improvement using innovative teaching modalities. In addition, the curriculum addresses regulatory requirements at the national and local levels.
American Journal of Public Health, Peer Reviewed, Research and Practice Article: Community Needs, Concerns, and Perceptions About Health Research: Findings from the Clinical and Translational Science Award Sentinel Network (PDF)
California Reducing Disparities Project, Phase 1: The California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) is a statewide prevention and early intervention effort to reduce mental health disparities in underserved communities:
- Community-Defined Solutions for Latino Mental Health Care Disparities – Executive Summary (PDF)
- Community-Defined Solutions for Latino Mental Health Care Disparities (PDF)
- Soluciones Definidas por la Comunidad para Reducir Disparidades en los Servicios de Salud Mental Que Reciben los Latinos (PDF)
Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission: Prevention and Early Intervention Trends 2011 (PDF)
Solano County Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model (ICCTM): In 2016 Solano County Behavioral Health Division (SCBHD), partnered with UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD), to launch a multi-phase five-year community-initiated Mental Health Services Act Innovation project known as the Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model (ICCTM). Provided here is a link to the Final Evaluation Report (Flip Book), Final Evaluation Report (PDF).
The Mental and Physical Health of Iraqi Refugees (PDF) project aimed to identify current health conditions of recent Sacramento area refugees from Iraq and to identify the challenges they encountered in accessing care for both physical and mental health conditions.
The Principles of Trustworthiness Toolkit is a free, community-centered resource developed by the AAMC Center for Health Justice in partnership with researchers and communities across the U.S. The toolkit outlines 10 guiding principles grounded in community experience, designed to move institutions from good intentions to accountable, community-centered action. It offers a flexible, four-phase process to help organizations build trust through transparency, humility, and long-term commitment.
The Principles of Trustworthiness Toolkit
The Center for Reducing Health Disparities helped shape the updated toolkit as part of the TRUE (Trust, Respect, Unity, and Equity) Together team, one of only four teams nationwide selected to pilot and evaluate the original version of the toolkit. In partnership with the Health Education Council, Radio Bilingüe, Líderes Campesinas, and Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, our collaborative focused on building trust with Latino and farmworker communities in rural Northern California. Through partnerships with cultural brokers and local leaders, we worked to strengthen relationships, address systemic barriers, and advance equity.