From March-October 2022, Washoe County Health District (WCHD) completed an internal health equity organizational capacity assessment utilizing the Bay Area Health Inequities Initiatives (BARHII) tool. The health district, with the assistance of an external consultant, gathered information internally and externally to receive a baseline measure of WCHD’s capacity to address health inequities. Information from the assessment was used to create a Health Equity Organizational Capacity Plan as well as to inform the health district’s strategic planning process. For purposes of this report, the WCHD’s Health Equity Committee (HEC) adopted definitions related to heath disparities, health inequities, and health equity.
Washoe County Health District: Health Equity Organizational Capacity Assessment and Plan 2022
Type: Needs Assessment
Topic(s): Health
Year: 2022