Building Public Health
Capacity to Advance Equity: A National Environmental Scan of Tribal,
State, and Local Governmental Public Health

An environmental scan exploring governmental public health’s role in advancing health equity with racial equity as a major priority and community engagement as a central strategy. The project team consisted of ten partner organizations collaborating to examine the federal landscape and the capacity of local, state, and Tribal health agencies to play a lead role in promoting equity. Through literature
reviews, key informant interviews and focus groups with health officials, public health experts and community leaders across the country, a variety of opportunities for governmental public health to advance equity were identified.