July 17, 2019 | 2:00–3:00 p.m. (ET)
Webinar: Living health equity values within public health organizations
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This webinar took place in English.
As part of the Organizational Capacity for Health Equity Action Initiative, the NCCDH is hosting a series of webinars to discuss ways to strengthen organizational capacity for health equity. The webinar series is based on evidence, learning circle discussions and experiences of the two public health organizations implementing organizational change projects. This is the third webinar in the series.
Organizational values influence policies and practices that can support or hinder health equity action. There is a certain set of values that underpin health equity action, some of which are explicit and obvious, and others that are implicit.
These values include the core values of social justice, solidarity, reciprocity and fair distribution of power, as well as other values such as trust, respect for the environment and affordability. These values play an important role in enabling public health action focused on health equity.
Organizational health equity values
Personal and societal values guide organizational work on the social determinants of health and health equity. This webinar reviews the organizational values that reflect an equity orientation. It explores how organizations can successfully shift their values to more closely align with those supportive of health equity action. Shifting organizational culture depends on a close alignment between the personal values of staff members and the desired values of the organization.
Each individual working at an organization arrives with a set of values that has varying degrees of overlap with other staff members and that helps shape the organization's value system. However, not all individuals influence the organization's values to the same extent. The leaders of an organization play a key role in sustaining and reinforcing values within their organization. An organization's values can, in turn, support or detract from health equity action when they influence the goals and priorities of policies and practices.
In short, the sociopolitical context of an organization is critical in directing its ethical commitments. This webinar reviews strategies for assessing and shifting organizational values to support health equity action.
Listeners will learn about
- the values that reflect health equity;
- how to assess the values inherent in existing organizational policies and practices; and
- strategies for shifting organizational values to support health equity action.
Speakers
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| Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh, Senior Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH |
Claire Betker, Scientific Director, NCCDH |
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