Levels of Action – Community

Equity Framework > Levels of Action > Community

Communities have an important role in:

• identifying inequities
• taking action to reduce inequities, and
• promoting equitable and innovative practices

Organizations need to share power and partner in an inclusive and authentic way with community members, and those with lived experience.

Community development approaches that build on existing community strengths to benefit the whole; and mobilizing through community, is an essential part of taking action.

Examples of action at the community level includes:

• Resolve Conflict
• Build Consensus
• Engage Champions
• Make Space

Sources

1. Pauly, B., Shahram, S. Z., van Roode, T., Strosher, H.W., & MacDonald, M.(2018). Reorienting Health Systems Towards Health Equity: The Systems Health Equity Lens (SHEL). Victoria, BC: The Equity Lens in Public Health (ELPH) Research Project.
2. Community Tools to Promote Health Equity. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2017). Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24624.