Kings County Health Equity Advisory Panel

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Kings County

HEALTH Equity

Advisory Panel

Creating an environment of fairness throughout Kings County

eq•ui•ty

noun

the quality of being fair and impartial.

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Led by the Kings County Department of Public Health (KCDPH) and Kings Partnership, the goal of the Kings County Equity Advisory Panel is to address health disparities and advance health equity throughout the Kings County community. More specifically, the Equity Advisory Panel provides opportunities to build equity infrastructure and focus resources on efforts to address upstream drivers for health and equity efforts.

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Equity IN

KINGS COUNTY

16.2%

of Black/ African American mothers experience preterm births compared to the county average of 9.3%

29.5%

of Hispanic/Latino children are living below the poverty level compared to the county average of 23.8%.

28.65%

American Indian/ Native Alaskan households earn 28.65% less income than the county average of $63,000.

LEARN MORE ABOUT DISPARITIES IN KINGS COUNTY

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

HEALTH EQUITY SURVEY

This survey is designed to identify health disparities throughout Kings County in effort to design an equity action plan to address structural and/or social determinants of health throughout the county.

Take the English survey HERE

Take the Spanish survey HERE

ADVISORY PANEL

MEMBERS