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. 2024 Oct;114(S7):S570-S574.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307802. Epub 2024 Aug 28.

Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATS) as a Novel and Emerging Practice of the Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) Project in Kansas

Sarah Finocchario-Kessler  1 , Christina Pacheco  1 , Emily Morrow  1 , Kristina Bridges  1 , Elizabeth Ablah  1 , Vicki Collie-Akers  1 , K Allen Greiner  1 , Kara Knapp  1 , Allison Honn  1 , Jody Love  1 , Nadine Long  1 , Clarissa Carrillo  1 , Tatiana Darby  1 , Antonio Miras Neira  1 , Angela Scott  1 , Mariana Ramírez  1 , Yvonnes Chen  1 , Daniel J Parente  1 , Joseph W LeMaster  1 , Erin Corriveau  1 , Jennifer Woodward  1 , Sharon Fitzgerald Wolff  1 , Mary Ricketts  1 , Edward F Ellerbeck  1
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Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATS) as a Novel and Emerging Practice of the Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) Project in Kansas

Sarah Finocchario-Kessler et al. Am J Public Health. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

The Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) Project was implemented in 20 counties across Kansas to build capacity to address health equity by forming local health equity action teams (LHEATS), hiring and training community health workers, facilitating state-wide learning collaboratives, and tailoring communication strategies. We conducted interviews and focus groups with project stakeholders who identified pragmatic recommendations related to LHEAT formation and leadership, establishing trust, nurturing autonomy, and optimizing impact. Insights can improve future community-based health equity efforts. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S7):S570-S574. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307802).

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