NACCHO exchange: Health equity

In the many years I’ve spent connected to NACCHO’s work, conversations about health equity have moved from the sidelines to become a central focus of many in local health departments (LHDs). Although we arrive at this commitment to health equity from different pathways, for many of us it becomes our life’s work. My understanding of the fact that your zip code is more important than your genetic code came less from the training I received in medical school and more from the community I lived in while there. (author introduction)