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Our vision: A safe and healthy Kitsap County for all.

Equity

Health Equity Resources
Equity Events Calendar
How We Advance Equity

Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis


On May 4, 2021, the Kitsap Public Health Board adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. Resolution 2021-01 commits the Health Board and Kitsap Public Health District to taking specific, meaningful actions to address institutionalized and systemic racism. 


Learn more:

A Kitsap Health Equity Collaborative meeting

About anti-racism declarations

 

Our role in advancing health equity

Our mission is to prevent disease and protect and promote the health of all persons in Kitsap County. To help fulfill our mission, we compile and share data that show health outcomes and disparities, engage with community members that experience barriers to health, and advocate for health equity. 

Other ways Kitsap Public Health promotes equity include:

  • Implement and evaluate our initiatives as outlined in Board Resolution 2021-01, Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis.

  • Build relationships with communities experiencing health inequities.

  • Use inclusive language and communication methods to promote health equity within Kitsap Public Health and with our community.

We are working to create a process and assessment tool for reviewing our policies, procedures, and processes to ensure they promote equity and racial justice. We have adopted definitions in the Public Health Accreditation Board’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism Glossary of Terms.


Kitsap Public Health District is a member of the Government Alliance for Race and Equity (GARE), a national network of governmental agencies working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all.

June 2020 Letter to Community

Kitsap Public Health District leadership published an open letter to the community following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Read the letter here.

 

An image showing people approaching a  curb  leading to a crosswalk. A child and an adult are able to step off the curb onto the sidewalk. A person in a wheelchair and an older adult with impaired vision are stopped at the edge of the curb.
A child, an adult, a person in a wheelchair, and an older adult with impaired vision are successfully traveling over a gentle ramp leading to a crosswalk. Lights, symbols, and audio signals help guide them.

What is Equity?

Equity ensures that each individual has what they need, recognizing their individual barriers, circumstances, and conditions.

Illustrations reproduced with permission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.​

Equity events calendar

This calendar includes upcoming events that support equity and celebrate diversity in our community. Click on an event to learn more. To submit an event for inclusion, please email equity@kitsappublichealth.org

Diversity at Kitsap Public Health

Oct 17, 2024

How We Advance Equity

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