Hand Hygiene Pre and Post Test Assessment

The Hand Hygiene Pre and Post Test Assessment provides a resource to document staff learning for this essential infection prevention activity. The test questions are based on the CDC “Show me the Science” web site. A separate document is provided with answers/explanations for the pre and post test questions.

Link to downloadable Hand Hygiene Pre-Test https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c5X3TLw5afmWUXnsynHZ29gAcvyrUCqG/view?usp=share_link

Link to downloadable Hand Hygiene Post-Test https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QVo3-oR_0jrQNp_Tv805jkBEBrG1nsj8/view?usp=share_link

Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA) Affinity Group

This document contains all the resources (and links were applicable) that were discussed in the six affinity group sessions.

Session 1: Kick-Off and HEOA Baseline

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dChpKDqKFk8d0bJqjzgt-NOosJr48Rti/view?usp=share_link

Session 2: Organizational Data Collection Processes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZlS5lKHf3TC7HSMGStJ2pwnP-3U35ekH/view?usp=share_link

Session 3: Piloting Change

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zT1oL_7KAYqqkd8uPJfMQOEVRzSgMhaG/view?usp=share_link

Session 4: Challenges and Strategies for Advancing the HEOA Pilot Projects

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZcrRlCIH9rwQ4Y1mHRH3cOxgVrNA62C/view?usp=share_link

Session 5: Monitoring and Evaluating Progress

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DmIk7wgnV_zmuMLE1I7U_SuQEy_HDYRL/view?usp=share_link

Session 6: Sustain and Spread

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLTVBm90ICv2XJQDeZVCuzuU3CtTLQQh/view?usp=share_link

Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA) Resources

These resources supplement the HEOA and can help organizations committed to collecting, validating, stratifying and analyzing accurate patient demographic data identify and address health disparities.

HEOA Executive Summary: This resource, targeted to executive leaders in healthcare organizations, outlines the benefits of completing the HEOA from a C-Suite perspective.

Health Equity Roadmap: This roadmap is a step-by-step guide for implementing the key elements of health equity for organizations committed to a culture of equity.

Best Practices Strategies for Organization Health Equity: This resource outlines strategies and corresponding tasks and resources for each of the seven HEOA categories to assist organizations to address opportunities for improvement based on their HEOA assessment report.

HEOA Assessment FAQs: This resource has frequently asked questions and responses about the Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA).

REaL Data Collection Toolbox: This Learning Toolbox focuses on healthcare facilities collecting data on race, ethnicity, and language preference (REaL) as an important component of the provision of equity in the healthcare setting. It includes a quick primer on data collection, and provides links to articles, tools, and resources to educate providers on the importance of knowing the diverse patient population for which they provide care.

Collecting REaL Data – Examples of How to Ask for REaL Data: This Resource Guide provides examples on how best to collect race, ethnicity, and language (REaL) data and ensure that it is being collected consistently and accurately.

Health Equity Resource Series

These toolkits highlight four compelling strategies to prioritize health equity. These foundational pillars include:
– Data collection, validation, stratification and application of patient information to address disparate outcomes
– Cultural competency and implicit bias training and education
– Diversity and inclusion in leadership and governance roles
– Sustainable community partnerships focused on improving equity

Health Literacy Toolbox

This Learning Toolbox focuses on health literacy as an important determinant of health equity and outcomes. It includes a quick primer on health literacy, and provides links to articles, tools, and resources to improve the health literacy of organizations and patients.

Healthy People 2030 Social Determinants of Health

The Healthy People 2030 webpage on has useful information on social determinants of health (SDOH) including the widely-used definition and graphic that explains, “What are social determinates of health?” There is also information on how the Healthy People 2030 campaign and other organizations are addressing SDOHs.