
Downloadable Resources and Materials
We’ve gathered our most commonly requested items here so they are easy to find and convenient to download and print.
For more in-depth articles and resources, be sure to explore our health equity database.
Handouts
Backgrounders
Event Planning Tools
Publicity Materials


Amazing Facts 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 A three-page handout with facts about health, economics, and inequity in the United States, and how we compare internationally. Useful for spurring discussion and raising awareness. |
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Health Equity Quiz 
POWERPOINT SLIDES by UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 An adaptation of our Health Equity Quiz interactivity, presented in Powerpoint slides that can be used in classrooms, presentations, outreach, etc.
Special thanks to Stephen Bezruchka at the University of Washington Population Health Forum for his help in writing questions and inspiring this activity
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Health Equity Quiz (pdf) 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 The full Health Equity Quiz in a 6-page PDF - 22 questions, with more detailed answers and references.
Special thanks to Stephen Bezruchka at the University of Washington Population Health Forum for his help in writing questions and inspiring this activity. |
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Health Equity Quiz - Answers Only (pdf) 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 The answers to the Health Equity Quiz in a 4-page PDF, for use as a handout. |
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Health Equity Quiz - Questions Only (pdf) 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 The questions from the Health Equity Quiz in a 2-page PDF, for use as a handout |
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How does the US rank in the Health Olympics? 
CHART by Dr. Stephan Bezruchka, University of Washington
A chart that portrays how the US stacks up against about 30 other countries in life expectancy. (The US is near the bottom!)
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Taking Action 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 A one-page handout with a few ideas you can use to get started and encourage others to become involved in working towards health equity. |
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Ten Things to Know about Health 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 A two-page handout that briefly describes ten key messages about health equity, as presented in the PBS series UNNATURAL CAUSES, useful for spurring discussion and raising awareness. |
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What Is Health Equity? 
UNNATURAL CAUSES, 2008 A one-page handout, excerpted from the UNNATURAL CAUSES Action Toolkit, providing a quick introduction to the concept of "health equity," and how to rephrase conventional questions about health into an equity framework. |
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What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You (pdf) 
CHART adapted from Dennis Raphael, York University A comparison of conventional tips for better health with advice on changing your social determinants of health - advice that, for obvious reasons, your doctor is unlikely to give you. |
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