Session: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP IV: CAPITALIZING ON THE POWER OF THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: MOVING OUR DATA AND STRATEGIES UPSTREAM TO ACHIEVE THE PROMISE OF HEALTH EQUITY (Society for Prevention Research 24th Annual Meeting)

The purpose of the workshop is to provide prevention researchers and practitioners with a context in which to address health equity most appropriately, namely through a grounding in the social determinants of health. Utilizing California as a case study, the workshop will explore the emergence of the health equity lens as a key component to the important decisions impacting prevention science, including getting the right data, telling a compelling story, and moving instrumental institutions, partners and funders to action. In this highly interactive session, participants will assess their own opportunities and challenges for adopting or integrating a health equity agenda and have access to the team of presenters for individualized consultation during small group work.