Health Equity

Health equity is the state in which all people who live, work, pray, and play in Cambridge have a fair and just opportunity to achieve their optimal health. The Cambridge Public Health Department works to develop and ameliorate all of its programs and services via a health equity lens.

Contact

  • Ukpong Etteh MD, MPH, Health Equity Specialist, Health Equity 
  • 617-665-3809

What We Do

The Health Equity unit is responsible for equipping the Cambridge Public Health Department and the community with the knowledge, tools, and infrastructure to infuse its programs, policies, and services with a strong and maintained health equity emphasis in both design and implementation. This occurs through assessment and analysis of programs and services using tools that promulgate a health equity lens; community engagement activities with vulnerable populations; advocacy for health in all policies regarding issues affecting Cantabrigians; and provision of education about health equity principles and resources.

Related Links

WHO Health Equity Definition

Health In All Policies – American Public Health Association

Student Opportunities – Internships and Practicums

The Health Equity unit consistently seeks driven students or early public health professionals to support its projects. If interested, please contact [email protected] . Interns are taken on a semester basis based on unit needs.

 

Updated: February 20, 2026