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Vision: No one should be disadvantaged in achieving their full health potential because of where they live, who they are, or what social position they occupy. We believe that planners and long-range plans are essential to achieving this vision. To that end, ChangeLab Solutions has created Long-Range Planning for Health, Equity & Prosperity: A Primer for Local Governments as a resource to help planners across the country advance this important work. This primer is organized as a series of questions in order to provoke thoughts about how planners can prioritize health and equity in their communities. Taken together, the answers to these questions provide (1) a framework for aligning health equity policies across local government departments and (2) broad guidance on how to begin incorporating equity in long-range community planning, engagement, investment, and evaluation processes. Read More >>