Nebraska experiences inequities among its population and seeks program, policy, systems and environmental changes to address these issues.Changing the frame from disparity to equity and increasing the capacity of organizations to advance health equity is desired. The foundation of this work must include data collection, coordinated delivery models, diversified workforce and leadership.

The SHIP priority selection process during 2016 included brainstorming about what actions might be considered for each priority. Participants offered initial recommendations for action:

• Efforts to consider might focus around addressing social determinants of health; improving the cultural competency and health literacy of the health workforce;improving the collection of data including standardized collection of demographics for comparison; and studying health outcome data by population characteristics (e.g. rural, ethnicity, race, age,and gender).

In January and February of 2017, each Priority hosted kick off meetings in which stakeholders began to define success, discuss direction and choose goals. Full action plans are expected to be developed by late summer 2017.