About Us

Who we Are:

Just Health Action (JHA) is a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington.  We advocate for reducing health inequities that result from social, political, economic and cultural factors (social determinants of health, SDOH).  JHA (formerly the Population Health Project) has been working since 2004 to develop and teach a critical health literacy curriculum as a means to take action on the SDOH to achieve health equity. JHA has taught SDOH topics in diverse educational settings throughout the Pacific Northwest including in graduate and undergraduate university courses (global health, public health, world population issues, environmental health, urban planning), secondary school settings (formal and afterschool), at a community health clinic, and a public health department.

JHA’s organizational model is designed to recruit health inequity experts to assist in developing and teaching SDOH curriculum in three ways.  First, we have an advisory board that consists of health education experts who have been instrumental in the development of the JHA pedagogy, teaching, and authoring papers.  Second, in community settings, JHA co-teaches with “community experts” to insure that our curriculum is culturally and linguistically appropriate.  Finally, we have several “interns” (AmeriCorps Health Corps volunteers and MPH candidates) who have conducted independent studies or fulfilled thesis requirements on health inequities. 

Just Health Action 2010 in a nutshell:

Click here if you want to view a brief  description of JHA’s accomplisments in 2010