Disparities/Equity of Care
The 黑料正能量 Association issue brief 鈥淚mproving Health Equity Through Medical-Legal Partnerships鈥 discusses how such partnerships are supporting vulnerable populations and improving individual well-being and community health, and highlights case examples and resources.
The National Council for Behavioral Health Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. ET will host a call on improving patient care and addressing persistent health disparities and unconscious bias rooted in systemic racism.
In this conversation, Darren Henson, Director of Operations with the AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, speaks with Laura Vail, Director, Health Equity at Cone Health and Dr. Alvin Powell, Chief Health Equity Officer at Cone Health.
Essa Mohamed, a National Institutes of Health Fellow at Mayo Clinic鈥檚 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, speaks with Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance, about strategies to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities in clinical research to advance鈥
In this conversation, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance and interim executive lead for the AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity an Health Equity, talks with Essa Mohamed, PhD, Class of 2020 Bush Foundation Fellow and NIH Fellow at Mayo Clinic鈥檚 Department of鈥
Efforts by Spectrum Health, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to address health disparities in the African American and Latinx communities are yielding strong results.
AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity talks with Deepa Sheth, M.D., oncologist and assistant professor of radiology at University of Chicago Medicine, about the health system鈥檚 innovative strategy to increase breast cancer screening to reduce disparities, supported by a grant from IFDHE鈥
Spectrum Health鈥檚 Maternal Infant Health Program offers personalized services to help mothers and families have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
In this conversation, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance and interim executive lead for the AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity an Health Equity, talks with Rita Carreon, deputy vice president for health, UnidosUS, about health inequities in Latinx communities with a鈥
In rural north central Wisconsin, local and state organizations are working together to communicate important health information with the Hmong and Latino communities. Key approaches include building on existing partnerships and relationships, identifying community liaisons to help build trust and鈥