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Disparities IG

AcademyHealth 2016 ARM #AHDisparitiesIG

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House Keeping

• #AHDisparitiesIG
• Sign-in sheet

– Research Interests/expertise

• Business cards

– Drawings for Starbucks gift cards (2)

Current Efforts

• Professional Development/Webinars:

– Organizing disparities related webinars, working with other IGs (2)

• 1 Webinar: Enhancing Race and Ethnicity Data in Administrative Databases
• Partnering with Quality and Value IG: Joint session later today
• Research Taskforce: Sharing knowledge and best practices

– Consensus reports and commentaries (1)

• Updated our mission and vision statement
• Discussions with AH; Diversity, Equity and Culture Change; involving HBCUs
• Health Disparities Case Competition

– Student-Coach teams will compete in addressing a key disparities issue

• 2016 competition based on students’ analysis of the 2014 AAMC and

AcademyHealth Report on Disparities

• Membership and Networking

– Engaging IG membership and student chapters; Community service

• Membership survey completed; reviewing/planning based on completed

member survey results

New Disparities IG Mission Statement:

To improve the health and health care of diverse communities by promoting health services research and engaging researchers, practitioners, policymakers and advocates committed to reducing disparities in health and healthcare and achieving health equity. Goals

• Provide a forum to share knowledge, challenges, methods and best practices in

alleviating inequalities in health care access, quality of care, and health outcomes.

• Promote the dissemination and translation of disparities-focused research at the

policy and practice levels, recognizing the unique cultural and linguistic contexts.

• Support and foster the development of new and current disparities researchers, by

providing appropriate trainings and continuing education opportunities in health services research methods focused on understanding, reducing and eliminating inequities in health or health care.

• Support and promote Academy Health’s commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and

Minority Engagement in health services research.

MEMBER SURVEY FINDINGS

Disparities IG 2016/2017 Planning New Engagement Opportunities Call for Volunteers

Opportunities to Engage

How do want to be engaged with the IG? (select all that apply) Responses (n=61) In person professional/social networking in my geographic area with other IG members 42.6% 26 Virtual (web, email, Skype, text) professional/social networking with IG members across the country 50.8% 31 Being matched with a mentor or mentee for one-on-one professional connection 29.5% 18 Participating in webinars that address career opportunities, publication possibilities, breaking research and practice, etc. 62.3% 38 Participating in a specific topic focused virtual discussion group with other IG members 49.2% 30 Newsletters with links to late breaking reports, news, etc. 65.6% 40 Serve in taskforces/workgroups 44.3% 27 Other (Please specify) 1.6% 1

Opportunities to Engage

Opportunities to Engage

IRGNI, Gender and Health, Disabilities, Health Workforce, Quality and Value, Behavioral health, Child HSR

Opportunities to Engage—Other Ideas/suggestions

• Knowing about engagement opportunities
• Activities outside of ARM
• Webinars: attending/ identifying or serving as resource

persons

• Newsletters, publication opportunities
• Meeting planning, abstract review