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The Disparities Leadership Program
To address the need for leaders with expertise in addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health care, the DSC will sponsor a Disparities Leadership Program in 2007. The Disparities Leadership Program (DLP) is a yearlong executive education program designed for leaders from hospitals, health plans and other health care organizations – such as executive leaders, medical directors, directors of quality and directors of community benefits or multicultural affairs offices - who wish to implement practical strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care, particularly through quality improvement. Goals of the DLP include:
- The creation of a cadre of leaders in health care equipped with a) in-depth knowledge of the field of disparities, including root causes and research to date; b) cutting-edge quality improvement strategies for identifying and addressing disparities; and c) the leadership skills to implement these strategies and help transform their organizations.
- Helping individuals from organizations—who may be at the beginning stages or in the middle of developing or implementing an action plan or project to address disparities—to further advance or improve their work in a customized, tailored fashion.
Download our Save-The-Date Postcard
Read more about the DLP
Download a PDF version of the RFA.
Download an application.
Aetna Foundation
“Leading the Way for the Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health”
The Disparities Solutions Center, in collaboration with the Aetna Foundation, is working to design and implement a program focused on developing new leaders and empowering existing leaders interested in disparities reduction efforts. The program includes a one-year HealthCare Disparities Fellowship designed to train new leaders in the areas of cultural competence, community oriented research, and elimination of racial/ethnic disparities in health care. It also includes a Disparities Leadership Forum – a one-time event that would provide an opportunity for leaders who are addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health care to come together for a semi-structured, interactive, strategy session and think-tank on eliminating disparities.
Project Directors: Alexander R. Green, M.D., M.P.H. & Joseph Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
Time Frame: January 2007 – December 2009
Read more about this year's fellow, Jessie Kimbrough-Sugick, MD, MPH.
Read more about the Aetna/DSC HealthCare Disparities Fellowship or download our pdf version.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities – Keeping Current Seminar Series
The Disparities Solutions Center is committed to disseminating the latest information on disparities interventions, findings from important disparities research and health policy updates regarding disparities reduction efforts. In order to disseminate this information to the broadest possible audience in a stimulating and interactive manner, the DSC will host several web seminars and discussion forums each year. Both the web-based calls and the in-person events will feature informative presentations from experts in the field; context, perspectives and opinions from key healthcare stakeholders; and opportunity for discussion from all participants. For more information on upcoming live events, click here. To register for an upcoming web seminar or view archives of recent web seminars click here.
Web Seminar Series on Race/Ethnicity Data Collection
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Please visit our archives to view our web seminars that addressed issues on collecting Race/Ethnicity data.
Case Studies Highlighting Promising Disparities Solutions
Aetna's Program in Health Care Disparities: The Diabetes Pilot Program
This case study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Click here to view this case study.
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