Health Equity: 04/16/12

Monday, April 16, 2012

[EQ] The Science of Research on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Health

The Science of Research on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Health

The National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences

Supplement to the American Journal of Public Health
(May 2012; 102(5):930-1034)

“…..The theme issue aims to highlight the need for and state of empirical research on racial/ethnic discrimination and its association with the health and health care received by racial/ethnic minority populations.

The issue's themed section opens with an article that reviews current measures, research approaches, data resources, and results of research on race/ethnicity-based health care discrimination.

This theme issue illustrates the state of the field, describes current methodology, identifies research gaps and suggests areas that should be considered for future research. The issue will serve as a valuable resource for researchers in this topic area and will help position researchers, policy makers, and professionals at all levels of health care to address the effects of discrimination in the evolving health care environment….”

The full text of each article is available free of charge at the link above

•Research on Race/Ethnicity and Health Care Discrimination: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go (editorial)

•The Lived Experience of Race and Its Health Consequences

•Methods for the Scientific Study of Discrimination and Health: An Ecosocial Approach

•Under the Radar: How Unexamined Biases in Decision-Making Processes in Clinical Interactions Can Contribute to Health Care Disparities

•The State of Research on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in The Receipt of Health Care

•A Life Course Perspective on How Racism May Be Related to Health Inequities

•Research on Discrimination and Health: An Exploratory Study of Unresolved Conceptual and Measurement Issues

•The Associations of Clinicians' Implicit Attitudes About Race With Medical Visit Communication and Patient Ratings of Interpersonal Care

•The Influence of Implicit Bias on Treatment Recommendations for 4 Common Pediatric Conditions: Pain, Urinary Tract Infection, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Asthma

•Implicit Stereotyping and Medical Decisions: Unconscious Stereotype Activation in Practitioners' Thoughts About African Americans

•An Experimental Investigation of Possible Memory Biases Affecting Support for Racial Health Care Policy

•Perceived Discrimination and Longitudinal Increases in Adolescent Substance Use: Gender Differences and Mediational Pathways

•Self-Reported Experience of Racial Discrimination and Health Care Use in New Zealand: Results From the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey

•Discrimination and the Stress Response: Psychological and Physiological Consequences of Anticipating Prejudice in Interethnic Interactions

•Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Discrimination Among a Multiethnic Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California

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[EQ] Improving safety in maternity services A toolkit for teams

Improving safety in maternity services
A toolkit for teams

Available online at: http://bit.ly/HNMBRC

Vinice Thomas, Anna Dixon
UK – The King’s Fund - April 2012

“……The safety of maternity services is of paramount importance. Maternity teams face many challenges in delivering safe care to mothers, babies and families.

Building on the recommendations in partnership with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives, the NHS Litigation Authority, Centre for Maternal And Child Enquiries and the National Patient Safety Agency, The King’s Fund launched the Safer Births Improvement Programme, providing customised support to 12 multidisciplinary maternity teams in England.

This toolkit shares the experiences and lessons from those teams.

Improving Safety in Maternity Services:
a toolkit for teams is organised around five key areas for improvement in maternity care on which the teams focused:

- teamworking
- communication
- training
- information and guidance
- staffing and leadership

Each section begins with a brief explanation on how focusing on improvements in each area can contribute to improved safety. It then highlights some of the experiences of the maternity teams who focused on this issue and their key learning points.

There are also short summaries of tools that can be used to improve safety. These provide a brief guide to how to use the tool and signpost further resources. Where available we have included examples or templates that can be used or adapted for local use.

Finally, we provide more information about service improvement and the tools and techniques that can be used.

The challenges facing maternity teams are likely to increase with the financial pressures on the NHS. However, many of the changes described here do not need additional funding. They need time and commitment, leadership and some knowledge. The tips and tools in this resource will help maternity teams to implement changes that will deliver benefits to women and families…..”

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[EQ] mHealth on the Move - Online Guest Speaker Lecture April 17, 2012 1pm

Invitation from The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the mHealth Alliance

To the Guest Speaker Lecture on:

mHealth on the Move

By Patricia Mechael, MHS, PhD, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Eastern Standard Time (Washington DC USA)

To check local time in WDC against your time zone, see the World Clock

Agenda

1:00 - 1:05 pm Welcome Marcelo D’Agostino PAHO/WHO KMC Area Manager
1:05 - 1:25 pm mHealth on the Move
By Patricia Mechael mHealth Alliance, Executive Director
1:25 - 1:55 pm Discussion and comments
1:55 - 2:00 pm Wrap-up

To participate Online:

English with Spanish translation available

To login to the Elluminate session, use the link below and type your name on the sign in page:

English: http://bit.ly/gEEPdy

Spanish: http://bit.ly/adxIBs

THE PROBLEM:
There has been rapid increase in the mobile health (mHealth) space, as we are starting to see more evidence, activities, and funding opportunities.

Some mHealth Publications:

- The role of mhealth in the fight against Tuberculosis http://bit.ly/ihggpy

- Advancing the dialogue on Mobile Finance and Mobile health: country case studies http://bit.ly/x1jwT6

- mHealth: New Horizons for Health through Mobile Technologies WHO http://bit.ly/IlFPSJ

- PAHO/WHO eHealth Regional Strategy http://bit.ly/oarWAh

CHALLENGES:
There are implications for each of these opportunity areas that must be accounted for by mHealth stakeholders to ensure we create an enabling environment.

In line with PAHO’s mission, the mHealth field is in need of strategic collaboration to strengthen health systems and advance health outcomes.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
Improve the community’s understanding of trends in the fast-growing mHealth ecosystem and identify opportunities for collaboration among partners to improve health outcomes.

Contact Information:

Avrille Hanzel ahanzel@mhealthalliance.org Tel: 202-778-1623

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