Health Equity: 09/20/12

Thursday, September 20, 2012

[EQ] Promoting Action on Equity Issues: A Knowledge-To-Action Handbook

Promoting Action on Equity Issues: A Knowledge-To-Action Handbook

Bowen, Botting & Roy (2011)
Sarah Bowen. Associate Professor, University of Alberta

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

This handbook provides a framework and worksheets that can be used to develop an equity-focused knowledge translation strategy.

There are four major sections:

Section 1: Knowledge Translation 101 (an overview of knowledge translation)

Section 2: Getting ready (practical guidance to frame a knowledge translation strategy)

Section 3: Starting in the right place
(a six-step process to plan an equity-focused knowledge translation strategy based on organizational readiness and stage of the initiative)

Section 4: Developing a comprehensive strategy (concrete examples of strategies for using evidence to address health inequities)

The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT),
in partnership with the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)
are hosting a Fireside Chat (webinar) on:

October 17, 2012 (1:00 – 2:30 PM, EDT) when we feature a Health Equity Impact Assessment Tool.
For more details, visit: http://bit.ly/OHhT3X

http://www.publichealth.ualberta.ca/research/~/media/publichealth/Research/Research%20Publications/action_equity.pdf

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[EQ] eHealth and The Rockefeller Foundation Experience and Vision - PAHO Online Seminar Series: eHealth in the Americas - October 5th 2012

PAHO/WHO KMC Seminar Series:

“eHealth in the Americas”

Website: bit.ly/S7uTe3

The Member States of the Pan American Health Organization approved in 2011, the implementation of a Regional eHealth Strategy and Plan of Action to all the countries in the Americas Region. One of the key elements of the strategy is knowledge and information sharing among member states and stakeholders.

The proposed KMC Seminar series on eHealth aim at contributing to this important debate by bringing different themes of relevance and key players working on eHealth globally to ensure knowledge sharing among people and institutions and convergence in the implementation of eHealth National Strategies and plan of actions; and also to inform public health stakeholders and other decision makers in the health sector, to better take part in the debate.

Seminar Nº1: eHealth and The Rockefeller Foundation Experience and Vision

By Karl Brown, Associate Director, Applied Technology at Rockefeller Foundation

Karl Brown joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 2006. As Associate Director of Applied Technology, Brown is focused on the application of information technology to the programmatic work of the foundation. He is working on exploring and nurturing imaginative uses of technology by Rockefeller grantees, and improving collaboration and knowledge management within the Foundation.
Prior to joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Brown worked as the Chief Technical Officer of GNVC, an NGO that fostered entrepreneurship in Ghana. Previously, Brown was a technical team lead with Trilogy, where he developed and deployed enterprise systems and consumer-facing websites for Fortune 500 companies such as Ford and Nissan. Brown received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.

When: Friday October 5th. 2012

Language: English

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - EDT (Washington, DC USA) To check your time zone, see the World Clock

Virtual room: http://www.paho.org/virtual/ict4health

Agenda

2:00: Welcome Remarks - Marcelo D’Agostino KMC Area Manager PAHO/WHO

2:05 eHealth and The Rockefeller Foundation Experience and Vision

Karl Brown, Associate Director, Applied Technology at Rockefeller Foundation

2:30 Comments, Questions & Answers

Moderator: PAHO/WHO

3:00 Concluding Remarks:

Marcelo D’Agostino KMC Area Manager PAHO/WHO

To participate online:

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

URL: http://new.paho.org/virtual/ehealth

Related material:

PAHO/WHO eHealth portal: http://new.paho.org/ict4health

CD51/13 — PAHO/WHO Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth

CD51/13 — OPS/OMS Estrategia y Plan de acción sobre eSalud

CD51/13— OPAS/OMS Estratégia e Plano de Ação para eSaúde

CD51/13-- OPS/OMS Stratégie et Plan d’action sur la cybersanté

Additional information:

· The KMC Seminar series will happen every two months

· All Seminars will be life-streamed, and opened for participation via Elluminate, or via telephone line.

· For those who cannot follow the live seminar, we will have the recordings and presentations available at
PAHO ICT4health at: http://new.paho.org/ict4health/

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[EQ] Health, United States, 2011With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health

Health, United States, 2011:
With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health.

National Center for Health Statistics - Hyattsville, MD. 2012

Available online as PDF file [583p.] at: http://1.usa.gov/JTENAA

Health, United States, 2011 is the 35th report on the health status of the Nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act.
This report was compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics served in a review capacity.

The Health, United States series presents an annual look at national trends in health statistics. The report contains a Chartbook that assesses the Nation’s health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures.
This year’s Chartbook includes a Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health. The report also contains 151 Trend Tables organized around four major subject areas: health status and determinants, health care utilization, health care resources, and health care expenditures. A companion product to Health, United States—Health, United States: In Brief—features information extracted from the full report.

In Brief, Interactive Version

Health, United States, 2011: In Brief has been made interactive. Developed in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine, the interactive version enables users to view, create, and export charts and tables and easily link to related web pages.

Available from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm or http://1.usa.gov/OH5AEQ

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This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate
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health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues. [DD/ KMC Area]
Washington DC USA

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[EQ] Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research- Satellite session: Measuring Health Equity and Financial Protection using ADePT

The course is taking place at the same time, in Beijing, just before the

Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research:
Inclusion and Innovation Towards Universal Health Coverage

31 October- 3 November 2012 - Beijing, People's Republic of China
Website: http://bit.ly/LiL5It

2012 Beijing HSR Symposium Satellite Session

Measuring Health Equity and Financial Protection using ADePT

Date: Wed, October 31, 2012
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. -Venue: Beijing ICC (Main Conference venue)

This one-day training course will cover the analytical techniques needed to measure progress towards universal coverage.
More specifically, participants will learn how to:

1. measure inequalities in health outcomes and health care utilization using the concentration curve and concentration index
2. conduct benefit incidence analysis, i.e. assess equity in health spending
3. measure financial protection, i.e. catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure
4. measure equity in health care financing, i.e. progressivity and redistributive effects.

Participants must bring their own laptops (PC). There is no additional charge for participation.

Structure

This is a highly participatory session. The training uses a combination of presentations by topic experts and hands-on exercises using ADePT Health - a free software program specifically designed for the measurement of equity and financial protection. Participants will receive a flashdrive containing the software, manual and a set of practice datasets.

Each module commences with a presentation of concepts and methodology by the instructors. Then participants get hands-on experience in using the ADePT software to carry out the techniques on their own laptops using datasets drawn from the LSMS, DHS and WHS surveys. Each module concludes with a discussion of how to present results to policy-makers and which policy levers can be used to address the equity challenges identified.

The presenters are are Adam Wagstaff (Research Manager, World Bank) and Caryn Bredenkamp (Economist, World Bank).

The workshop will be facilitated by Xiaoyun Liu (Peking University) and Xiaojie Sun (Shandong University).

To reserve your spot, please write to email to:
EGUNAWAN@WORLDBANK.ORG BY OCT. 1, 2012. Spots are limited and will be reserved on first-come, first-served basis.

To learn more about the ADEPT software and the training curriculum, go to:
www.worldbank.org/povertyandhealth and www.worldbank.org/adept

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