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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine. 2011. State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13103.
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STATE AND LOCAL POLICY INITIATIVES
TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES

Workshop Summary

Karen M. Anderson, Rapporteur

Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the
Elimination of Health Disparities

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
              OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

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This project was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (200-2005-13434); Sanofi-aventis (B09-39223); The California Endowment (20052634); Missouri Foundation for Health (08-0006-HPC-08); Connecticut Health Foundation (unnumbered); Merck and Co., Inc. (unnumbered); United Health Foundation (unnumbered); and Kaiser Permanente. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

This summary is based on the proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities. It is prepared in the form of a workshop summary by and in the name of the rapporteur as an individually authored document.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine. 2011. State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13103.
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MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE1

NICOLE LURIE2 (Chair), The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA

TOM GRANATIR, Humana, Inc., Chicago, IL

CARA V. JAMES, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC

DAVID P. PRYOR, Aetna, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA

MILDRED THOMPSON, PolicyLink, Oakland, CA

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1 Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteur and the Institute of Medicine.

2 Resigned June 2009.

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MEMBERS OF THE ROUNDTABLE ON THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH EQUITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES1

NICOLE LURIE2 (Chair), The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA

WILLIAM VEGA3 (Chair), Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

MILDRED THOMPSON (Cochair), Senior Director, PolicyLink

PATRICIA BAKER, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Connecticut Health Foundation

ANNE C. BEAL, President, Aetna Foundation

AMERICA BRACHO, Chief Executive Officer, Latino Health Access

FRANCIS D. CHESLEY, Director, Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

JAMILA DAVISON, Instructor, Emory University

ALLAN GOLDBERG, Executive Director, Science Affairs Cardiovascular/Metabolic Business Unit, U.S. Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc.

GARTH N. GRAHAM, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

TOM GRANATIR, Director, Policy and Research, Humana, Inc.

CARA V. JAMES, Senior Policy Analyst, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

JENNIE R. JOE, Professor, Department Family and Community Medicine, and Director, Native American Research and Training Center, University of Arizona

JAMES R. KIMMEY, President and Chief Executive Officer, Missouri Foundation for Health

JAMES KRIEGER, Chief, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Section, Seattle King County Health Department

ANNE C. KUBISCH, Codirector, The Aspen Institute

JEFFREY LEVI, Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health

JOHN LEWIN, Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology

NEWELL McELWEE, Executive Director, U.S. Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., Inc.

GARY D. NELSON, President, Healthcare Georgia Foundation

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1 Institute of Medicine forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteur and the Institute of Medicine.

2 Resigned June 2009.

3 Chair since October 2009.

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ELENA O. NIGHTINGALE, Scholar in Residence, Institute of Medicine

SAMUEL NUSSBAUM, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint, Inc.

TERRI PEDONE, Director, Sanofi-Aventis

DAVID P. PRYOR, Medical Director, Aetna, Inc.

STEVE M. PU, General Surgeon, Missouri Foundation for Health

AMELIE G. RAMIREZ, Director, Institute for Health Promotion Research

KYU RHEE, Chief Medical Officer, Health and Human Services

JOY SMITH, Executive Director, National Association of State Offices of Minority Health

SAMUEL SO, Lui Hac Minh Professor, Stanford University

PATTIE TUCKER, Lead Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

SID VOORAKKARA, Program Officer, The California Endowment

WINSTON F. WONG, Medical Director, Community Benefit, and Director, Disparities Improvement and Quality Initiatives, Kaiser Permanente

TERRI D. WRIGHT, Program Director, Health Policy, W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Study Staff

KAREN M. ANDERSON, Senior Program Officer

ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

PAMELA A. LIGHTER, Senior Program Assistant (until January 2011)

COLIN F. FINK, Senior Program Assistant (after January 2011)

PATRICK BURKE, Financial Officer (October 2008 through October 2009)

AMY M. PRZYBOCKI, Financial Officer (November 2009 to present)

HOPE HARE, Administrative Assistant

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Meredith Benedict, Anthurium Solutions, Inc.

Jamila Davison, Emory University

Steve M. Pu, Missouri Foundation for Health

Pattie Tucker, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Antonia M. Villarruel. Appointed by the National Research Council, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Although efforts to reduce health disparities receive attention at the national level, information on the successes of state and local efforts are often not heard. On May 11, 2009, the Institute of Medicine held a public workshop to discuss the role of state and local policy initiatives to reduce health disparities. The workshop brought together stakeholders to learn more about what works in reducing health disparities and ways to focus on localized efforts when working to reduce health disparities.

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