Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities Workshop Summary (2008) / Chapter Skim
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DATA CONCERNS Many workshop participants expressed their dissatisfaction with currently available data and worried about policy decisions being made that are based on existing inadequate or faulty data.
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Dr. Murray presented his analyses using county-level mortality data, showing how life expectancies varied across the United States depending upon an individual's county of birth and emphasizing that people living in the United States have increased or decreased life expectancies depending on the geographic areas in which they live.
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Ms. Schwartz, of the American College on Diversity, cautioned that all races and ethnicities are going to have to pay attention to the problems of racism and institutional racism because the demographics in the country are changing so rapidly and these issues will eventually affect everyone living in the United States.
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He believed that, with these measures in place, successful programs could be recognized, their results could be documented, and their methods could be shared and replicated. Several workshop participants discussed policy changes that could take place within the United States to foster innovation.
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Leveraging existing public–community partnerships and enacting policy changes that redirected their focus to include a health focus, suggested Dr. Lawlor, would have a dramatic impact on health disparities in the United States.
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CONCLUSION The discussions at the workshop provided an opportunity for Roundtable members, presenters, and attendees to learn about several issues related to health disparities in the United States. The presentations and discourse on the importance of location of residence, framing, funding, data concerns, innovation, clinical and community-based approaches to reducing disparities, and community innovation and capacity, were helpful in providing several perspectives and viewpoints about what has been done, and what should take place in the future to reduce health disparities in the United States.
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