Health Disparities
Disparities Project
Hospital Working Group Report
Online Toolkit
Chapter 1: Collecting Information on Race and Ethnicity
Resources on Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data
Sample survey
Data pilot: overview and results
Articles on Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data:
Commonwealth Fund Toolkit for collection of race and ethnicity
Hospital practices for collection of patient information to address health care disparities
Chapter 2: Measuring Health Disparities
Resources on Measuring Health Disparities
Sub-Committee members
Clinical treatment data by race and ethnicity
Model to facilitator quality improvement rounds focusing on health disparities
Articles on Measuring Health Disparities
Kaiser Family Foundation: Differential Access to Treatment and Testing for Black Patients.
University of Michigan: Tool to Measure and Understand Health Disparities
Schulman Report
Chapter 3: Diversifying the Health Care Workforce
BPHC Model Practices
Boston Area Health Education Center
(BAHEC)
Health Crew
Resources on Workforce Diversity
Elements of a successful career ladder program.
Elements of a comprehensive health careers program.
Local Best Practice:
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Boston Private Industry Council
JP Neighborhood Development Corporation
Partners Health Care Career Ladder Initiatives
Articles on Workforce Diversity
Sullivan Commission
Health Care For All Physician Diversity Project
IOM Report Unequal Treatment
Chapter 4: Improving Cultural Competence at Your Hospital
Resources on Improving Cultural Competence
BPHC Cultural Competence Assessment Tool
Diversity & Cultural Proviciency Assessment Tool for Leaders
National Center for Cultural Competence
Critical Measures: E-Learning course on acculturation
HPHC Foundation institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills
Implicit Assumption Test
Articles on Improving Cultural Competence
American Journal of Managed Care, September 2004 – Series on Cultural and Linguistic Competence
Chapter 5: Including the Community in Institutional Decision-Making Processes
BPHC Model Practices
Boston Healthy Start Initiative
REACH 2010 Breast and Cervical Cancer
REACH Boston Elders
Local Best Practices
Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls
MetroBoston HIV/AIDS Coalition
Articles/websites:
Workplace Diversity”, Society for Human Resource Management, 1999
Calvert Online, Issue Brief, Board Diversity
, (Oct. 2002) ("Diverse boards offer expanded perspectives and have been shown to improve the quality of corporate deliberations and policymaking.")
“
The Meaning and Impact of Board and Staff Diversity in the Philanthropic Field”, Joint Affinity Groups, May 2002
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