Health Disparities Working Group

Community-Institution Partnership Workshop

Attend the Community-Institute Partnership Workshop, July 18, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Cultural Wellness Center, 1527 E. Lake St., in Minneapolis.

Registration online at www.ppcwc.org or call 612-721-5745 for more information.

• Download the workshop brochure (PDF)

HDWG Meeting and Picnic is July 30

Our next SPH Health Disparities Working Group meeting will be a potluck picnic on Wednesday, July 30 in the Lind Hall Courtyard from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

• More about the July 30 meeting/picnic

People are people, and grief that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of others.
-Robert Jensen
Journalist

The SPH's Health Disparities Working Group (HDWG) formed in spring 2005 to:

• Provide greater visibility to health disparities research in the School
• Strengthen collaborative efforts
• Create long lasting partnerships between SPH faculty and community-based organizations engaged in health disparities research
• Ensure health disparities issues are better integrated in course curricula

SPH faculty are engaged in a wide range of research including:

• Disparities in cancer care
• Disparities in the experiences of caregivers of cancer patients
• Access to health care, health insurance coverage and use of services among minority, immigrant, young and low-income populations
• Childhood obesity among lower income and minority groups
• Alcohol and tobacco use in minority populations
• Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hispanic, African American, and non-Hispanics
• Differences in geographically referenced data confounded by race and socioeconomic status

The working group includes faculty and staff throughout the SPH and other University departments concerned with reducing health disparities. HDWG members meet on campus throughout the academic year.

Contact Persons:
Dr. Kathleen Call, Division of Health Policy and Management, (612) 624-3922

Dr. Rhonda Jones-Webb, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, (612) 626-8866