Section outline

  • Lecture: Bringing it together: Applying the socioecological model in clinical and translational research

    An understanding of the multi-level influences on health and health disparities can improve the quality and impact of clinical and translational research. By applying an understanding of the impact of the social determinants of health and racism on health, researchers can optimize how they select research questions, apply research methods and analytic approaches to these question, and interpret these findings. In this session we will discuss approaches to accomplishing these goals, including the measurement of socioeconomic status and race, the inclusion of these factors in analytic models, and strategies to optimize recruitment and retention of diverse populations in research studies.

    Faculty:  Christine Dehlendorf

    Location (Access restricted to registered students): Zoom URL

    • Session Slides:

    • Week 5 Lecture slides File
    • Intro Slides for Week 5 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch -Live Lecture Media Resource
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    • Lecture - Please review before Feb. 2 Media Resource
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    • Required Reading:

    • Braveman Socioeconomic Status File
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    • Using empiric examples, this paper demonstrates the importance of attention to how socioeconomic status is included in analytic models.
    • caulfield race File
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    • This article provides guidance for the use and reporting of race and ethnicity in research
    • Quinn SC 2012 Attributes of researchers File
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    • A description of different approaches to recruiting and retaining representative study samples

    • Optional Reading:

    • Bidil BibbinsDomingo File
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    • A paper by Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and Alicia Fernandez on the controversy around the first FDA approval of a race-based therapeutic
    • Prather SEM File
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    • An example of the use of the socioecological model in conceptualizing clinical and translational research questions
    • jama goodman 2021 vp 200257 1611350536.05739 File
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    • A just published commentary on race and pharmacogenomics from JAMA
    • Mersha Race File
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    • A paper describing, and critiquing, the use of race as a variable in clinical decision makig
    • Chambers2021 Article BlackWomenSPerspectivesOnStruc (1) File
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    • An example of using qualitative methods to investigate how to conceptualize the impact of racism on health outcomes (by Brittany Chambers, an Epi Faculty Member, and others)

    • Assignment:

      Please post to the forum by 8:45m on the day of class:

      Please make sure you have listened to all the lectures prior to answering this homework assignment. 
            

      1) Look back on your responses to the homework from Week 2 and Week 3 (Social Determinants of Health/Behavior and Health Care Disparities). How would you modify these responses based on the content presented in the lectures? Refer to specific concepts and/or slides in your responses, and include at least one example/area from each lecture from Week 2 and Week 3.

      2) Please comment on someone’s post on your homework forum for this homework assignment, providing constructive feedback.


      For those taking the 1-unit course, please submit this final assignment to the forum:          

      1) Building on the concepts described in the lecture, write a paragraph describing 3 things you are going to do differently based on the content covered in this course.

      2) Comment on one other person’s final post in your section, either agreeing with their plans (and indicating why) or providing constructive feedback