Section outline

  • Lecture: Doing research to reduce health disparities

    While all health disparities research has a common goal of addressing pervasive and unjust differences in health outcomes, the research methods that can be employed to accomplish this goal are diverse. In this lecture, we will review the “three generations” of health disparities research – from description to intervention – and discuss toolbox of research approaches that can be used to answer questions relevant to health disparities across these generations, including qualitative methods, implementation research, patient-centered outcomes research, and community based participatory research.

    Faculty:  Christine Dehlendorf

    Location (Access restricted to registered students): Zoom URL

    • Session Slides:

    • Week 10 Slides File

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

    • Watch -Live Lecture Media Resource
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    • Required Reading:

    • barbershop File
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    • An applied example of a clinical services intervention that “thinks outside the box” of how and where care can be provided to meet people’s needs.
    • annurev-publhealth-031210-101136 File
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    • An overview of types (or generations) of research to address health inequities, with attention to Critical Race Theory/Public Health Critical Race Praxis
    • poi160066 (1) File
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    • An applied example of a clinical services intervention looking outward to the social determinants

    • Optional Reading:

    • Walton intervention File
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    • cliff-analogy File
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    • Another paper by Camara Jones (who wrote the Gardner’s Tale) against using an metaphorical approach to describe approaches to address health inequality.

    • Assignment:

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

      1. After reading the article by Thomas et al., comment on where your research, or your research interests, fit into the generational framework for health disparities research. If your work is 1rst or 2nd generation, comment on how your work could lead in the future to 3rd or 4th generation work. If your work is 3rd or 4th generation, comment on what 1rst and 2nd generation work was necessary as a foundation for your current work (or current interests).

      2. The barbershop hypertension intervention, while essentially a clinical services intervention operating at either the fence or safety-net level as described by Jones, has some engagement with the social determinants of health. Interventions like that described in the Gottleib article are designed to mitigate the impact of social determinants. How could you apply one of these two types of interventions to your area of research? Propose one or two interventions that engage with social determinants on some level.

      3. Please respond to one other classmate's responses to this assignment – post this response as a separate post in the forum.