Here are your first reading assignments to acquaint you with the types of issues that will be discussed in this course:
Aral SO, Adimora AA, Fenton KA. Understanding and responding to disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African Americans. Lancet. 2008 Jul 26; 372 (9635): 337-40.
Accessible at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18657713
Sanson-Fisher RW, Williams N, Outram S. Health inequities: the need for action by schools of medicine. Med Teach. 2008;30(4):389-94.
Accessible at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18569660
Training Physicians for Public Health Careers (June 2007, Institute of Medicine)
Accessible at: http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/43/416/Training%20physicians%20report%20brief.pdf
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Welcome to the Health Equity Blog!
This blog was set up for use by students and faculty in PRIME-HEq (Program in Medical Education - Health Equity) as a way to talk about ideas and issues affecting health. Health equity is a broad concept - but here we use the term to refer to an aspect of social justice. In general - ways of looking at resources and distributing those resources in a way to best serve a population in order to reduce disparities in health.
It is expected that students and faculty will read the blog on a regular basis. Students will also be expected to post at least two blog entries during the class quarter. These entries will focus on topics of the students’ choosing as well as topics related to health care systems and policies. These systems may include payment systems (Medicare, Medicaid, HMO’s, etc.), government responses to increase access (the Massachusetts model, proposals being debated in California, etc.), or health provision models (the VA, public health approaches, etc.).
Blog entries might be based on an idea, a news story, an item on the web, or something that was overviewed. The entry is a response to something that made you stop and think – and will hopefully do the same for your fellow students.
It is expected that students and faculty will read the blog on a regular basis. Students will also be expected to post at least two blog entries during the class quarter. These entries will focus on topics of the students’ choosing as well as topics related to health care systems and policies. These systems may include payment systems (Medicare, Medicaid, HMO’s, etc.), government responses to increase access (the Massachusetts model, proposals being debated in California, etc.), or health provision models (the VA, public health approaches, etc.).
Blog entries might be based on an idea, a news story, an item on the web, or something that was overviewed. The entry is a response to something that made you stop and think – and will hopefully do the same for your fellow students.
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