Eliminating health disparities among minority women: a report on conference workshop process and outcomes.

Full Abstract

A national conference convened in May 2001 explored health disparities among minority women. It included 5 one-hour workshops that randomly assigned each participant to 1 of 4 groups. Groups generated recommendations on conference topics and from these identified priority recommendations. Trained facilitators guided groups through brainstorming and weighted voting processes; individual recommendations were submitted in writing. Participants generated 598 recommendations, 71 of them voted as priorities; these were analyzed to capture participants' "messages." Central themes focused on access issues and cultural incompetence as deterrents to the elimination of health disparities and on education, funding, and community-based, community-driven research as mechanisms for change. Strategies for change included reinventing or expanding the role of minority communities and changing health care itself and "how" it does its work. The essential element in all recommendations was community leadership and control.

Author information

Author/s: Kritek, Phyllis Beck (PB); Hargraves, Martha (M); Cuellar, Ernestine H (EH); Dallo, Florence (F); Gauthier, Donna M (DM); Holland, Christi A (CA); Ilkiw, Connie (C); Swanson, Jane W (JW); Swanson, Reid (R);

Affiliation: Medical Branch, University of Texas, Galveston, TX, USA. pbkritek(-atsign-)hsc.vcu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: American journal of public health (Am J Public Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 92 (issue 4) : pp 580-7

Dates: Created 2002/03/28; Completed 2002/04/05; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 11919057, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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