Journal Club
Established in Fall 2003, Critical Issues in Health Disparities is a journal club that focuses on health disparities, inequalities and inequities. The aim of the club is to facilitate increased understanding of the issues and controversies relative to these topics by creating opportunities for students, staff and faculty members.
- Hear from experts in the field
- Engage in discourse with each other
- Keep up with the current literature
- Develop a community of researchers and scholars
The journal club has a strong focus on racial/ethnic health disparities in the U.S. Topics for discussion include:
- Conceptualization, definition and measurement of race/ethnicity in public health
- How race/ethnicity is used in public health research and application
- Intersection of race/ethnicity and other social determinants (e.g., gender, socioeconomic position, discrimination)
- Interventions/solutions (design, implementation and evaluation)
- Acculturation and immigrant health
- Cultural competency
- Social justice
- Distinction between racial/ethnic disparities in health vs. in health care
- Historical perspective of racial/ethnic disparities
- Patient/provider interactions
Read more about this topic: Hopkins Center For Health Disparities Solutions
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