Henry Ford Health System is in the midst of a three-year campaign to increase awareness of health care equity. The basis for the campaign is PBS’s 7-part documentary “Unnatural Causes – Is Inequity Making Us Sick?” which highlights how social, economic, and demographic status can and does affect an individual’s health and access to quality healthcare. This documentary can be viewed in its entirety on HFHS University. In addition, there are several other HFHS University courses and CME events on the subject of Cultural Competence.
The Sladen Library has just created a Health Care Equity Toolkit which gathers together dozens of resources on the subject of health care equity to support the corporate initiative. The toolkit is located at http://www.henryfordconnect.com/sladen.cfm?id=1153, and is the perfect one-stop web page for everything you need to know about health care equity.
In addition to links for the HFHS University and CME courses mentioned above, the toolkit also contains internet resources on the social determinants of health, healthcare disparities, and cultural competency. The Sladen Library’s books and journals on the subject are also included. Look for relevant journal articles to be added in the near future. – Valerie Reid, MLIS
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