2020 Health Equity Week Conference

Health Equity Week Videos



2019
Advancing Health Equity Through Models of Care - Baligh Yehia
Addressing Bigotry in the Workplace
Story Slam
Keynote Lecture: Making America Healthier for All: Challenges and Opportunities - David Williams
Don’t Forget the Stonewall Generation: Building Age Inclusive LGBT Services - Terri Clark
9th Annual Dr. Helen O. Dickens Lecture - Laura Riley
My Care, My Story, My Life…What I Wish You Knew
Pain Care at the Intersection of Opioid Crisis: Provider Bias, Patient Self-management and More…
Green is Great: The Role of Urban Nature in Achieving Health Equity - Eugenia C. South


2018
The Strategic Vision for Achieving Health Equity at Penn
Story Slam
Diversity and Design: Challenging Dominant Narratives
Achieving Health Equity: Tools for a National Campaign Against Racism
A Patient Experience: "Integrating Cultural Humility into LGBTQ Care"
The Positive Impact of Integrated, Gender Affirming Healthcare for Transgender/Gender-non-Binary Patients


2017
Impact of Implicit Ageism on Care Quality and Patient Outcomes
Understanding and Applying Cultural Competency
Health Equity in Pennsylvania: A Focus on LGBT Health
Story Slam
Institutional Commitment to Diversity, Is it Enough?
Care Beyond Our Walls: Kaiser Permanente’s Approach to Improving Community and Population Health


2016
Health Equity and Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Improving Quality and Achieving Equity: Pursing Value in a Time of Healthcare Transformation
Grand Rounds: Cultural Competency Training in GME: New Terms and Directions
Introduction to Health Equity Week
Achieving Health Equity Through Community Engagement
The Neuroscience of Implicit Bias and Its Effects Within our Health Care System
Providing Culturally Competent Care for LGBT Patients

Health Equity Week Tip Sheets

2019 Abstract Winners

  • Best Student Abstract

    Assessing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in an HIV Primary Care Clinic: A Pilot Project in Quality Improvement
    Submitted by Priyanka Anand

  • Best Housestaff Abstract

    OB/GYN Internal Referral System to Enhance Access to Care for Refugee Women
    Submitted by Neha Deshpande, MD

  • Best Quality Improvement Abstract

    Text message remote blood pressure monitoring eliminated racial disparities in postpartum hypertension care
    Submitted by Adi Hirshberg, MD

  • Best Research Abstract

    An Evaluation of a Multimedia Marketing Campaign for Recruiting African American Patients in Philadelphia
    Submitted by Marquis Vaughn

  • Best Innovations in Medical Education Abstract

    A Novel Educational Framework for Identifying and Mitigating Implicit Bias in Ambulatory Care
    Submitted by Amber Nicole Bird, MD

  • Best Health System Quality Improvement Abstract

    Improved Coordination of Care for the Underserved Population of Patients
    Submitted by Jennifer Timony, BSN, RN and Heather Burton, BSN, RN

  • Best Health System Research Abstract

    THRIVE: A Clinical Pathway Providing Personalized Care Coordination for Socially at-Risk Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions
    Submitted by J. Margo Brooks Carthon, APRN, PhD, FAAN

2018 Abstract Winners

  • Best Student Abstract

    Medical School and State Efforts Towards Physician Workforce Diversity: How Do They Rank?
    Submitted by Heardley Moses Murdock, B.S.

  • Best Housestaff Abstract

    Referral Rates after Failed Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Toddlers in a Large Primary Care Network
    Submitted by Kate Wallis, MD

  • Best Quality Improvement Abstract

    Using Patient Navigation to Impact Distrust in the Health Care System
    Submitted by Emily Verderame, MPH

  • Best Research Abstract

    Translating Inpatient Discharge Instructions for Families with Limited English Proficiency: Notes from the Field
    Submitted by Seethalakshmi H. Davis

  • Best Innovations in Medical Education Abstract

    Graduate Nurse Education: Teaching Social Determinants of Health Through Simulation
    Submitted by Barbara Todd, DNP, CRNP, FAAN

  • Best Health System Quality Improvement Abstract

    Uncovering the Blind Spots: A Study of Advanced Practice Provider Implicit Bias Education
    Submitted by Lauren Weaver, PA-C

2017 Abstract Winners

  • Best Student Abstract

    The Sociodemographic Factors that Influence the Choice to Pursue Nasolveolar Molding: One Major Hospital’s Experience
    Submitted by Isabella Guajardo

  • Best Housestaff Abstract

    Improving Patients’ Understanding of Radiology Reports Using a Lay-Language Glossary of Radiology
    Submitted by Teresa Martin- Carreras, MD

  • Best Quality Improvement Abstract

    Decreasing the Perception of Examine Room Wait Time
    Submitted by Adam Lyons, MD

  • Best Research Abstract

    Racial Disparities in Surgical Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Submitted by Samuel Montgomery

  • Best Innovations in Medical Education Abstract

    Goodness Versus Fairness in Public Health Decision Making: Designing an Animated Bioethics Learning Module
    Submitted by Hannah McClane, MD