The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of equity in outbreak responses, as it revealed significant disparities in infection and mortality rates across communities and patient populations. An equity framework for outbreak response and prevention in healthcare settings is a way to address health disparities during a health crisis by targeting public health interventions.
In this hour-long webinar, the presenters will the research behind the Equity Framework for Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings and offer guidance for how LHDs can work with healthcare facilities and the community towards implementing equity focused outbreak response and prevention interventions. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to describe the concepts of health equity and have a better understanding of how to collect data and metrics that can inform outbreak response and prevention work.
Register today to learn about Equity Framework for Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings and steps you can take to implement the concepts of health equity.
Presenters:
Cassandra Mohan, MSPH
Research Associate, Population Health Innovation Lab
Seun Aluko, MPH
Lead Research Scientist I, Public Health Institute, Population Health Innovation Lab
These monthly Web-conferencing events, sponsored by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, provide an authoritative hour-long forum for discussing topics that are important to the public health practice community and the tribal health units in the six Northwest states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.