About this Course
The second course of the Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare specialization you will journey through a survey of critical drivers of racial inequities in healthcare. These critical drivers need to be known in order to implement interventions that can achieve health equity. You will explore issues that arise around the financing of healthcare in the U.S, and how this system enables race-based disparities. You will then explore the multiple dimensions of access to care, and how various dimensions perpetuate racial inequities in care. You will also discuss the historical backdrop of mistreatment in healthcare settings that remains pervasive among racial groups. And finally, you will unpack implicit bias and how these biases influence diagnosis and treatment patterns among different racial groups
What You'll Learn
- Understand access to care and geographic variation in racial healthcare disparities
- Recognize the history of mistreatment of racial groups in healthcare systems
- Analyze the role of implicit bias in healthcare disparities
- Evaluate financial factors influencing racial inequities
Prerequisites
- Basic familiarity with health equity terminology and topics
- Readiness to engage in applied exercises or case studies
Instructors
Minal R. Patel
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity