2. Health Despairities

3. Health Disparities Research
Issues & Problems
- Definitions of “Disparity”
- Lack of Research
- Heterogeneity w/in Racial or Ethnic Groups
- Measurements of Disparities
- Difficulties in Conducting Research
- Methodological and Analytical Issues
- Money
- Politics
Sue, S. & Dhindsa, M.K. (2006). Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities Research: Issues and Problems
Health Education & Behavior, 33 (4). P. 459-469

4. Elimination of Health Disparities
National Prevention Strategy
From the National Prevention Council, Office of the Surgeon General of the United States, 2010
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/nationalpreventioncouncil
State, Tribal, Local, and
Territorial Governments
ACTIONS
Federal
Government
Individual Families
Community, Non-Profit, &
Faith-Based Organizations
Early Learning
Centers, Schools, Colleges, &
Universities
Health Care Systems,
Insurers, and Clinicians
Businesses and Employers

5. If not us, then who?

6. A Tale of Two Projects
No, make that three.
Project No. 1:
R01 CA-132935: Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Non-Adherent
Women
Principal Investigators:
• Roger Luckmann, MD
• Mary Costanza, MD
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7. A Tale of Two Projects
No, make that three.
Project No. 2:
UMass Center for Clinical & Translational Science
Community Engagement Research Section
Section Leadership:
• Ira Ockene, MD
• Stephenie Lemon, PhD
• Suzanne Cashman, ScD
• Phil Merriam, MS
• Amy Borg, MPH, Med
• Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS
DISSEMINATI
ON
CONSULTATI
ON
COLLABORA
TION

8. A Tale of Two Projects
No, make that three.
Project No. 3:
UMass Center for mHealth-Based Behavioral Sensing and
Interventions*
Co-Investigators:
• Sherry Pagoto, PhD
• Deepak Ganesan, PhD
*Proposal:
• Information architecture, web design, content supply
• Develop and promote tool for collaborative research across the UMass
campuses
• Enhance communication, dissemination, information & data literacy of
Center staff

9. Now It’s YOUR Turn