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The NAM Culture of Health Program will hold a virtual meeting on March 9 and 10, 9:00 am-12:30 pm ET. The objectives of this meeting include:
- Discussing the significance of understanding the history and systems impact of oppression, racism, and widening racial health disparities in light of current social and political contexts
- Highlighting the social construction of race and ethnicity, describing the shifting definitions of race and ethnicity over time, and elevating how existing data and racial and ethnic definitions can cause harm and misrepresentation of diverse populations
- Describing how structural and systemic racism moves through systems to drive health outcomes, and providing illustrative examples of levers of systemic change for advancing health equity within and across racial and ethnic populations
- Providing an overview of the Systems Impact on Historically and Currently Marginalized Populations publication under the NAM Culture of Health Program and development to date, and discussing challenges, opportunities, and potential impact
Day one high-level agenda:
- Welcome by Victor Dzau, NAM President
- Opening remarks by Antonia Villarruel, Chair of the NAM Culture of Health Program Advisory Committee
- Leveraging historical and contemporary contexts for health equity
- Understanding the social construction of race and the impact on data, with Audience Q&A
- Closing remarks
Day two high-level agenda:
- Welcome and opening remarks
- Levers of systemic change for advancing health equity
- Publication series overview, with Audience Q&A
- Closing remarks, with Reflective Exercise
The Culture of Health Program is a multiyear collaborative effort to deepen understanding, mobilize evidence, and identify strategies to create and sustain conditions that support equitable and good health for all Americans. Learn more at nam.edu/CultureofHealth.
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