Dhananjaya “Jay” Arekere, PhD, MPH
                           (are-kay-ray)

Associate Professor,
Dept of Public Health, IU School of Medicine

 

Public Health Cafe: Health Disparities   Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 8:00 am
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Sponsoring Organization: MAPHTC
Target Audience: Open

 

Join us for monthly Public Health Cafes!  These sessions offer public health professionals and students an opportunity to network with others, learn about relevant resources, and gain insight from local experts on a variety of topics.

Featured Topic:  Health Disparities
This session will focus on local health disparities.  The speaker will discuss trends and potential future concerns for the public health system.

8:00 am-9:30 am
MAPHTC Training Center
714 North Senate, Room 220
Indianapolis, IN

Contact Information:
Kate Nicholson, katlich@iupui.edu or 317.274.3178       

 

Learning Objectives

After this public health café, you should be able to:
  • Define health and health disparities (H/HD)
  • Identify the different determinants of H/HD
  • Distinguish between macro and micro determinants of H/HD
  • Recognize some pathways leading to HD
  • Describe the importance of addressing HD
  • Identify features of effective program and policy interventions to reduce and/or health disparities

 

Outline

  • Health basics…
  • Health disparities overview
  • Dimensions (the big-5)
  • What do the numbers say…
  • What do the people say…
  • Why do HD emerge and persist?
  • Causal pathways
  • Solutions (features of effective ones)

 

Presentation Slides and

Video of Dr Arekere