This workshop will use a mix of didactic, audience response, and interactive personal introspection exercises with the goal of pushing healthcare staff to identify personal, programmatic, systemic, and policy factors that contribute to health disparities seen in Black communities. The workshop presents evidence-based strategies for addressing those factors. Each learner will craft an action plan for initiating personal, programmatic, systemic, and advocacy interventions in their professional setting as appropriate to their role.
1. Describe the history and meaning of the terms BIPOC, African-American, and Black.
2. List three types of cultural variations among Black communities.
3. Understand the impact of historical and current experiences of Black communities with the medical community on health outcomes.
4. List 3 ways implicit bias can affect the health of Black communities.
5. Describe four evidence-based individual, programmatic, organizational, advocacy interventions designed to improve clinical outcomes among Black communities.
A well-respected physician and educator Dr. Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health, a value-based provider of comprehensive, outpatient addiction treatment. Approachable and energetic, she has been known to explain medical concepts with an ease and humor that results in her audiences developing understanding of difficult material while having a good time doing it! She has written and presented several articles and workshops on the medical aspects of addiction and other psychiatric disorders. She is available for media appearances, supervision and medical consultation and to answer any questions you may have about addictive or other psychiatric disorders.
