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Course Description
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| This two-week intensive course will provide instruction in the principles of health disparities research. With a focus on concepts, methods, issues, and applications, it aims to provide the knowledge and research tools needed to conduct and develop translational and transdisciplinary interventions to eliminate health disparities. The course content will be developed in the context of the history of health and health disparities in the United States. Biological and non-biological determinants of health will be addressed, and a range of social, political, economic, cultural, and legal theories related to health disparities will be covered. A number of frameworks will be used for investigating, evaluating, and discussing health disparities research, and these will address outcome measurement issues, policy and policy formation concerns, interventions, and best practices. Health, health-related conditions, and healthcare within individual health disparity populations will be discussed, and the course will focus on integration of disciplines (including biological, social, behavioral, physical, and environmental sciences, and law and economics) to understand science, practice, and policy issues in health disparities research. Classes will begin with lectures from nationally recognized experts in the subdisciplines of health disparities science. Lectures will be followed by guided group discussions and activities to explore the module content, and questions and issues that are most relevant to select communities will be chosen by course participants for intense debate. At the end of the course, each class participant may elect to formulate a work plan for health disparities innovation research in their chosen community.
Course Director:
Irene Dankwa-Mullan, MD, MPH
Director, Office of Innovation and Program Coordination, NIMHD
dankwamullani@mail.nih.gov
Course Coordinator:
Ligia Artiles, MA
Program Analyst, Office of Innovation and Program
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| Target Audience
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| Health care professionals, public policy professionals, and members of community-based and faith-based organizations who have an interest in health disparities and community-based research, or are engaged in health disparities interventions |
Module 1: Introduction to Health Disparities Research, Overview and Evolution of Health Disparities Research
Module 2: Health Disparities from a Policy Perspective: Intersections of Law, Public Health and Health Disparities
Module 3: Health Disparities from an Economist Perspective: Influence of Early Life and Life Course Trajectory on Human Capital and Health Status
Module 4: Health Disparities Research from a Biological Perspective: The Role of Developmental Biology, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomic Medicine
Module 5: Health Disparities from a Social Science Perspective: The Role of Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
Module 6: Health Disparities from an Environmental Perspective: The Role of Geography and Social Contexts
Module 7: Application of Data, Measurement Models, and Evaluation Methods in Addressing Population Health and Health Disparities
Module 8: Clinical and Health Disparities Research in Community Settings
Module 9: Clinical and Health Disparities Research in Healthcare Settings 3
Module 10: Translational Health Disparities I: Bench to Bedside
Module 11: Translational Health Disparities II: Translating and Disseminating Scientific Knowledge into Policy and Practice
Course Wrap-Up: Translational Health Disparities Research – The Intersection of Science, Practice and Policy
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