Health Equity

FD1 - Creating an Organizational Approach to Health Equity

Sunday, April 30, 2023

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Location: 403 B, Level 2, LACC

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Relias, LLC and National Council for Mental Wellbeing guarantee this educational conference is free from bias.

Presenter(s)

Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC (He/Him/El)

President
Multicultural Development Institute, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

Slides Handouts

Social determinants of health and health disparities play a critical role in the ability of individuals from minority groups to access mental health and substance use treatment and both must be addressed at the highest level of a treatment organization. This full-day, interactive Preconference University will provide leadership of treatment organizations with tools to better understand the social determinants of health, health disparities and racial and social justice. We will also provide an implementation framework to transforming service provisions and address these issues.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to define key terms related to cultural and linguistic responsiveness, such as cultural competence and linguistic competence to help identify solutions to address disparities at the leadership level of an organization.
Participants will be able to understand health equity, and health disparities to explore how best to prioritize health equity in all polices across sectors.
Participants will be able to analyze real-life scenarios to identify examples of cultural and linguistic responsiveness, as well as instances where cultural biases may have influenced healthcare outcomes. They will be able to use critical thinking skills to develop solutions to improve cultural and linguistic responsiveness in healthcare settings.Examine strategies to equip governance and management with the information needed to implement change.