If Not Us, Then Who? Medical Librarians Providing Information and Data Management to Promote Health Equity

Health Despairities

Health Disparities ResearchIssues & Problems

- Definitions of “Disparity”- Lack of Research- Heterogeneity w/in Racial or Ethnic Groups- Measurements of Disparities- Difficulties in Conducting Research- Methodological and Analytical Issues- Money- Politics

Sue, S. & Dhindsa, M.K. (2006). Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities Research: Issues and ProblemsHealth Education & Behavior, 33 (4). P. 459-469

Elimination of Health DisparitiesNational Prevention Strategy

From the National Prevention Council, Office of the Surgeon General of the United States, 2010http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/nationalpreventioncouncil

State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Governments

ACTIONS

Federal Government

Individual Families

Community, Non-Profit, &Faith-Based Organizations

Early Learning Centers, Schools, Colleges, &

Universities

Health Care Systems, Insurers, and Clinicians

Businesses and Employers

If not us, then who?

A Tale of Two ProjectsNo, make that three.

Project No. 1:R01 CA-132935: Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Non-

Adherent Women

Principal Investigators:• Roger Luckmann, MD• Mary Costanza, MD

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A Tale of Two ProjectsNo, make that three.

Project No. 2:UMass Center for Clinical & Translational ScienceCommunity Engagement Research Section

Section Leadership:• Ira Ockene, MD• Stephenie Lemon, PhD• Suzanne Cashman, ScD• Phil Merriam, MS• Amy Borg, MPH, Med• Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS

DISSEMINATION

CONSULTATION

COLLABORATION

A Tale of Two ProjectsNo, make that three.

Project No. 3:UMass Center for mHealth-Based Behavioral Sensing and

Interventions*

Co-Investigators:• Sherry Pagoto, PhD• Deepak Ganesan, PhD

*Proposal:• Information architecture, web design, content supply• Develop and promote tool for collaborative research across the UMass campuses• Enhance communication, dissemination, information & data literacy of Center staff

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