Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing racial justice movement, the nation’s health care system is in a period of reckoning regarding its role in perpetuating racial health inequities. Cancer-related health disparities, in particular, demonstrate the complicated impact of racism exacerbated by policy, health care systems, and environmental factors for communities of color. Institutional racism and associated impacts, such as social segregation and intergenerational trauma are fundamental causes of these health disparities. Other causes include mistrust of medical providers by communities of color, implicit and explicit biases by providers and health care systems, and racist health care system policies. Yet, there is a lack of understanding about what strategies health care systems can use to effectively mitigate health disparities and confront the institutional racism that drives these inequities.
This webinar made possible with support from Genentech, a member of the Roche group, will explore anti-racist practices and trauma-informed approaches to influencing health care system and provider culture to address racism and racial health disparities, with a focus on cancer care. A panel will discuss opportunities to advance anti-racist and trauma-informed care practices by: (1) identifying potential strategies that health systems and providers can use to influence provider culture from within; (2) examining the intersections between anti-racism and trauma-informed care; and (3) elevating the role of community partnerships to advance this work.
Participants will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with the panelists. Providers, health care organizations, health care policymakers, state officials, and other interested stakeholders are invited to join this 60-minute event.