Dr. Adewale Troutman was the keynote speaker at United Way's Community Health Issues Forum, co-hosted with the Northwest Health Foundation. Dr. Troutman is a national expert on the social determinants model in reducing disparities and achieving health equity. He shared his unique insights on the intersections of race, class, educational attainment, income and environment -- and how they impact a person's health.
EDIT: View the video clips from breakout sessions here
Impact of Race and Racism on Health Outcomes
Focusing on Social Determinants of Health
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Dr. Troutman delivered many powerful messages that day, and one of the most important for me was moving toward a HEALTH EQUITY framework, beyond the health "disparities" frame. After all, you can reduce disparity gaps by simply making the health of all populations worse (so we're all equally unwell).
He also talked about changing the conversation to the social determinants of equity instead of just the social determinants of health. As he said, (paraphrased), having a healthy underclass is not what we're about. We need equity and justice to truly realize health.
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