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The recent events in Charleston, South Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, remind us that stigma, inequalities and civil rights injustices remain in our society today.* Unfortunately, skin color plays a large part in how people are viewed, valued and treated. We know that racism, both intentional and unintentional, affects the health and well-being of individuals and communities and stifles the opportunity of many to contribute fully to the future and growth of this nation. Join the leadership of the American Public Health Association in a summer webinar series about racism’s impact on health and disparities.

Webinar # 1 | Naming and Addressing Racism:  A Primer
Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, and Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
July 21,  2015 | 2 p.m. EDT

This kick-off webinar featuring APHA’s executive director, president and president-elect will take a look at some of the nation’s leading health inequities. APHA President Shiriki Kumanyika will discuss how racism is one of the most challenging tools of social stratification we face when trying to improve the health of the public. She also will reflect on the evidence and research needs related to how racism limits our ability to make America the healthiest nation. APHA President-Elect Camara Jones will tell the Gardener’s Tale and present a framework for understanding racism on three levels. This framework is useful for understanding the basis for race-associated differences in health, designing effective interventions to eliminate those differences and engaging in a national conversation.

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Check out our Storify about Webinar #1, which attracted about 7,000 people interested in being part of the discussion about the ways racism continues to weaken the nation.

Webinar slides (all are downloadable PDFs): Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Conclusion

Webinar #2 | No Safety, No Health: A Conversation About Race, Place and Preventing Violence
Linda Deguitis, DrPH, MSN, Howard Penderhughes, PhD, Benita Tsao, MPH, Marc Philpart, MPA, MPH, and Sheila Svannah, MA
August 4, 2015 | 2 p.m. EDT

Community violence is a preventable public health issue and shaped by many factors, including racism. Violence impacts our overall health and well-being and prevents communities from realizing their full potential.

Hear from APHA Past President Linda Degutis, former director of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Howard Pinderhughes of UC San Francisco, Policy Link, and the Prevention Institute for an important discussion about race, place and preventing violence. We’ll explore the role of public health in preventing this epidemic and the value of engaging many sectors in the solution. 

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View the webinar slides (all are PDF): Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Conclusion

Webinar #3 | Unequal Treatment: Disparities in Access, Quality and Care
Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, FACP, Michelle van Ryn, PhD, LMFT, MPH, and Brian Smedley, PhD
August 25, 2015 | 2 p.m. EDT

The Affordable Care Act has led to expansions in health insurance coverage. But racial and ethnic minorities still are more likely to have unequal access, receive poorer quality care and have worse health outcomes. These health disparities threaten our nation’s health.

Join APHA Past President and social justice advocate Linda Rae Murray, Brian Smedley, co-founder and executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity and Michelle van Ryn, director of the Research Program on Equity and Quality in Healthcare Encounters for a timely discussion. They’ll talk about how the levels of racism play out within the health care system, unconscious bias in health care and what’s being done to address those inequities to improve the public’s health.

SPEAKERS

Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, FACP, adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois School of Public Health

Brian Smedley, PhD, co-founder and executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity, study director of the landmark report “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care”

Michelle van Ryn, PhD, LMFT, MPH, professor of health services research at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, director of the Research Program on Equity and Quality in Healthcare Encounters

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View the webinar slides (all are PDF): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Webinar #4 | Racism: The Silent Partner in High School Dropout and Health Disparities
Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, CPH, Robert Murphy, MEd, and Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
September 1, 2015 | 2 p.m. EDT

Across this country, more than 50 million students will attend public elementary and high schools this fall. Yet only two-thirds of African American and fewer than three-quarters of Latino students will graduate on time. Also, more than half of all students attending public school live in poverty.

Barriers to high school graduation are a key public health concern because high school graduation is a leading indicator of healthy adult behaviors and health status.

APHA Past President Adewale Troutman will lead this timely discussion on the significance of high school graduation to health disparities. And Robert Murphy, former teacher, assistant principal and dropout prevention specialist, will examine how current policies and practices in educational systems disproportionately impact students of color and ultimately contribute to disproportionate dropout rates. APHA President-Elect Camara Jones will speak about residential segregation, the educational achievement gap and action steps related to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Descrimination. Join public health leaders in as they examine their role in providing the leadership to improve high school graduation rates and dismantling the policies and practices that undermine educational success and health.

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How to Obtain CPH Credit

Participants must register and attend the entire webinar and complete the evaluation online in order to earn 1 CPH CE credit hour and obtain a CE certificate.  A link to the online evaluation system will be sent to all participants who register and attend the webinar within 48 hours after the event. The email will include instructions and a personal ID # for access to the system.

CPH credit also will be offered for those listening to the archived webinar recordings. You will be able to obtain 1 credit per recording, and this service will be available on Sept. 28. Free for APHA members, with a small fee per credit for non-members.

Contact Mighty Fine if you have questions about CPH credit.

*Read “An Uncomfortable Truth — Our Country’s Failure to Address Racism” by Alameda County Health Officer Muntu Davis, MD, MPH