Experts talk solutions to racial health disparities in Utah and beyond Eli Kirshbaum | Jan 15, 2021
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Medicaid expansion and fixing pre-existing structural inequities are crucial to implementing effective solutions to health disparities, according to a panel of subject area experts at the Utah Health Policy Project’s Health Care Solutions for Utahns conference.
On this panel, Jamila Michener, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University, Ciriac Alvarez, policy analyst at Voices for Utah Children, Christina Adeleke, policy and communications manager at the North Carolina AIDS Action Network and Christine Madrid Espinel, health program specialist at the Utah Department of Health’s Office of Health Disparities, spoke about solutions to the racial health inequities COVID-19 has illuminated.
Utah Health Policy Project is presenting a virtual conference on Health Policy Solutions. The event will take place on Tuesday, January 12, from 8:30-2:30 pm. Register here.
8:30 AM: Welcome
8:45 to 9:30 AM- COVID-19 in Utah Looking Back and Looking Forward (panel 1 webpage)
9:30 to 10:00 AM- National Update on COVID-19 from Dr. Julie Morita (keynote 1 webpage)
10:30 to 11:00 AM – Federal Health Policy Update from Frederick Isasi (keynote 2 webpage)
11:05 AM to 12:05 PM – Racial Health Disparities, COVID-19, and How Medicaid Can Help (panel 2 webpage)
12:15 to 1:15 PM – Filling the Gap by Addressing Oral Health Equity (panel 3 webpage)
1:30 to 2:00 PM – Health Policy Index (presentation webpage)
2:00 to 2:30 PM – State Health Policy Update (keynote 3 webpage)
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