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Concurrent Breakout Sessions

LATIN-19, creating a multisectoral collaboration for improving health equity. A workshop on how to channel your passion to improve health

Monday, April 8, 2024
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: Forest
Proposal:

Background: LATIN-19 (The Latinx Advocacy Team and Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19) is a multi-sector coalition created by Duke Health faculty in collaboration with representatives of multiple community organizations, Latinx community members, and allies using principles of community engagement to address the unique challenges of COVID-19 in the Latina community, and which has now expanded to address other health disparities toward a goal of health and wellness for the Comunidad Latina (Latinx/Hispanic community). LATIN-19 has had important and measurable impacts at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
Members of LATIN-19, including founding faculty and community members, will lead this interactive workshop that will show how faculty and students can engage with the community and channel together their passion to improve health.

Activities in which LATIN-19 participates include:
Increasing access to health care
● Coordinate and disseminate public-facing, health communications.
● Providing health care services. For example, testing and vaccination events, mobile units.

Advocating for improved health and wellness
● Influencing local and state policies. For example, changing policies regarding photo identification at testing and vaccination sites. Educating policymakers about needs of the comunidad latina.

Consulting with health systems
● Advising on best practices for improving patient experiences and health outcomes for the Latina community.
● Connector among research groups.
● Bridging the participation divide in research studies.
● Dissemination of best practices to health systems and local governments.

Professional Learning/Workforce Development/ Education
● Weekly collaborative meetings.
● Training for community health workers, community members, students of all ages
● Create and disseminate educational materials.
● Offering curricular modules, mentorship, and community-based experiences to the next generation of health leaders.
● Talent recruitment and retention.

Goals and objectives:
1-Discuss social drivers of health as experienced by the Latina community, and identify community-engaged strategies to address them.
2-Identify opportunities for students, residents, faculty, and community clinicians to decrease health disparities in the Latinx community.
3-Apply the Assessing Community Engagement (ACE) Conceptual Model to improve health equity
4-Utilize and an equity and empowerment lens framework.
5. Discuss the creation of a multi-sectoral group led by PHC clinicians achieving the following impact:
• Advocacy.
• Deploying accessible, free, and culturally proficient testing/vaccination.
• Developing/dissemination of culturally appropriate essential information
• Advising and promoting Latinx community interests
• Building the internal capacity of member organizations
6-Be inspired to start improving health equity in your community through intersectoral collaboration.

The work of this intersectoral collaboration epitomizes the social mission in health professions education

Learning Objectives:

  • demonstrate how to convene bilingual weekly community-engaged conversations, on health issues for people of all ages, connecting the community to multiple healthcare and educational teams
  • create a multi-sector coalition using principles of community engagement, to address community health challenges
  • develop care models and outreach that are focused on recognizing and eliminating health disparities.
  • provide a community-driven orientation and health equity lens for Health team members