Terminologies and Factors Contributing to Health Inequities

Director, Medical Education and Educational Research Institute
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo

Pastor, Liberty Missionary Baptist Church
Co-Convener, African American Health Equity Task Force

Associate Professor of Learning & Instruction & Information Science
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo

This workshop introduces participants to social science terms that every health practitioner should know and explains those factors contributing to health disparities and inequities between Whites and people of color. There is a significant association between health outcomes, undesirable neighborhood conditions, and social and economic determinants. This realization makes it vital that health practitioners know the social science terminology required to understand the socioeconomic, behavioral, cultural, and neighborhood dynamics affecting people of color. These terms are necessary concepts to learn, categorize, remember, infer, explain, problem-solve, generalize, and think about these challenges. Concurrently, the workshop will help participants understand the social and economic factors that contribute to race-based health disparities.