Health Disparities: Asking the Right Questions to Spark System Change in a COVID-19 World

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10:00 AM Pacific
11:00 AM Pacific

Aging and Disability Business Institute​

Part of the Aging and Disability Business Institute Series—a collaboration of National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and American Society on Aging (ASA);

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If you require ADA accommodation to participate in this web seminar, please contact us at your earliest convenience to make arrangements—info@asaging.org

Professionals in the aging network, human services and the research industry will better understand their role in community public health when they learn how the Detroit research study, "Dying Before Their Time," is triggering systemic change, especially in a COVID-19 world. Ronald S. Taylor, President and CEO of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, will join Dr. Herbert C. Smitherman, Jr., of the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine to share key findings of research gathered over 20 years. What began as a search to uncover the reasons for premature deaths among people of color is now a catalyst to engage community-wide efforts to reduce health disparities, and to address the socioeconomic determinants of health as well.

Participants of this webinar will:

  • Learn how asking one question—“Why?”—can help to address health disparities in communities of all sizes;
  • Learn how to use powerful data to operationalize programs and services within your organization to address community need with the right metrics; and
  • Learn how to use data to advocate for policy formation at the local, state and federal levels.

Presenters:

As President & CEO of Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA), Ronald Taylor leads an agency of 150 staff members with an operating budget of $73 million. DAAA annually serves more than 90,000 seniors, caregivers and adults with disabilities, including the largest minority population of older adults in the state. Taylor has local, state and national experience in social services, governmental, nonprofit and faith-based sectors and has built key coalitions, partnerships and community networks vital to keeping adults safe and independent in their homes and communities when possible. 
Herbert Smitherman, Jr., MD, MPH, FACP, is president and CEO of Health Centers Detroit Foundation, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike that operates three health centers in Detroit. Working under the name Health Centers Detroit Medical Group, it provides care in medically underserved areas. Smitherman has been a member of the Wayne State University faculty for more than three decades and currently serves as a Vice Dean at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.