Health Equity l Social Impact l Strategy l Systems Design l Cross-Sector Collaborator
I was excited to see this recently released report from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) illuminating the crucial role of comprehensive and rigorous race and ethnicity data in the pursuit of health equity. "Combatting entrenched health disparities demands a concerted, cross-sectoral approach involving healthcare providers, insurers, researchers, community organizations, advocacy groups, and policymakers. This collective endeavor hinges on the availability of robust, transparent data on race and ethnicity to establish a common foundation for understanding and assessing interventions aimed at promoting health equity. Encouraging stakeholders to embed principles of data equity into their practices, CLASP and the Data Equity Coalition advocate for enhanced data standards across governmental and healthcare spheres." At its core, data serves as the linchpin for comprehending the scope and nuances of health inequalities. I've seen a lot of movement by health systems and public agencies toward collecting more meaningful race and ethnicity data, but we still have a long way to go. #healthequity #dataequity https://lnkd.in/g82f-BGf]
