DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, A VIEW FROM CALIFORNIA
Implications for Framing Health Disparities
Workshop Summary
Karen M. Anderson, Rapporteur
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE1
NICOLE LURIE2 (Chair),
RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA
MILDRED THOMPSON (Co-Chair),
PolicyLink, Oakland, CA
AMERICA BRACHO,
Latino Health Access, Anaheim, CA
WILLIAM F. CRIMI,
The Connecticut Health Foundation, New Britain, CT
JAMILA DAVISON,
University of California, Los Angeles
ALICIA DIXON,
The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
CARA V. JAMES,
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC
JAMES KRIEGER,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
SAMUEL SO,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
WILLIAM A. VEGA,
David Greffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
WINSTON F. WONG,
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
ROUNDTABLE ON THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH EQUITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES1
NICOLE LURIE2 (Chair),
RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA
MILDRED THOMPSON (Co-Chair),
PolicyLink, Oakland, CA
VICTORIA HOLLOWAY BARBOSA,
Dermal Insights, Inc., Chicago, IL
ANNE C. BEAL,
The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY
CHERYL A. BOYCE,
Ohio Commission on Minority Health, Columbus, OH
AMERICA BRACHO,
Latino Health Access, Anaheim, CA
FRANCIS D. CHESLEY,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
TODD COX,
Ford Foundation, New York, NY
WILLIAM F. CRIMI,
The Connecticut Health Foundation, New Britain, CT
ALICIA DIXON,
The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
JOSÉ J. ESCARCE,
University of California, Los Angeles
GARTH N. GRAHAM,
Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
TOM GRANATIR,
The Innovation Center, Humana, Inc., Chicago, IL
CARA V. JAMES,
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC
JENNIE R. JOE,
College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
JAMES R. KIMMEY,
Missouri Foundation for Health, St. Louis, MO
HOWARD K. KOH,
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
JAMES KRIEGER,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
ANNE C. KUBISCH,
The Aspen Institute, New York, NY
JEFFREY LEVI,
Trust for America’s Health, Washington, DC
JOHN C. LEWIN,
American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC
JANE ISSACS LOWE,
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
RICHARD K. MURRAY,
Merck & Co., Inc., North Wales, PA
GARY D. NELSON,
Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Atlanta, GA
SAMUEL NUSSBAUM,
WellPoint, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
MICHAEL W. PAINTER,
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
DAVID P. PRYOR,
Aetna, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
STEVE M. PU,
Missouri Foundation for Health, Kennett, MO
KYU RHEE,
Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
MARK D. SMITH,
California Health Care Foundation, Oakland, CA
PATTIE TUCKER,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
WINSTON F. WONG,
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
TERRI D. WRIGHT,
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Liaisons, Institute of Medicine
SAMUEL SO,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
WILLIAM A. VEGA,
David Greffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Study Staff
KAREN M. ANDERSON, Senior Program Officer
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Board Director
THELMA L. COX, Senior Program Assistant (April 2008 through January 2009)
PAMELA A. LIGHTER, Senior Program Assistant (February 2009 through present)
PATRICK BURKE, Financial Officer (October 2008 through October 2009)
AMY M. PRZYBOCKI, Financial Officer (November 2009 through present)
HOPE HARE, Administrative Assistant
Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by persons chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Jamila Davison, School of Medicine, Emory University
John C. Lewin, American College of Cardiology
Steve Pu, Missouri Foundation for Health
Pattie Tucker, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Larry Wallack, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Bobbie Berkowitz. Appointed by the National Research Council, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables
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New Populations and Communities Established Throughout the Country by Deep Demographic Changes, |
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Population Health Status, |
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Health Care Access, |
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Health-Related Quality of Life, |
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Prevention and Health Outcomes, |
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Years of Potential Life Lost, |
Figures
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Percent of children who have not seen a dentist by age 11, |
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Mammogram screening and Pap test rates differ among women by Asian ethnic subgroup, |
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Age-adjusted diabetes prevalence by race and ethnicity, adults ages 18 years and over, 2005, |
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Percent obese as a function of RFEI using urbanicity—specific buffers, adults age 18 and over, California, 2005, |
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Redlining of Philadelphia, |
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Movements of different ethnic groups in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1930 to 1995, |
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The Plan, |
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Example of the importance of external or environmental cues, |
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Different responses to two variations of the same question, |
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Los Angeles County prevalence of health disparities, |
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Framework for understanding and measuring health inequities, |
Preface
Since early 2007, the Roundtable has met with the objectives of increasing the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, furthering the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, fostering the emergence of leadership on this issue, and tracking promising activities and developments in minority care that could lead to the reduction or elimination of disparities. The Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities includes representatives from the health professions, federal, state, and local government, foundations, academia, managed care organizations, advocacy groups, and community-based organizations. Its mission is to facilitate communication across sectors and—above all—to generate action.
Through its convening capacity and by holding public workshops across the nation, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities aspires to advance understanding of health disparities and explore solutions for ending them. In doing so, it endeavors to make a lasting contribution to the quality of life for some of this country’s most vulnerable groups.
With this goal in mind, on July 28, 2008, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities convened a workshop in Los Angeles, California, America in Transition, a View from California: Implications for Addressing Health Disparities. By focusing on the complexities of immigration in the country’s most populous state, California, the Roundtable looked at how the discussion of “framing” health disparities can influence the actions that are taken in response.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities thanks all workshop participants for their individual contributions to this workshop. Their willingness to share their time and expertise led to frank discussions about immigration, demographic changes, and the role of “framing” in highlighting health disparities for the public.
We especially want to give thanks to Alicia Dixon, our project officer for The California Endowment. The workshop took place at The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities. Thanks to Alicia and the other California Endowment staff, especially George Kim and Jessica Lieder, for ensuring that the workshop ran smoothly.
Thanks also to all of our speakers and panelists. Biosketches for all presenters can be found in Appendix B.
The Roundtable members also thank the Institute of Medicine staff for their ongoing efforts to support the work of the Roundtable. Sincere gratitude is extended to Dr. Rose Marie Martinez, Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Karen Anderson, for planning, organizing, and implementing this workshop; and Thelma Cox, for managing all of the administrative components of the meeting. We also want to thank Patrick Burke and Hope Hare for their ongoing assistance and support.
Thanks to the planning committee that worked so diligently on arranging the workshop: Rajni Banthia, America Bracho, Will Crimi, Jamila Davison, Cara James, Jim Krieger, Rose Marie Martinez, Sam So, Mildred Thompson, Bill Vega, and Winston Wong.
Several Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars volunteered as scribes during the breakout sessions in the afternoon (Rhondee Benjamin-Johnson, Nazleen Bharmal, Anisha Patel, Rashmi Shetgiri, and Kara Odom Walker). Thanks to all for your assistance during the workshop.
Finally, special thanks go to all of the sponsors who make the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities a reality. Financial support for the Roundtable and its activities was provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the Department of Health and Human Services; The California Endowment; the California Health Care Foundation; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human Services; The Commonwealth Fund; the Connecticut Health Foundation; the Healthcare
Georgia Foundation; the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; Kaiser Permanente; Merck & Co., Inc.; the Missouri Foundation for Health; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Nicole Lurie, Chair
Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
and the Elimination of Health Disparities