COE Addressing Disparities and Enhancing Access in COE Care

October 23, 2024

Understanding dimensions of diversity enhances patient care by ensuring providers can address the unique needs of diverse populations effectively. Participants will learn how dimensions of diversity including racial, ethnic, cultural, language, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic diversity, impact service access and quality and identify evidence-based strategies and best practices for promoting diversity and inclusion in client identification and enrollment.

Agenda:

  1. Background
    1. Discussion
    2. Dimensions of Diversity
    3. Importance of diversity and inclusion
  2. Common disparities
    1. Second largest racial group by county
    2. Disparity in SUD treatment
    3. Disparity in overdose deaths
    4. 2022 regional overdose trends by county
  3. Disparities at COEs
    1. Sex percentages at COEs graph
    2. Race Percentages at COEs graph
    3. Hispanic Percentages at COEs graph
    4. Discussion
  4. Strategies and best practices for reducing disparities
    1. Strategies for inclusive client identification
    2. Best practices for equitable enrollment processes
    3. Written strategies for reducing disparities
  5. UPMC Pregnancy Womens Recovery Center Presentation
    1. 2020 Census
    2. US Overdose rates
    3. PA overdose rates
    4. US maternal motility rate
    5. Pa maternal mortality rates
    6. Access to care
    7. PWRC
    8. Enhancing Equity and Inclusivity
  6. LVHN Presentation
    1. 7th street community
    2. Street Medicine/Inclusion Health Collaboration
    3. Mobile Harm reduction
    4. What they do
    5. Relationship building triad
    6. Self-care
    7. Community building
    8. Understanding the context
    9. Building partnerships for better care

 

Target Audience

  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Discuss dimensions of diversity including racial, ethnic, cultural, language, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic diversity, and the impact on service access and quality.

Describe existing disparities in clients enrolled in COE services.

Identify evidence-based strategies and best practices for promoting diversity and inclusion in client identification and enrollment.

Review existing COE policies and procedures to identify potential biases or barriers

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/23/2024
Course expires: 
01/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/23/2024 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/23/2024 - 1:30pm EDT
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Understanding dimensions of diversity enhances patient care by ensuring providers can address the unique needs of diverse populations effectively. Participants will learn how dimensions of diversity including racial, ethnic, cultural, language, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic diversity, impact service access and quality and identify evidence-based strategies and best practices for promoting diversity and inclusion in client identification and enrollment.

Agenda:

  1. Background
    1. Discussion
    2. Dimensions of Diversity
    3. Importance of diversity and inclusion
  2. Common disparities
    1. Second largest racial group by county
    2. Disparity in SUD treatment
    3. Disparity in overdose deaths
    4. 2022 regional overdose trends by county
  3. Disparities at COEs
    1. Sex percentages at COEs graph
    2. Race Percentages at COEs graph
    3. Hispanic Percentages at COEs graph
    4. Discussion
  4. Strategies and best practices for reducing disparities
    1. Strategies for inclusive client identification
    2. Best practices for equitable enrollment processes
    3. Written strategies for reducing disparities
  5. UPMC Pregnancy Womens Recovery Center Presentation
    1. 2020 Census
    2. US Overdose rates
    3. PA overdose rates
    4. US maternal motility rate
    5. Pa maternal mortality rates
    6. Access to care
    7. PWRC
    8. Enhancing Equity and Inclusivity
  6. LVHN Presentation
    1. 7th street community
    2. Street Medicine/Inclusion Health Collaboration
    3. Mobile Harm reduction
    4. What they do
    5. Relationship building triad
    6. Self-care
    7. Community building
    8. Understanding the context
    9. Building partnerships for better care
Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

UPMC Pregnancy Women’s Recovery Center (PWRC) - Traci Day

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) - Dr. Abby Letcher

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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