This page includes resources, literature, and terms related to Equity in Research. You can also review the interview from the online module here.

RESOURCES

Duke CTSI Equity in Research Core
CTSI Research Equity Resources: Includes courses and useful links for incorporating equity in research
Equity in Research Consultation Request with the CTSI
Duke Office of Diversity and Inclusion Resources
Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity (REACH Equity)
Harvard Implicit Bias Test

TERMS/GLOSSARY

Health Disparities: Health disparities are the significant differences in disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and survival across diverse populations. They are the result of the inequalities and inequity that occur in access, use, and provision of healthcare information and services across different race, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, and other underrepresented groups.
Social Determinants of Health: Community-wide and national problems like poverty, unemployment, underfunded public education, inadequate housing, and lack of public transportation are among the factors that shape community health and contribute to health inequities. These are some of the factors known as social determinants of health. They affect the health of adults, children, families, and communities in complex ways.
Equality: Equality is defined by The Equality and Human Rights Commission as the distribution of the same resources and opportunities to every individual across a population. The assumption is that with equal treatment everyone benefits from receiving the same support. This is often not the case.
Equity: Equity is defined by the World Health Organization as the customized distribution of resources and opportunities across a population to ensure no subset of groups are at a particular disadvantage over others in achieving their maximum potential. Health Equity exists when there are no unnecessary, avoidable, unfair, and unjust, systemically caused differences in health status. With equity, everyone gets the level and types of support that meet their needs. Here is an example from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

INTERVIEW (please note this interview is included in the eLearning assignment for this module)

Patrice Jordan Fleming, MS | Former Research Program Leader | Equity in Research (EIR) Core and Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERI) | Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

Just ASK Video with Nadine Barrett, PhD