Diversity and Health Equity for Clinicians

Heather Bleacher
Heather Bleacher, MD, MPH
Pronouns: (she/her/hers)

Health equity means increasing opportunities for everyone to live the healthiest life possible, no matter who we are, where we live, or how much money we make (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). For clinicians, this means adapting our patient care and healthcare organizations to meet our patients where they are.

We know that factors such as income, age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, living conditions, and disability (and many more) influence our ability to access healthcare and healthy conditions. This page provides resources to inform clinical decision-making and organizational change that fit the unique needs of the individuals, families, and communities under our care. 

Resources for Clinical Care

 

Gender Affirming Care
Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People
https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
https://wpath.org/

Organizational Change for Equity (Equity for Patients)

A Health Equity Guide for Healthcare Transformation and Accountability
Report:https://healthbegins.org/bringing-light-heat-an-equity-guide-for-healthcare-transformation-and-accountability/
Webinar: 



A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement
https://www.chcf.org/publication/toolkit-racial-equity-primary-care-improvement/ 

 

Foundations of Health Equity

Race & Medicine: How Race is Confused with Biology
https://www.raceandmedicine.com/biology 

UCHealth's Upstander Training
https://rise.articulate.com/share/0JYpIw3YQC1AEwFK06xD8f2e8KEcuJ1b#/

Health Equity in Action Lab (HEAL) - Foundations in Equity Certificate Program:
The Foundations in Equity Certificate includes a four-part module; each 90 minutes and delivered in-person. Successful completion of all four modules (in any order) will lead to a certificate of completion. Modules can also be enrolled in individually if you are not interested in partaking in all four modules to earn the certificate. 

You can register for a specific module using the corresponding registration buttons on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement website. https://www.cuanschutz.edu/offices/diversity-equity-inclusion-community/programs-and-initiatives/heal-trainings-and-workshops/equity-certificate-program

Please note that if you would like to participate in all four modules you must enroll in each of them separately. Users must use their CU Anschutz email address to access registration.

Accessibility in Medicine

For Accessibility Resources, please visit our Accessibility in Medicine Page.

Accessibility in Medicine

 

Community Engagement

Interested in engaging with community? Visit the Department of Family Medicine Community page to find ways to get involved.

Community Engagement Program website

 

Family Medicine (SOM)

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