Bridging Our Divide: Eliminating Health Inequities for a Healthier Nation

Description

The Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) invites members of the media, health care and public health policymakers, nursing and medical health professionals, students, community advocates, and the public to join the launch of Bridging Our Divide: Eliminating Health Inequities for a Healthier Nation—a bold new campaign to confront the systemic and structural health inequities that harm the health of people and communities across the country.

The launch will take place at an IPS-hosted convening in our nation's capital, presented in person and virtually, and will also mark the release of findings from the inaugural IPS National Health Inequities Survey. This groundbreaking annual survey is the first of its kind to measure how people living in the U.S. across diverse populations view and experience health inequities, offering critical insights to mobilize political will and guide evidence-based action for change.

Moderated by IPS Executive Director Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, chair in health equity and social determinants of health at JHSON, a distinguished panel of health and policy experts will unpack the survey results and explore how they can drive urgent action and real solutions for eliminating health inequities as a fix for our broken health system.

Panelists include:

• Sylvia Trent-Adams, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Steven Woolf, a leading authority on the social determinants of health and health inequities in the U.S.
• Gregg Gonsalves, an internationally recognized health justice advocate and public health correspondent for The Nation