Proactive Strategies to Address Health Equity and Disparities: Recommendations from a Bi-National Symposium

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).

From the Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (JH); Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (MHC); Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (AK); School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (KY); Westcott Partners, LLC, Silver Spring, MD (JF); Health Services and University Medicine, Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec, Canada (AG); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (EJP-S); The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada (JT); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED); United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washingtone D.C. (UU).