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

Jeannie Haggerty, Marshall H. Chin, Alan Katz, Kue Young, Jonathan Foley, Antoine Groulx, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Jeff Turnbull, Jennifer E. DeVoe and Uche S. Uchendu
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 479-483; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170299
Jeannie Haggerty
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).
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Marshall H. Chin
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).
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Alan Katz
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).
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Kue Young
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).
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Jonathan Foley
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).
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Antoine Groulx
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).
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Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
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).
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Jeff Turnbull
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).
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Jennifer E. DeVoe
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).
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Uche S. Uchendu
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).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 479-483; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170299
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