Health equity as foundational to the design of pragmatic trials

April 2020 – In Grand Rounds 5, Drs. Quiñones and Jackson discuss health equity issues have not yet been fully considered, assessed, or integrated into ePCT designs. Health disparities populations may not be well represented in ePCTs without special efforts to identify and successfully recruit sites of care that serve larger numbers of these populations.

 

Speakers

Ana Quiñones, PhD, MS

Team Leader, Health Equity Team (HET)

Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University

Jonathan Jackson, PhD
Executive Committee, Health Equity Team (HET)

Instructor in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the role and objectives of the Health Equity Team in the IMPACT Collaboratory.
  • Describe the conceptualization of health equity as it relates to ePCTs design.
  • Understand and describe important health equity considerations in the design of ePCTs.