Health Equity Team
Team Activities
The Health Equity Team focuses on developing and implementing strategies to address inclusion of diverse people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners in the design and conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs). The team works to promote health equity while ensuring the IMPACT Collaboratory is a national resource for all Americans affected by dementia.
Team members develop and disseminate guidance and training materials related to health equity, provide guidance to investigators to ensure that health equity considerations are integrated into all aspects of the design, conduct, and reporting of ePCTs, and integrate with Core working groups to address health equity in Core research activities.
Key Resources
- The 2022-2023 Lived Experience Panel Report, Voices of the Lived Experience Panel: Health Equity in Dementia Care and Research (English/Spanish)
- Best Practices for Integrating Health Equity into Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials for Dementia
- JAGS Special Issue: Achieving Health Equity in Embedded Pragmatic Trials for People Living with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
News
- IMPACT authors explore inequities in Alzheimer’s and dementia care treatment
- Aranda inducted as fellow at American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
- New IMPACT Health Equity Training Certificate Program – Best Practices for Integrating Health Equity into ePCTs for Dementia Care
- New documentary featuring María Aranda, PhD, MSW, explores the impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Hispanic and Latino population
- IMPACT members to present at two-day workshop exploring serious illness care
Leadership
Ana Quiñones, PhD, MS Core Leader |
María Aranda, PhD, MSW Associate Core Leader |