Transforming for Equity

Within the Transforming for Equity portfolio, we foster system- and organizational-level transformation in pursuit of health equity by convening diverse stakeholders, measuring and improving readiness to change, and shaping organizational culture to name and address racism in public health. For example:

Champions Advancing Racial Equity in Sepsis (CARES) is an NIH-funded study to develop and evaluate a coalition-based leadership intervention to equip health systems and their surrounding communities to mitigate structural racism and drive measurable reductions in inequities in sepsis outcomes.

Supporting Race, Ethnicity and Language Data Collection and Use in Connecticut is an initiative of the Connecticut Health Foundation, with implementation support from GHLI. We have supported the creation and facilitation of a state-wide network of health providers, including large health systems, smaller providers, and community-based organizations. This work promotes strategic planning and organizational learning in support of state-wide standards for the collection and use of granular, self-reported race, ethnicity, and language (REL) data to address health inequities in the state.

We led the development of Connecticut’s Blueprint for Maternal Health Equity, commissioned by the CT Health Foundation. This state-wide strategic planning process defines a compelling problem, strategic vision, and 5 priorities for collaborative action across the state. The work involved convening and facilitating an advisory committee (representatives from state agencies, multiple health professions, community organizations, and people with lived experience of racism and severe maternal morbidity), consultative forums with over 200 collaborators, and engagement of a national panel of experts for integration of scientific evidence. Read the full blueprint, executive summary, and fact sheet for Maternal health equity here.