Please join MUII and the MU Student Chapter of ASIS&T for a talk given by Dr. Tiffany Veinot (University of Michigan)·
- When: Monday April 27, 12:00-1:00
- Where: Memorial Union N222/223
- Talk Title: How “Community” Matters for Health Informatics: Conceptualizing Informatics Interventions for Health Disparity Populations
This event is free and open to the public; brought to you in part by student activity fees.
Abstract:
What would health information technologies look like if we placed the experiences and needs of marginalized groups at the center of their design and implementation? This is a critical question given that the majority of health informatics research thus far has focused on relatively socio-economically advantaged groups. To address this gap, I will present results from a series of community-based studies with populations that experience health disparities related to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as diabetes and hypertension. Drawing from the results of these studies, I will present new conceptual frameworks that highlight community-level mediators/facilitators of health information access and use which may be amenable to intervention. These potential intervention targets include: 1) information networks and institutional capacity; 2) community involvement-based mediators of information use; 3) collective trust; and 4) patient work systems that emerge within disadvantaged community contexts. These findings provide a basis for future research focused on a novel area of health informatics practice: community-level interventions that address health disparities by intervening at the community (or “meso”) level of social organization.