Was Live Fri, May 17, 2024 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Gail C. Christopher, Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity and Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems
- Tina J. Kauh, Senior Program Officer within the Research-Evaluation-Learning Unit of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Meeta Anand, Senior Program Director, Census and Data Equity, at The Leadership Conference Education Fund
- Juan Rosa, National Director of Civic Engagement at NALEO Educational Fund
Event Overview
For the first time since 1997, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expanded its race and ethnicity standards to capture historically excluded communities who will now be visible in federal data collection. In the first of three briefings on health inequities sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, experts and advocates will explore how better data collection will help direct resources and interventions where they are needed most, especially to communities facing the greatest health challenges.
The briefing touches on what the updated race and ethnicity standards include; how OMB plans to engage with communities to ensure clarity and broad adoption; need for additional testing and research to implement the standards; what states are already implementing high standards.
