January 23, 2025

T1D Exchange (T1DX) Health Equity Advancement Lab (HEAL) Meeting:

January 23, 2025, 1-2 pm ET, Zoom

Participants:

Faisal Malik, Shideh Majidi, Jenise Wong, Margarita Ochoa-Maya, Carla Demeterco, Janine Sanchez, Jen Raymond, Anyanate Gwendolyne Jack, Selorm Dei- Tutu, Janine Sanchez, Kajal Gandhi, Ananta Addala, Ashley Butler, Osagie Ebekozien, Trevon Wright

Hopes for 2025

• Desire for more collaboration among institutions.
• Emphasis on taking care of each other during trying times.
• Focus on continuing efforts for health equity despite adversity.

Health Equity ADEPT Summit

• Positive feedback on learning about the ADA and its initiatives.
• Interest in programs run by non-physicians helping patients.
• Importance of capturing feedback from the group to share with ADA and T1D exchange leadership.
• The virtual format was effective and educational.
• Suggestion for a summary or newsletter of different talks.
• Helpful for attendees who missed concurrent sessions.
• Emphasis on leveraging strengths and building coalitions.

Community and Academic Partnerships

• Importance of building community partnerships emphasized.
• Shift from focusing solely on academia to community-level engagement.
• Need for more co-presentations between community members and academic centers.
• Showcase effective partnerships and diverse stakeholders.
• Suggestion to integrate community members and CDOs into future discussions. Proposal for formalizing side workshops to address actionable items.
• Discussion on advocating for academic support of community programs. Mentions of Lisa Fitzpatrick and Grapevine Health focused on health literacy.

2024 and 2025 Annual Survey Discussion

• 27% of settings report that 20% or less of their population are from minority backgrounds.
• Focus on Type 2 Diabetes demographics.
• Approximately 66% of individuals served are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds. Over 50% of respondents reported that 30% or less of their staff are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds.
• Discussion on potential manuscripts related to survey findings.
• The group discussed potential questions for the 2025 survey.
• Major domains or topics should be identified for inclusion.
• Strong first draft questions needed by end of May 2025.
• Consider forming smaller work groups to focus on specific topics.

PowerPoint Slides: HEAL 1-23-24

Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Uv99No_Zj45KI5uq_9qYaM2wy09tGDPxRxXXbDq8WdQGu0xhrsdofrdq6EeO1Rjq.r5V_FNBc5lGvGjWn

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