Connecticut's Strategic Plan to Advance Racial Equity in Public Health
Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Disparities Institute.
Session Speaker: Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD, Armando Jimenez, Gretchen Shugarts, MA
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:15pm
Session Attendance Code: HAZCAP
Session Description: In 2021, the Connecticut General Assembly declared racism a public health crisis and established the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health. The Commission aims to formulate recommendations that mitigate the impact of racism on public health. Its key activities include supporting cross sector collaborations, establishing a comprehensive strategic plan to eliminate health inequity, and studying the impact of racism on minoritized populations. The Health Disparities Institute (HDI) at UConn Health was contracted to implement a strategic plan development process engaging residents through participatory research and planning.
During this session participants will be introduced to participatory planning and the state plan as well as lessons learned through the strategic planning process and the benefits of resident engagement in state health equity planning.
Session Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
1. Participants will be able to describe the state plan for address racism in public health.
2. Participants will be able to understand the important role community members can play in shaping state and municipal public health planning.
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD, Armando Jimenez, and Gretchen Shugarts, MA in their role as speakers for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.
Speaker Off-label Statement: Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD, Armando Jimenez, and Gretchen Shugarts, MA will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.
Target Audience: Practicing community outreach clinicians, physicians, nurses, physician assistants, medical assistants, and public health officials.
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.
Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
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