Q&A
Collaboration with Department of Health on healthcare equity initiatives
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Council Member Williams asks about MOERJ's work with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to address healthcare equity. Commissioner Sherman outlines various collaborative efforts and initiatives.
- MOERJ works closely with the Department of Health, considering them a great partner and leader in equity work
- Collaborative efforts include:
- Support for the chronic disease prevention plan
- Participation in maternal health efforts
- Doula certification programming
- MOERJ has allocated funding to the Department of Health for LGBTQ+ programming
- Additional funding provided to Health and Hospitals for LGBTQ+ programming and renovation of the Judson Health Clinic
- The office recognizes the core intersection between health equity and racial equity in their work
Nantasha M. Williams
0:47:57
Thank you.
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Access to health care has become like one of biggest issues cited as a byproduct of systemic inequity.
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Could you tell us about any of the work you are doing with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Department of Health?
0:48:11
Is there any opportunities for MOERJ to provide feedback or guidance on how our hospitals and healthcare facilities could better consider low income New Yorkers of color when making reforms or improvements in their practices and policies?
0:48:22
I know you referenced the session you did with Mixover but you know are there any other things that you're doing and again is there any guidance, feedback, recommendations you can share on that today?
Sideya Sherman
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Go ahead Leigh.
0:48:36
So we work closely with the Department of Health, they're really a great partner and also a leader in this work.
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We you know have been part of the interagency committees that have supported the chronic disease prevention plan as well as some of the other interagency planning work that the Department of Health has underway including their maternal health efforts.
0:48:56
The programming that I mentioned, our doula certification programming is also operated in partnership with the Department of Health.
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There's also funding that we've allocated to Department of Health to support some of our LGBTQ plus programming, as well as funding that we've been able to allocate to health and hospitals to particularly around LGBTQ plus programming and supporting the renovation of the Judson Health Clinic and ensuring that there's robust programming there.
0:49:22
So we work pretty closely with with our health partners and certainly understand there's a real core intersection of health equity and racial inequity.