Health Equity and Health Disparities
A guide to health equity and health disparities research.
KUMC Organizations and Departments
- Office for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionThe Vice Chancellor’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Cabinet’s commitment toward cultivating diverse, equitable and inclusive environments to learn, work and serve drives our collective responsibility.
- Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) at the University of Kansas School of MedicineAddressing the cultural and diversity needs of the University of Kansas Medical Center, School of Medicine.
- Student Diversity Organizations (KUMC Med School)Various student organizations dedicated to advocating and fostering community for underrepresented populations in medicine.
- School of Health Professions DEI CommitteeThe KU School of Health Professions strives to build an inclusive community based on respect for diverse cultures and unique perspectives.
- School of Nursing DEI CommitteeThe University of Kansas School of Nursing is committed to creating a more representative, equitable and inclusive learning and working environment. They strive for an environment that nurtures the growth and development of their students, faculty, staff and patients.
KUMC Conversations & Tools
- Black Lives Matter - Healing Action ToolkitResources collected by the Diversity Council.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion TrainingsEducation and Training related tools specific to our three diversity, equity and inclusion principles.
- KUMC's ODI's Workshops & CoursesCourses and workshops to students, faculty, and staff at KU Medical Center.
- LGBTQIA+ ResourcesDiscover various resources, training and networking opportunities on this page designed to help create an atmosphere of inclusion and affirmation for LGBTQIA+ individuals at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Books
Evicted by Call Number: P&T 2019Publication Date: 2017Evicted follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. It transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of the 21st century America’s most devastating problems.
An Eyewitness History of the Civil Rights Movement by Call Number: E 185.61 W545c 1993Publication Date: 1999Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965.
So You Want to Talk about Race by Call Number: E 184 A1 O529s 2018Publication Date: 2018Ijeoma Oluo offers a clarifying discussion of the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on the issues that divide us. Positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans, and answers the questions readers don’t dare ask.
Voices of Freedom by Call Number: E 185.61 H232v 1990Publication Date: 1990An oral history of the civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1980s.
