Fox Cities Chamber: Health Disparities Prevention Summit

Press release from the Fox Cities Chamber:

October 14, 2021

“The Health Disparities Prevention Summit will provide a space to learn, evaluate and reflect on historical antecedents and racial inequalities brought to light during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Renita Robinson, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Prevea Health. “We have learned many things in the last 19 months, and to move ahead, we must suspend inequitable behavior and respond to the health disparities created by it.”

In 2019, the Economic Policy Institute in Washington discovered several factors – historical, economic, demographic, and political – have shaped patterns of racial disparity and race relations in the Midwest.

“There are numerous historical reasons for current disparities and racism is at the center of these reasons,” explained Robinson. “Systemic issues of racism have led to limited access to food, environments, and health care which significantly impacts the quality of life afforded to people of color. The pandemic has brought these issues to the forefront and we see that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color and other groups in Wisconsin.”

The Health Disparities Prevention Summit, made possible by a Wisconsin Department of Health Services COVID-19 Vaccination Community Outreach grant, will be presented virtually at no charge to participants and feature more than a dozen well-known speakers with expertise in various topics. Participants will learn strategies to build resiliency, information on regional vaccination efforts and stories about collaborations berthed during the pandemic. They will also gain insight and tools to inspire personal, professional and community change.

Health Disparities Prevention Summit

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 28
• To register and learn more about the summit, visit: www.prevea.com/summit

A link for the virtual, Oct. 28 event will be sent to participants upon registration.

Those interested can learn more about the summit, including the scheduled speakers and agenda by visiting: www.prevea.com/summit

Health Disparities Prevention Summit

About Prevea Health

Founded in Green Bay, Wis. in 1996, Prevea Health is a health care organization that provides high-quality, primary and specialty health care in 80+ locations across Northern, Eastern and Western Wisconsin in clinic and hospital settings. It is partnered with six Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals across Wisconsin to provide patients a system of highly coordinated care, close to home: HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay; HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan; HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls; HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire; and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls.

For more information, visit www.prevea.com.

This press release was produced by the Fox Cities Chamber. The views expressed here are the author’s own.