Activities
Infrastructure to Support Knowledge Base
The main activity is to create an electronic data system that can be used to improve clinical care delivered to diverse urban populations, to identify populations requiring targeted interventions to improve and sustain their health, and to track over time the health care utilization, cost and health status of Minnesota's uninsured and medical assistance patients.
Programs
- Cross-cultural communication about health and health care
- Health literacy
- Patient-centered communication
- Evaluation of public policies for impact on disparities
- Impact of quality measurement and reporting on disparities
- Early interventions
- Psychosocial risk factors for chronic-disease self-management
- Rapid screening and brief intervention for substance abuse
- Perinatal mental health
Support Services
Community Colleagues: