Open AccessAssessing Equity in the Provision of Community Based Health Services: A Post-Mortem Analysis
Author(s) -
Francesco Sijinardo,
Rishika Williams,
Mohamed Badsha,
Michelle A. Krieger
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
canadian journal of program evaluation/the canadian journal of program evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1496-7308
pISSN - 0834-1516
DOI - 10.3138/cjpe.68284
Subject(s) - equity (law) , data collection , business , health services , health equity , public relations , community health , nursing , medicine , public health , environmental health , sociology , political science , social science , population , law
This practice note addresses challenges encountered in assessing client equity in the provision of health services by a large, urban community health services organization. A client equity data-collection tool was designed and health servicesstaff were trained in its use. Anticipated and unanticipated challenges arose in developing training materials, delivering staff training, fostering staff buy-in, administering the data-collection tool, assuring data quality, and interpreting results. Strategies for mitigating the challenges are presented.