Empowering Audiologists, Students, and Communities to Reduce Health Inequities

Presenter: Sonia Gupta, MPH, MBA

CEUs: No CEUs Awarded

Duration: 60 minutes

Instructional Level: Introductory

Program Focus: Knowledge

Description:

This presentation introduces webinar participants to United Against Inequities in Disease (UAID) and its Community Project Model.

Founded in 2009, UAID is a national 501c3 nonprofit organization that aims to both reduce health inequities in local communities today and also empower public health leaders of tomorrow. It focuses its efforts on local communities, conducts work in collaboration with local partners, and leverages the power of research and an interdisciplinary approach to health equity to affect sustainable change.

The UAID Community Project encapsulates UAID’s philosophy, values, and approach. It is an effort to achieve a meaningful, positive impact on health outcomes in their local community on a longitudinal time scale. Through this model, participants have an opportunity to practice public health principles. Specifically, they gain experience in utilizing mixed research methods, assessing health issues on the local level, and in planning, implementing, and evaluating long-term projects.

Webinar attendees will learn how students and practicing audiologists can reduce health inequities in their own local communities through UAID and its Community Project Model.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand how students and practicing audiologists can reduce health inequities in their local communities ethically and sustainably.

2. Explain how the eight-step UAID Community Project Model works.

3. Apply UAID’s Community Project Model to reduce health inequities in the field of audiology within their own local communities.

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