Whether you are interested in facilitating a full Quality Improvement (QI) initiative or are interested in tools and strategies to apply at a local level, use this toolkit to address disparities in breast cancer care.
Enhanced clinical training and continuing education in health professions can effectively translate research about what fuels disparities into actionable change. These tools and educational resources were compiled from a QI program implemented within the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Breast Department, sponsored by University of Chicago Center for Continuing Medical Education in partnership with the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL).
Steering Committee
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Comprehensive Cancer Research Center
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Hematology / Oncology
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
SVP Community Health Transformation
Chief Equity Officer
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Director, Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Clinical Programs
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Illinois Cancer Center
Chicago, IL
Resources
A perfect storm. A review article by Drs. Daly and Olopade on interventions to close disparity gaps.
AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report.
Analysis of progress and breast cancer mortality disparities in Chicago.
Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative-NMQF
Editorial on factors contributing to global disparities in breast cancer outcomes.
Racial disparities at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Stand for H.E.R – Healthy Equity Revolution - Susan G. Komen®
African American Breast Cancer Alliance.
Black Women’s Health Imperative.
Equal Hope (Formerly the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force).
For the Breast of Us.
METAvivor.
Sisters Network®Inc.
Sisters Working It Out.
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts.
Susan G. Komen. A perfect storm: highlighting breast cancer disparities among African-American women.
Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance.
Main Site
