254025 Developing a Research Agenda for Disparities in HAIs

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 3:20 PM

Sari Siegel, PhD , Health Research Practice, IMPAQ International, Columbia, MD
     
As patient safety efforts continue to expand in the nation's hospitals and healthcare systems, these organizations have never been more vigilant against healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Health care organizations are participating in campaigns, like Partnership for Patients, in record numbers. Likewise, disparities reduction is now widely regarded as a critical goal of health care organizations. However, there has been little research in the area of racial/ethnic/geographic disparities in HAI rates. This discussion will present the results of a literature review and environmental scan on the topic, identifying gaps in the knowledge base and suggested directions for future research.

Learning Objectives:
1. To identify gaps in the knowledge base around disparities in HAI. 2. To formulate research questions to address such gaps.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have done extensive research on healthcare disparities for the last 10 years, including co-writing the first National Healthcare Disparities Report while I worked at AHRQ. I also studied HAI and disparities during my tenure as the AVP for Research at the National Association of Public Hospitals, and am now serving as the Deputy Project Director for an evaluation of the federal HAI-National Action Plan, funded by AHRQ.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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