Is your data equitable?

The UCLA Data Equity Center offers resources and technical assistance to help you achieve your goals to ensure that your data is representative and inclusive and reflects collaborative efforts with the communities you serve to address their needs.
 

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Publication

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Feasibility Brief

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Questionnaire Design

Explores how clinical practice guidelines that include social determinants of health (SDOH) factors present an opportunity to advance health equity and improve health outcomes.

Publication

San Francisco Human Service Agency

Collection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data: FY19-20 Annual Report

Questionnaire Design

Describes San Francisco Human Service Agency's (SFHSA) collection and analysis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data.

Publication

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Current Health Plan Approaches to Race and Ethnicity Data Collection and Recommendations for Future Improvements

Jeni Soucie, Bryan O. Buckley, et al.

Race and Ethnicity

Describes how health plans collect or obtain data on race and ethnicity and discusses recommendations for improving race and ethnicity data availability.

Publication

National Academies Press (NAP)

Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement

Cheryl Ulmer, Bernadette McFadden, David R. Nerenz

Race and Ethnicity

The report proposes a framework for standardizing data collection across health care entities.

Publication

The Network of Public Health Law

Disaggregation of Public Health Data by Race & Ethnicity

Carrie Waggoner, Stephen Murphy

Race and Ethnicity

This handbook addresses the role of law in collecting and disseminating public health data disaggregated by race and ethnicity (R/E) including general legal authority, facilitation of data collection, barriers in collecting disaggregated R/E data, opportunities to address barriers, dissemination strategies, and intergovernmental data sharing agreements. 

Presentation

Data Disaggregation: State Laws and Bills

Leslie Zellers

Race and Ethnicity

Presents an overview of states that have laws related to the disaggregation of race and ethnicity as well as identifying states with pending relevant bills.

Publication

The Leadership Conference Education Fund

Data for Equity: A Review of Federal Agency Equity Action Plans

Provides recommendations about how federal agencies can improve the collection, analysis, and sharing of data.