Health disparities in a business environment

Many approaches have been taken to addressing health disparities beyond the work that has been done through clinical or community interventions. Myriad organizations have developed successful strategies and programs to reduce health disparities using a variety of methods. By hearing from representatives of organizations making such efforts, the Roundtable members sought to learn about how specific programs have worked to reach their goals and what challenges or successes they have realized while trying to effect change among their constituencies. This chapter summarizes presentations by Ms. Diane Schwartz, the president of the American Conference on Diversity; Dr. Angela Glover Blackwell, the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PolicyLink; and Ms. Katherine Gottlieb, the president and CEO of Southcentral Foundation. (author introduction)