Aims
The aim of the Task Force on Migration, Equity & Diversity is to support member organisations in developing policies, systems and competences for the provision and delivery of accessible, inclusive health care to patients from diverse populations.
To this end, the Task Force has developed a set of Standards for Equity in Healthcare which have been used by over 60 leading institutions and services across 16 countries. The Task Force seeks to help services to take a quality improvement approach to equity by the identification and sharing of good practices and innovative ideas.
Activities
Healthcare services around the world struggle to provide equitable care to the populations they serve, particularly to migrants and other disadvantaged and marginalized people. As employers, these organisations have also sometimes found it difficult to ensure true equality of opportunity for all staff, and to develop a workforce that fully represents the diversity of people in the area they serve. The Standards in Equity of Healthcare offer a tool to help services address these issues.
For more information or to take part, please contact the Task Force at Diversity.HR@hse.ie
Publications
- Chiarenza, A. et al (2014). Standards for equity in health care for migrants and other vulnerable groups: self-assessment tool for pilot implementation. HPH TF MFH, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Reggio Emilia. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27349.93928
- Chiarenza, A. (2016) What is equity in health care? Clinical Health Promotion Vol 6. Issue 2 – pp: 1-2
- Cattacin S., Chiarenza A., Domenig D. (2013) Equity standards for health care organisations: a theoretical framework. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care 10(4): 249-258
- Chiarenza, A., Domenig, D., Cattacin, S., (2020). Standards for equity in healthcare provision and utilisation: pilot test in sixteen countries. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care: 17(3): 115-124
- Chiarenza, A., Horvat, L., Lanting, K., Ciannameo, A., Suurmond, J. (2019) Addressing health care for migrants and ethnic minorities in Europe: a review of training programmes. Health Education Journal Vol. 78(1):9-23
- Chiarenza, A., Dauvrin, M, Chiesa, V., Baatout, S, Verrept, H. (2019) Supporting access to healthcare for refugees and migrants in European countries under particular migratory pressure. BMC Health Services Research, 2019. 19(1): 513
- Chiarenza, A & Chiesa, V. (2018) The provision of migrant-friendly health care in Reggio Emilia. In Compendium of health system responses to large-scale migration in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe: 84-97
- Chiarenza, A. (2015) Equity in health care for migrants and other vulnerable groups: a project of the Task Force on Migrant-friendly and Culturally Competent Health Care. Migration and health – PHAME newsletter. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office of Europe. Issue 7 – Dec 2015: 2-4
Contact Information
Task Force Leaders: James Glover; Ireland and Hans Verrept; Belgium
E-mail: Diversity.HR@hse.ie