Racial Disparities in Health Care

Jeannette South-Paul, Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and chair in the School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, presented a lecture titled "Overview of Racial Health Disparities in Allegheny County" during a June 28 summer institute sponsored by Pitt's Center on Race adn Social Problems (CRSP). CRSP, part of the School of Social Work, is hosting two more institutes on July 18 and 26 that will address racial disparities in different contexts. The sessions will examine the problems surrounding, and the causes of, the disparities and also will develop specific actions that can be taken on a local level to lessen them. The summer institutes, which are free of charge, are held in the Cathedral of Learning's 20th-Floor Conference Center.