Williams, who lectured on race, ethnicity and health at the June 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy at Meharry Summer Institute, is also a former RWJF Investigator in Health Policy Research (1994).
A few days after the reconvening of the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America, of which Williams is staff director, he sat down with RWJF for a Q&A. He discusses why the nation has failed to stop health disparities and how the problem can be solved.
Q: Has the United States made significant progress toward eliminating health disparities linked to race or socioeconomic status?
Q: Do you think that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will help to reduce disparities?
Q: America has invested billions in stopping health disparities. Why have we failed?
Q: What advice do you have for health care providers? How can they reduce the disparities they see among their patients?
Q: Are you working on any new research related to disparities?
Q: What is the most important thing we can do to eliminate health disparities?
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