YCSC Grand Rounds: Equitable Access to a Quality Education to Improve Long-Term Outcomes

Session Description

Education is considered one of the key social determinants of health given its relationship and correlation to other factors that impact health outcomes. Education is both a process and a product that is not experienced equitably among individuals in this country. For example, New York public schools are some of the most segregated in the country.

As a result, Black and Latino students are more likely to attend schools in poverty, which often results in poorer academic outcomes for those students and generally poorer overall outcomes. Policy makers, schools, healthcare workers, and community organizations must work in concert with one another in order to make meaningful changes to ensure access to quality education for all students as education is essential to overall health and wellbeing.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

• Describe education as a social determinant of health
• Identify racial and economic inequalities and their impact on education and emotional wellbeing
• Identify broad to targeted policies and supports to improve access to a quality education

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.