From Data to Action: The Brooklyn Health Equity Index Symposium

Schedule

Fri Nov 20 2026 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | Brooklyn, NY

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Learn how the BKHI tool turns community voices and data into action to advance health equity and build accountable healthcare systems.
About this Event

Join us for a symposium highlighting the Brooklyn Health Equity Index (BKHI) and its potential to help healthcare systems better understand and respond to the experiences of the communities they serve. Developed through a collaborative partnership among One Brooklyn Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, the BKHI goes beyond traditional patient experience measures to examine inequities in access, discrimination, provider empathy and cultural humility, staff responsiveness, structural barriers, and social determinants of health.


Featured Keynote

Dr. Balavenkatesh Kanna,

CEO, Vice President of Hospital Affairs

University Hospital at Downstate


The symposium will explore three interconnected areas:

Advancing Health Equity

Use the BKHI to identify inequities, better understand community experiences, strengthen healthcare delivery, and advance more equitable care.

From Opportunity to Impact

Build on existing community partnerships, relationships, and tools to translate BKHI findings into practical, community-driven strategies that address identified inequities.

Building Accountable Healthcare Systems

Create pathways for healthcare systems to listen, respond, and demonstrate meaningful action based on the needs and experiences of the communities they serve.


Through presentations, discussion, and shared learning, the symposium will bring together healthcare leaders, clinicians, researchers, community organizations, advocates, students and other stakeholders to explore how the BKHI tool can serve as a catalyst for action.


Lunch will be provided.


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Where is it happening?

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, United States

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