The Future of Care for CMC Virtual Café #5: Health Equity and Anti-Ableism Through Family Partnership

This virtual café focused on the pressing need to address bias in systems of care and move from a medical to social care model. The session also emphasized ways that family colleagues’ lived expertise is essential to humanizing systems. Participants learned about tangible tools, strategies, and resources to effectively partner with families to make real progress in health equity and anti-ableism.

This café was the fifth in a six-part series entitled, The Future of Care for Children with Medical Complexity Virtual Café Series. The series, led by the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health at the Boston University School of Social Work, offers short presentations by nationally recognized experts in the care of CMC, including family partners. Participants have the opportunity to connect with peers and learn about topics that matter most to children with medical complexity and their families. The series is funded through a grant from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health.

See recaps of other cafés in this series:

• Café #1: Where We Are Now and Where We Need to Go
• Café #2: Humanism in Clinical Care to Meet Whole Child/Family Needs
• Café #3: Meaningful Policy Opportunities That Matter to Families
• Café #4: Family-Driven Approach to Understand Family Well-being and Its Facilitators