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Sunday, November 05, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E04
Resilience is an equity issue and is directly linked to the resources (social, physical, and economic) one has available to cope with environmental stressors. A lack of resources leads to adverse health outcomes. Promoting health equity is a tough challenge for health systems and can seem like a lot of...
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Sunday, November 05, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E14
In this presentation, speakers will define what a rural emergency hospital (REH) setting is and evaluate the role of the community hospital through the lens of healthcare designers, health system owners, and allied organizations to share the evolution of this new provider type. They’ll present case studies of this evolution,...
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Sunday, November 05, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E24
There is an urgency to create healthcare facilities that serve their staff, patients, and visitors by designing inclusive spaces. Most public restrooms and staff locker rooms in healthcare facilities are segregated on the basis of sex, leading to exclusion and otherness. This session advocates for the design of gender-affirming spaces...
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Sunday, November 05, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E34
This session will explore the case study of a new ambulatory care center in an underserved section of Indianapolis. For the project, an equity plan was created that outlines a desire and process for involving the community to design a care center that is community-minded; economically sound; and a leader...
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Monday, November 06, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E44
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is imperative in all aspects of healthcare and evidence-based design (EBD). DEI application throughout EBD includes the establishment of equitable goals and performance metrics, creating a foundation for DEI in constructing research questions, conducting literature searches, collecting and reporting data and results, and setting the...
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Monday, November 06, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E54
Homelessness is a healthcare issue. Angeles House is a three-story facility designed to support 86 homeless families with dorm-like rooms arranged around courtyards and common areas with intentional space dedicated to behavioral health. The facility offers women and their children a place to live for three years while receiving basic...
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Tuesday, November 07, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E64
This session will explore how a focus on healthy design principles, materials selection, building standards, and policy actions can positively impact patients, employees, and the community. Central to this is understanding the right materials selection and how chemicals can negatively impact a person's health long-term. The most at-risk populations for...
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Tuesday, November 07, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E73
Few parts of our country are untouched by the opioid epidemic, but in rural Clallam County, Wash., near the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula, the crisis is particularly acute. The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe opened a Healing Clinic in 2022 to meet the needs of community members struggling with substance use...
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Tuesday, November 07, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E82
With healthcare institutions becoming the largest employers in urban centers, their roles as active actors in cities, beyond their traditional role as pillars of community health, is rapidly increasing. The recent healthcare building boom is transforming the human, cultural, urban, architectural, and financial landscapes in a variety of urban centers....
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Tuesday, November 07, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
- Room: 243
- Session Number:E90
Throughout the nation, communities of color face the challenge of receiving fair, dignified care from traditional healthcare institutions. This leads to numerous health disparities within these communities of color. This session will present the story of the Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic and its expansion to a second clinic....
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