Friday 23 May 2025 | 12:45\u201313:45<\/strong><\/em><\/p> Format: Presentation<\/strong><\/em><\/p> Stream: Populations<\/strong><\/em><\/p> Content filters: n\/a<\/strong><\/em><\/p> Chair: Emily Audet<\/strong><\/a> Co-Founder and Chair of the Aspiring Leaders in Healthcare Network<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> PART ONE: How the European Sanitarian Movement Informs Justice-Based Action and Inspired Paul Farmer<\/strong><\/p> QI increasingly focuses on population health and equity. The 19th Century European Sanitary Movement offers powerful lessons about the limitations of QI programs that don\u2019t address social determinants of health or inform equitable, data-driven policy reform. Chadwick documented the association between poverty and poor health but focused narrowly on sanitation. He was more interested in quelling infection and insurrection among the poor and ensuring an able-bodied Industrial Revolution workforce than in fostering a better life for the underserved. In contrast, Virchow pursued policy reforms to address social determinants that influence equitable population health, ultimately inspiring Paul Farmer\u2019s social medicine movement.<\/p> After this session, participants will be able to:<\/p> Don Goldmann<\/strong><\/a> Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA<\/p> Jafet Arrieta<\/strong><\/a> Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA<\/p> Maternity care in the UK today is marked by unequal maternity outcomes, particularly for Black mothers. These health disparities sit within an historical context of social and health inequality experienced by multiple generations, which marks the relationship between Black communities and healthcare services, and impacts on interventions designed to bridge the gap. To shape future public health interventions, we need to understand the experiences of the past. We illustrate this using an oral history project gathering the stories and experiences of 10 Black British, African and Caribbean women living in Leicester region, UK, using local maternity care services 1984-2004. Our session will share findings from this project and co-designed follow-up improvement work, and offer practical activities on applying historical research to community-engaged quality improvement. This session will be of interest to delegates working in public and community health improvement, particularly those working with highly diverse populations and their healthcare needs.<\/p> After this session, participants will be able to:<\/p>
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PART TWO: Using the historical understanding of black maternity and motherhood health experiences for modern-day healthcare quality improvement<\/strong><\/p>
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