Building and Maintaining Trust in Communities of Color
Building and Maintaining Trust in Communities of Color
February 18, 2021 | Best Practice
1. Engage community leaders in long-term, meaningful relationships
Organizations must engage faith-based leaders, community centers, and community leaders in long-term, meaningful relationships. We must maintain community-based relationships to build trust within communities of color.
2. Collaborate and partner with healthcare services
We must create extensive networks of collaboration and partnerships with hospitals, medical centers, and social service providers. We must leverage healthcare service partnerships to increase access to medical resources in communities of color.
3. Establish bi-directional community forums
Convening bi-directional community forums support honest discussion with community members and academic partners. Trust is built through thoughtful community-based engagement.
4. Adopt internal strategic plans
An internal, dedicated passion for building and maintaining trust will support organizational objectives. Garner board support, ensure strategic plan prioritization and support enhanced cultural competency.
5. Broaden inter-organizational collaboration
Ensure open-access to inter-organizational work that offers guidance on building and maintaining trust in communities of color. Organizations must share their success through research papers, panels, and discussions.
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Joseph Gaspero is the CEO and Co-Founder of CHI. He is a healthcare executive, strategist, and researcher. He co-founded CHI in 2009 to be an independent, objective, and interdisciplinary research and education institute for healthcare. Joseph leads CHI’s research and education initiatives focusing on including patient-driven healthcare, patient engagement, clinical trials, drug pricing, and other pressing healthcare issues. He sets and executes CHI’s strategy, devises marketing tactics, leads fundraising efforts, and manages CHI’s Management team. Joseph is passionate and committed to making healthcare and our world a better place. His leadership stems from a wide array of experiences, including founding and operating several non-profit and for-profit organizations, serving in the U.S. Air Force in support of 2 foreign wars, and deriving expertise from time spent in industries such as healthcare, financial services, and marketing. Joseph’s skills include strategy, management, entrepreneurship, healthcare, clinical trials, diversity & inclusion, life sciences, research, marketing, and finance. He has lived in six countries, traveled to over 30 more, and speaks 3 languages, all which help him view business strategy through the prism of a global, interconnected 21st century. Joseph has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago. When he’s not immersed in his work at CHI, he spends his time snowboarding backcountry, skydiving, mountain biking, volunteering, engaging in MMA, and rock climbing.