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To develop a data-driven strategy, one-to-one interviews, focus groups, listening sessions, strategic planning sessions, and trainings were conducted; meetings of the UW SPH Diversity Committee and Subcommittee were observed; and over 2500 members of the UW SPH community of students, staff, and faculty were invited to participate in an online survey to inform the strategic planning. Disaggregated demographic data were collected via the online survey, to ensure the community had an opportunity to most fully identify themselves should they opt to do so and to surface any results that may have been limited to individuals and/or groups with certain characteristics.
Key findings from the multiple data collection efforts were leveraged to develop data-driven recommendations for inclusion in UW SPH's new Race, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. At the end of this nine-month project, ORS Impact delivered a presentation of key findings and recommendations open to the entire UW SPH community, and produced the UW SPH's Race, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan and an Executive Summary which can be found on theUW SPH website.