The Disparities in Headache Advisory Council (DiHAC) was born from the need to address the inequities of the American healthcare system.
DiHAC is a cross-functional group of disease stakeholders, including a diverse representation of patients, caregivers, advocacy organization leaders, researchers and health care providers. The Council is tasked with identifying and supporting solutions to ALL health disparities in headache medicine while ensuring the headache community is a diverse and engaged space for patients and their families.
Resources to Help Guide You
We at CHAMP understand everyone’s migraine/headache journey is unique. We also know because disparities in health care exist, some face more challenges than others. We hope some of the resources we have gathered can help.
Disparities in Headache – An Issue Brief
Offering Educational Events and Seed Funding
Our DiHAC Issue Brief helps shine a light on the topic of health disparities and patient care and the path forward. As a community, we need to continue down this path and stay focused on the goal — giving all people living with headache disorders, regardless of their racial or socioeconomic status, equitable access to patient care.
The History of DiHAC
In 2020, DiHAC was formed to host a cross-cultural competency training series for members of the greater headache community and continued to host frequent webinars with guest presentations from leaders of effective disparity reduction campaigns in other disease areas. In early 2021, the Council reviewed and approved six proposals for new initiatives that aimed to diversify the engaged headache patient community and reduce health disparities in headache medicine.
The Council was created by CHAMP in partnership with Jaime Sanders, The Migraine Diva.
To learn more and get involved with DiHAC, please email Program Manager Jessica Robins.