“This project made it safe to talk about depression in my community. It was successful because it was not done ‘on,’ ‘to,’ or ‘for,’ but ‘with’ the community.”

“I think a very critical step is having the data, but the next thing is really linking that to existing quality improvement initiatives. Health equity does not stand on its own in a silo, it should not be a health equity initiative… incorporating your health equity initiatives as a part of quality is so critical.”

“There’s a lot of research that shows we have disparities in the health care system. It’s well-documented. I don’t want to read another study that documents that we have disparities in health care. I want to start reading articles about what we’re doing about it. What are the interventions that we can design and implement to make a difference for these patients? How can we reduce these gaps?”

“Strategically, we believed that if you are going to improve health care quality, you are going to have to look at ways to improve quality for people from different ethnic and racial backgrounds and address their needs specifically.”