Banks, Barbra2021-01-132021-01-132020-10http://hdl.handle.net/11299/217795University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.October 2020. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development. Advisor: Joshua Collins. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 187 pages.The extent of health inequities plaguing our nation is well-documented, with Black Americans continuing to experience the largest gaps (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Healthcare organizations cannot achieve racial health equity until they are willing to address institutional racism. With the magnitude of health inequities, particularly racial inequities, healthcare organizations addressing institutional racism as a part of their health equity efforts becomes even more critical. This case study offers an in-depth description of a Midwestern urban hospital birth center’s year-long equity education program, posing the question, “How does a large, urban hospital address institutional racism as a part of their health equity strategy?” Results show three outcomes of the department’s intervention to address racial health inequity and institutional racism: 1) the central features of the intervention’s framework and approach proved instrumental in individual development and change, 2) through double- and triple-loop learning, the department effectively addressed and began to dismantle institutional racism, and 3) the convergence of events leading to the intervention offered a “ripe” time for the creation, planning, and execution of the equity education program. Implications from this study contribute to healthcare, workplace diversity and inclusion, and human resource development scholarship and practice.enequityhealth equityhealthcareInstitutional racismracismtrainingThesis or Dissertation