I couldn't let the day go by without highlighting this amazing day! This month is National Minority Health Month, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is coordinating a virtual day of action on April 30 to highlight the positive impact that diversifying the healthcare workforce can have on long-standing health inequities and how initiatives like the Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Title VII and Title VIII workforce programs are vital to increasing workforce diversity for the benefit of all patients. The charge of the action collaborative is to: Identify replicable solutions to amplify and support Black men’s interest in a career in medicine and/or in the biomedical sciences. Use existing data and evidence to develop systems-based solutions to address exclusionary practices that create barriers for Black men and prevent them from having equitable opportunities to successfully enroll in medical school. Convene key partners to act on measurable solutions. You can become an action partner and stay updated on the work of the action collaborative via email at [email protected].
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Public Health Strategy 🩺 | Harvard 📚 | Health Equity ⚖️
Health Equity and Leadership! In my capacity as an EDI fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, I was given the opportunity to co-facilitate a discussion with the most wonderful Symphony Fletcher about ‘Birthing Justice’. This film explores the vast inequities in maternal care for Black people in the US (and across the world), whilst also providing the perspective of the healthcare professionals and policy makers that are positively transforming realities everyday. We explored a number of different thoughts, questions and experiences that our attendees had to share. The ones that stood out for me were: ✅ Equitable healthcare provision is not a zero sum game. No one loses out if Black people have better experiences. In fact, EVERYONE will get better care. ✅ How do we interrogate the medical curricula and make sure it does not help to perpetuate medical racism? ✅ How do we use our relative privileges and spheres of influence achieve more equitable experiences and outcomes? I couldn’t find a picture of Symphony and I, but please enjoy this picture with Alberto Inzulza Galdames from the HEAL conference 😅
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Physician, Scholar, Antiracism, justice, & health equity Thought leader, speaker, coach, & consultant
Did you know that: ✅”Race” is not biological but a sociopolitical construct of white supremacism & anti Black racism? ✅Health disparities between socially defined racial groups are as a result of structural and systemic racism, not presumed inherent “racial” differences? ✅For the past 100s of years, medicine & the healthcare enterprise continues to confuse & conflate “race” with genetic ancestry & treat race as a biological variable, further contributing to racial health disparities? A practice known as Race Based Medicine (RBM)? Do you know that RBM affects the care YOU & YOUR loved ones receive????? Come to our FREE & VIRTUAL Roundtable of national & community healthcare leaders tomorrow evening, Wednesday, 2/28/24, 5pmET, to learn how RBM affects clinical practice, research, & policy; what WE are doing to end it; and how YOU can be a part of fundamentally transforming medical & healthcare practice! Brought to you by Wayne State University School of Medicine Wayne State University End Race Based Medicine Taskforce. Registration link in comments!
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Why don't we have more Black physicians in America? The results found in an economic evaluation of 13 historically Black medical schools that were closed and four historically Black medical schools that remained open after the 1910 Flexner report are shocking. Based on data from the medical schools that remained open, five of the closed medical schools might have collectively provided training to an additional 35,315 graduates by 2019. If these five closed schools had remained open, they could have produced a 29% increase in the number of graduating African American physicians in 2019 alone. Let that sink in. Source: https://bit.ly/3OKEcHN
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https://lnkd.in/ghKuv_yT - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Black Americans' Health and Healthcare Experiences: Understanding the Past and Present to Create a More Equitable Future. Historically and presently, Black Americans endure disproportionately worse health outcomes and discrimination in healthcare. First, I will present data (including a nationally representative sample) that assesses the influence of the quality of healthcare experiences on medical trust and early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Black Americans. Next, this presentation deeply examines the specific context and experiences in physician-Black patient interactions that may erode medical trust. This is done in a qualitative study conducted with Black American women with breast cancer, a group with repeated exposure to the medical community. Also, I will discuss research that tests how learning about the stories of Black American experiences in healthcare can increase White American perspective-taking. Implications for how medical institutions can build trust with the Black community by acknowledging and addressing injustice in the healthcare system will be discussed. Dr. Kimberly J. Martin is a University of California President's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC San Francisco. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UCLA and her B.A. in Psychology, with honors and high distinction, from UC Berkeley. Her research centers on the impact of inequity and the importance of history to current experiences, perceptions & mental/physical health outcomes of minoritized people. Specifically, much of her research looks at the experiences of Black Americans in the healthcare system. It tests how to improve outcomes for Black Americans by increasing the acknowledgment of and support for addressing racism. CAPS/DPS/PRC Town Hall. The CAPS Developmental Core hosts this presentation. Town Hall Chair: Parya Saberi, PharmD
Black Americans' Health and Healthcare Experiences. Kimberly J. Martin PhD
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Strategy & Operations Leadership | Program Manager | Healthcare Administrator | Project Manager| Director
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By Uché Blackstock, MD "One of the major barriers to entry for Black medical school students is economic inequality, rooted in the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow, and in persistent racism. As a result of a lack of generational wealth, Black students don’t have the same financial resources as their White peers. The median White household has a net worth six times that of the median Black household. Black households and other households of color are overrepresented among the poor and working class, and underrepresented among the upper middle class and the wealthy. To address this inequity, institutions ought to provide Black students full grants and scholarships for college and medical school. And they should specifically engage with students descended from enslaved Black Americans, especially Black men, whose matriculation rate into medical school has declined."
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Certified Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Professional, Consultant, Educator, Author, Clinician, and Researcher of health and social equity and well-being of the people and populations.
We still need 3 more people for the in-person and 3 for the virtual focus groups this week: Virtual (Zoom) : 3/1/24 (Friday) @ 5pm EST; In-Person (Back to Life Physical Therapy, 1501 Thomas Way NE, Washington, DC 20002): 3/2/24 (Saturday) @ 2pm EST. Details: We are recruiting Black healthcare professionals to participate in a focus group either virtually or in person. The focus groups is part of a multi-level qualitative project, expanded from phone interviews aimed at describing the experiences of healthcare professionals who identify their race as other than white. This phase of the qualitative study will attempt to identify trends and outliers of racism that Black professionals face with the goal of contributing to anti-racism solutions in healthcare education, training, and professionally; in addition to naming and calling out daily and structural racism and providing support for upcoming and existing minoritized and / or marginalized healthcare professionals. Virtual focus group: 5pm EST, March 1st In-person (D.C.) focus group: 2pm EST, March 2nd Please, contact Hadiya Green @ [email protected]
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At HBCU Prep School, we’re on a mission to bring empowering and authentic stories of the Black experience into homes and classrooms everywhere!
Yes and yes!!!! Read about Howard University in our book series, The ABCs of HBCUs https://lnkd.in/dJxHPtD4
Surrounded by the love of family and friends, our new doctors stepped into their futures with hearts full of hope this month! To our dear future healthcare heroes, your path is illuminated with promise and we embrace you with all our Bison pride. On #NationalDoctorsDay today, we’re thrilled to celebrate these phenomenal doctors at Howard University! Did you know...Howard University College of Medicine produces more Black doctors than any other medical school in the nation? H-U...You Know! #MatchDay #HowardMedExcellence
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Black Americans continue to be underrepresented in clinical trials, with participation rates as low as five percent. Read more about how Black participation in clinical trials can be increased through measures including better communication and education, improved access and more inclusive trial designs: https://buff.ly/48N3TyV #ClinicalTrials #ClinicalTrialDiversity
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Executive Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | International Speaker | Inclusion Consultant |Trustee | Multi Award Winner
Well, I really don’t know how I do it!!! But for the Grace of God do I 🙌🏿 Anyway, after starting yesterday morning with our Band 6 Internationally Educated IEN’s and Midwives, I legged it to catch a train to Leicester for the UK Black Pharmacist Association (UKBPA) conference hosted by Mattioli Woods plc Woods. The theme of this year's conference was "Still Rising," and yep, that was what my keynote focused on. I delved into some of the inhibitors of rising: Fear, No Vision, Oppression, Indiscipline, Ignorance, and Procrastination. These are the challenges that, when left unaddressed, can stifle our growth and potential. I went on to highlighted that it is equally crucial to recognize some of the enablers of rising: Self-Belief, Self-Worth, Personal Brand, Networking, Understanding the hidden culture, and Continuous Personal Development. These factors serve as catalysts propelling us forward on our journey to success. The electric energy in the room was palpable, and witnessing a diverse range of ages filled me with optimism for better representation of Black Pharmacists across the UK. Thanks to the UK Black Pharmacist Association (UKBPA) for inviting me and to Flora C. MSc. for curating the logistics. It's events like these that spark crucial conversations, inspire change, and pave the way for a more inclusive and empowered futures. Let's continue to rise together, overcome challenges, and build a future where every pharmacist, regardless of background, can thrive. #RisingTogether #BlackPharmacists #UKBPA #DiversityInPharmacy
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🙋♀️You’ve got the questions and we’ve got the answers! In the spring 2024 issue of Packard Children’s News, we sat down with Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG, clinical innovation advisor at California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) since 2022, for a Q&A about advancing Black birth equity. ❤️ Q: What’s behind California’s success in reducing maternal mortality? Q: Even in California, there’s still a gap in outcomes for Black patients. What is CMQCC doing next to address this? Q: How is philanthropy advancing CMQCC’s work? 📖 💡Find out the answers in the latest issue of Packard Children’s News (PCN)! Read now https://tr.ee/N3uKTJTrQN
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