Equity in Health Care

Vice President for Communications, Michigan News, The University of Michigan. 30 Sept. 2022

Racial and sexual minorities experience barriers in accessing healthcare that may impact their overall health outcomes. This timely presentation will invite you to look at any implicit bias and behaviors that you bring into the clinical setting that could that negatively promote healthcare disparities. 2020. 64 minutes

Dedicated to providing health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations to combat the global spread of infectious disease, Partners In Health is actively involved in finding community solutions to the current pandemic. This live event provided an opportunity for deeper awareness of how socio-economic inequality results in health and medical inequities, contributing to the spread of disease among the resource-poor populations. Those who attended left empowered to look at these issues in their own communities and inspired to develop strategies to advocate for our most vulnerable neighbors. Moderated by Tabitha Jackson, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, the panel discussion included social justice warriors Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jim Kim, and Ophelia Dahl, the founders of Partners In Health. 100 minutes. 2020

In America, black people are almost twice more likely to die from covid-19 as white people. Economist journalists explain how the pandemic has illuminated systemic racism in America. 2021. 9 minutes

This article is a systematic review of the literature on racial/ethnic disparities in NICU quality of care, noting important areas of intervention for improving infant outcomes. 2018. 4 minutes