2 years ago y’all said doulas were the answer. This year y’all are saying midwives are the answer. Every•Year I’m saying dismantling the inherently racist medical system in the answer.
Yes 2 doulas! Yes 2 midwives!
But can we name the issue?
@DavidKPeprah My dad was the 172nd Black ophthalmologist in the country, and trained there. Was in practice in Montebello for 30 years.I grew up knowing only Black doctors so much so I did not have personal physician who was not a person of color till I was 25.
Read twice. The same fallacy is in play when discussing “health literacy” as if lack of access, affordability, & outright medical bias does not exist. But stating “health literacy” as target number one places onus back on the shoulders of the most vulnerable and not the system
A new study out yesterday is the first to suggest an association between uterine cancer and chemical hair straighteners. Using hair straighteners *doubled* the risk of developing uterine cancer by the age of 70.
https://t.co/al6OlkpObg
Police killed at least 881 people through September 30, 2022. Police killed more people over the past 9 months than at any other point in the past decade. There have only been 10 days this year where police did not kill someone. https://t.co/G3YiCYZoEi
Equity tip: Use “high watch” or “high touch” instead of high risk. Label our response rather than the person. Use “structurally vulnerable” or “institutionally vulnerable” instead of disadvantaged. Place the deficiency on the system, not the person.
Starting off with one of my amazing mentees!! @AmaniSampson is a fierce advocate, careful listener and never backs down. She honored her late father during her coating, one of the country’s first Black ophthalmologists. She’s going to be an incredible physician one day!! #wim