@SeixasDr#sleepequity What we do is patient focused. When you get data on people they want to know what happened. That is an advantage in keeping people engaged
@SeixasDr @kale_yes #sleepequity “If they’re getting 2 hours of sleep and you ask them how they’re sleeping they say “Phenomenal.” You’re going to tell them they’re wrong?”
#sleepequity audience comment “we have to understand that our measurement devices may not even pick up how we feel about sleep in the community” @SeixasDr
#sleepequity What is the real difference between health differences vs health disparities? A: Differences that aren’t destiny. Differences that are optional and the pathway reflects inequity
#sleepequity “we truly believe that we can use new tools to address the misunderstanding that black and brown communities are adverse to technologies. We target that technology” @SeixasDr
@SeixasDr#sleepequity “These causes are varied and solutions are varied. It is not just on payers or providers it’s in all of us. Someone not using their CPAP machine because they are claustrophobic is not a patient problem”
#sleepequity @kaleyes “At NYU we have to make a difference. We show up in their community consistently, remember the owners names and have lunch with them. This aids recruitment and adherence”
#sleepequity “We are finding that a small amount of personal experience is actually lived in your environment which makes it difficult to characterize neighborhood sleep health”
Dr girardin Jean Louis #sleepequity “If you’re looking at differences between blacks and whites you are going to find them...but they are relevant here only within the regulatory climate”