Health Disparities in the African American Community

 “The empirical evidence that race and ethnicity influence physicians to make harmful distinctions in how they treat and interact with White patients versus patients of color is overwhelming.” (Matthew, D. in Just Medicine, A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health care (2015). NY: New York University Press)

a): What do you Think this Statement Means?

This statement means that white patients are preferentially treated by physicians when compared to black patients. This treatment can be intentional or unintentional, but the result is that it is racial discrimination.

b) Have you had any experience that you would discuss or share?

A few years ago, I had gone to my physician’s office. The queue was very long, and there were a few Black American patients. We were patiently waiting when a Caucasian couple came and went straight to the physician’s office. The physician allowed this to happen, and even though it may have happened unconsciously, it was racial discrimination.

If we focus on the health condition of sickle cell disease in the AA population, what public health education/promotion is done in the community that you are aware of? As an example of a primary intervention, create a health ed document /pamphlet/fact sheet that could be used in a community forum on sickle cell disease.

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Black History Month Focus and Health Disparities in the African American Community

1. “The empirical evidence that race and ethnicity influence physicians to make harmful distinctions in how they treat and interact with White patients versus patients of color is overwhelming.”
   

   Health Disparities in the African American Community

   (Matthew, D. in Just Medicine, A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health care (2015). NY: New York University Press)

   1. What do you think this statement means?
   2. Have you had any experience that you would discuss or share?

2. If we focus on the health condition of sickle cell disease in the AA population, what public health education/promotion is done in the community that you are aware of? As an example of a primary intervention, create a health ed document /pamphlet/fact sheet that could be used in a community forum on sickle cell disease.