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.@DrIbram closing out the final #AAP2020 plenary
He cites one of the biggest challenges facing health care in its path to become anti-racist is that we need equitable distribution of resources.
“Those places serving communities with the greatest need should be getting the most”
He cites one of the biggest challenges facing health care in its path to become anti-racist is that we need equitable distribution of resources.
“Those places serving communities with the greatest need should be getting the most”
“If you as a white provider are not stepping up to be antiracist & you see you black colleagues stepping up, you are burdening them w/the work alone” @DrIbram #AAP2020
Theme of the day!👇🏾
Theme of the day!👇🏾
“To ensure pediatricians are treating all their patients equitably & have the resources to do so is so critical to our future...an antiracist Pediatrician is pure gold”
@DrIbram✊🏾
Thanks to @davhill & @JPBelinkieMD for moderating a great conversation & fitting end to #AAP2020 🙌🏾
@DrIbram✊🏾
Thanks to @davhill & @JPBelinkieMD for moderating a great conversation & fitting end to #AAP2020 🙌🏾
“When we fight to change children’s circumstances, THAT is when we keep children healthy. THAT is Socially-Responsive Pediatrics”
@DrOmolara opening up the final #AAP2020 plenary with powerful perspective
@DrOmolara opening up the final #AAP2020 plenary with powerful perspective
.@DrOmolara breaks down common frameworks:
Cultural competency doesn’t deliver justice
Structural competency doesn’t dismantle structural inequity
We need to move to Social responsiveness to deliver justice & dismantle structures of oppression
YES🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Cultural competency doesn’t deliver justice
Structural competency doesn’t dismantle structural inequity
We need to move to Social responsiveness to deliver justice & dismantle structures of oppression
YES🙌🏾🙌🏾
#AAP2020
.@DrOmolara’s approach: bring care to the communities instead of working to fit communities into care settings w/historical trauma
Her practice has been setup next to community based organizations. In collaboration, no hierarchy
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Her practice has been setup next to community based organizations. In collaboration, no hierarchy
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Appreciate @AMLandryMD opening the #AAP2020 Minority Health Equity & Inclusion program by sharing his “origin story”
A patient asked him why all the black patients in his ED were put in the hallway
He studied that ? & found the patient’s observation to be true. His path was set
A patient asked him why all the black patients in his ED were put in the hallway
He studied that ? & found the patient’s observation to be true. His path was set
This strikes me as a particularly powerful example of why community needs to be at the table as we work to address structural racism in medicine.
They will see problems & solutions even the most antiracist of physicians, policy makers & researchers simply can’t.
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They will see problems & solutions even the most antiracist of physicians, policy makers & researchers simply can’t.
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Next up is Joel Teitelbaum, JD talking about the intersection of policy, law & racism
First point: Structural Racism is our Nation’s Key Pre-Existing Condition
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First point: Structural Racism is our Nation’s Key Pre-Existing Condition
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Speaking at #AAP2020 Rev @CornellWBrooks starts by illustrating that #EmmettTill #TamirRice & #GeorgeFloyd are the recognized victims of police violence but that the trauma of over overpolicing is felt by whole communities & generations of children.
.@AmerAcadPeds section on Minority Health Equity & Inclusion Chair @DrHeardGarris has described this even more broadly as “vicarious racism”
Similar to secondhand smoke, vicarious racism has real impacts on child health
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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#BlackLivesMatter
Similar to secondhand smoke, vicarious racism has real impacts on child health
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
#aap2020
#BlackLivesMatter
Pediatricians have a place to help frame the story around racism & police violence’s impact on child health. @CornellWBrooks cites the impact pediatric providers had on the Supreme Court’s Brown v Board of Education decision.
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Looking forward to this talk by @BioethxMark on access to care for undocumented children in the US.
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There are ~2 million undocumented children in the US
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There are ~2 million undocumented children in the US
6 states + D.C. provide healthcare coverage for undocumented children (props to CA, NY, IL, MA, OR, WA)
#Medicaid is available for children w/special healthcare needs
33% have no healthcare access
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#Medicaid is available for children w/special healthcare needs
33% have no healthcare access
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Current options undocumented families have to access care for children:
🔹ER
🔹FQHCs
🔹Charity Care
🔹Donated Care Networks
🔹Safety Net Hospitals
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🔹ER
🔹FQHCs
🔹Charity Care
🔹Donated Care Networks
🔹Safety Net Hospitals
#AAP2020
