🧵1/ I find #COVIDvaccine focus groups like this fascinating. I was struck by the broad distrust of physicians in this group of reproductive-aged women...
https://twitter.com/debeaumontfndtn/status/1394354894958698499
🧵2/ I study this kind of population a lot in my #gynhealth work through #EHR medical systems data. As a social epidemiologist, it’s a cool population to study in EHR data bc so many have frequent contacts with the medical system through routine gyn and pregnancy care...
🧵 3/ So you really get a peek into a broad cross-section of the population, unlike other kinds of EHR research.
🧵 4/ But maybe those frequent interactions with the healthcare system are a double-edged sword when it comes to trust...
🧵 5/ I’ve received beautiful loving responsive obgyn care from NPs, midwives, doctors, and nurses - but I’ve also received insulting, presumptuous, and painful care as well
🧵6/ I can think of three separate occurrences - one as a teen, one in my 20s, and one during a high-risk pregnancy - when I was treated callously or poorly by an MD who was supposed to be caring for me.
🧵7/ I’m lucky. What I experienced wasn’t *that* bad. And, especially as an adult, I quickly realized that I didn’t deserve to be treated that way, and I had other options for health care. But it sticks with me.
🧵8/ (And I’m not even getting into medical billing and how traumatic it can be to receive huge bills and threats for payment for medical care. Doesn’t inspire a lot of trust.)
🧵 9/ Anyway I don’t think about it much. And I know people have much worse stories, including trans and other gender queer folks. But listening to this focus group brought it back up for me. And it made me wonder about their health care stories.
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