Epidemiologist (infect disease - @HarvardChanSPH), interested in racism+health+modeling, teacher (@BC_CSON), storyteller, + mama
Apr 5, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I am a high-achieving WOC in academic medicine. I am almost 9 months postpartum. I had my annual physical with my PCP today. I confided that I felt everything was a bit dull/sad lately. I asked for advice on who I could talk to to feel more like myself. Here's what happened (🧵):
PCP said: "Not everything is like a baby commercial, things won't always be happy and clean. It'll get better."
When modeling STI spread some of the hardest parameters to find REAL and ACCURATE data on are sexual behavior parameters. In particular we have little info on HOW people choose their partners. (1/)
Most studies aiming to understand HOW people choose partners ask about preferences... but these answers can be biased - and so is the resulting info. So we sought to objectively observe partner selection in an online setting to inform partner selection in the real world. (2/)