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Defining Health Equity - From the People On the Frontlines
Health Equity is a complicated and huge problem for all of us, not just the people suffering from poor health as a result of many issues that may be out of their control - where they live, genetic history, or cultural differences that make it difficult to navigate our healthcare system. This Podcast series will explain what Health Equity (or Health IN-Equity) is all about by using words, examples, and stories so everyone can understand this complicated problem. And based on what we learned about COVID, it is in everyone's best interest to be concerned about the health of everyone in this country to prevent another healthcare pandemic.
Defining Health Equity - From the People On the Frontlines
Defining Health Equity with Dr. David Olawuyi Fakunle, “Mercenary for Change," and Assistant Professor, Public Health, Morgan State University School of Community Health & Policy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida Center for Arts in Medi
Dr. Fakunle opens his heart and vast personal experiences in this episode to discuss stressors within the "built" environment, societal manifestations of racism, and the use of arts and culture to strengthen health, equity, and ultimately, liberation. Among many affiliations, Dr. Fakunle is co-founder and CEO of DiscoverME/RecoverME, an organization that utilizes the African oral tradition to empower use of storytelling for healing and growth, serves as Executive Director of WombWork Productions, a Baltimore-based social change performing arts company, and serves as Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the first state-level commission in the U.S. dedicated to chronicling and bringing justice to racial terror lynchings.
Find out more about David Olawuyi Fakunle, Ph.D. here, and be sure to watch this.
David Chernov is a healthcare leader with over 30 years of experience, a founding member, and the former Executive Director of a multi-health system coalition. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for spearheading the funding, development, and execution of organizational policies to support multiple grants funded by federal and state agencies including the CDC, HRSA, and the state of Maryland.
Contact or comments (+/-) about this podcast to David Chernov at dchernov@maconsultingco.com, text 301-788-2237, or visit our website at defininghealthequity.buzzsprout.com