Systemic Racism Adds Another Layer of Trauma for Many People; Therapist Calls it ‘A Public Health Crisis’
By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Tasha Turner is in a position to know a lot about the pain of stress and trauma. As a program director, Turner, a psychotherapist, directs trauma-informed initiatives for Lakeland Health, the health care system that serves...
What Racism Does to the Body
What Racism Does to the Body Medical Science Is Solving a Mystery for a Physician Who Wondered for Years What Was Happening to Her Patients By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – For years Dr. Pat Rush kept confronting a troubling mystery: Why did so many patients she...
Chronic Racism is Itself a Killer
Chronic Racism is Itself a Killer Lakeland Health Embarks on 3-year ‘Conversation’ to Help a Racially Polarized Community Understand the Latest Science By TED HARTZELL ST. JOSEPH, Mich.— Lynn Todman is serious about getting a message to the doctors, other front-line...
An Eye-Opening Moment
An Eye-Opening Moment How a Foundation and Health System Teamed Up to Fight the Local Scourge of High Rates of Disease, Early Death for Blacks By TED HARTZELL ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — “Lynn, it’s too much. Too many people are dying around Benton Harbor.” Lynn Todman...Healing the Trauma of Racism
Lessons from a Black Man and a White Intruder https://t.co/cfDir6QE5x
So excited to be a part of this collaboration! Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Lynn Todman a Culture of Health Leaderhttps://lynntodman.org/a-diverse-team-from-25-states%EF%BB%BF/
Poverty plays role in DNA structure changes, study involving Northwestern professor finds https://t.co/jKy0beuikq
Population Health Executive Director Lynn Todman says the health disparities in Berrien Country are staggering.https://t.co/cOQhJJfnfB
Does racism affect pregnancy? https://t.co/IlnvUe9BXa
