Flipping the Questions by Seeking What’s Good in the Community
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—What are the good things about your town? What’s working? What do you hope for? These are the sorts of questions researchers will be asking residents of Benton Harbor and other people in the 49022 ZIP code as they seek a long-term vision of...
Torture and Abuse in the Name of Medicine
Author of ‘Medical Apartheid’ Harriet Washington Explains Why African Americans, after 400 Years, Are Justly Suspicious of U.S. Medicine ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Why are many African Americans suspicious of health care professionals and institutions? What explains...
How a Health System Can Earn the Trust of African Americans
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – Medical Writer Harriet Washington has some advice for what a health care system can do to earn the trust of the Black people who come through its doors. After her online presentation Sept. 24 to the Spectrum Health Lakeland system in southwest...
How to Build Trust in a Pandemic
A Team of ‘Community Influencers’ Gave Vital Coronavirus Information to Black and Hispanic Communities BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—Early in the coronavirus pandemic, it was becoming clear that African Americans and other minorities were far more vulnerable to the virus in...Healing the Trauma of Racism
For a limited time, you can watch 'Building a Trustworthy Healthcare System: Notes from History, Ethics and Contemporary Crises' with Harriet Washington. Learn how to get involved to help overcome structural racism. https://www.spectrumhealthlakeland.org/.../past-events
We recently invited the author of ‘Medical Apartheid’ Harriet Washington to help us understand Why African Americans, after 400 Years, Are Justly Suspicious of U.S. Medicine. #MiCGR
Read on: https://lynntodman.org/torture-and-abuse-in-the-name-of.../
How to build trust through community influencers. https://lynntodman.org/how-to-build-trust-in-a-pandemic/
% of registered voters who say it “really matters” who wins the presidential election
2000 50%
2004 67%
2008 63%
2012 63%
2016 74%
2020 83%
-Pew
