Talking, in Black and White
Health Officer Britten Says Candid Talk about Race Can Spark Empathy and Action to Fix Health Inequities BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Most adults in the U.S. probably know about “The Talk” black parents have with their teenage sons. This is the protective advice designed to...
Closing ‘The Death Gap’
Chicago Epidemiologist Coaches Michigan Healthcare System on How to Confront the Health Effects Bred by Structural Racism BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Dr. David Ansell likes to say he practiced internal medicine for decades along “one street” but in “two worlds.” The street...
Hospitals Have Many Tools for Making Communities Healthier
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – The slide on the screen in the auditorium shows a young black male. Dr. David Ansell says he is 16, lives on the West Side of Chicago and has only about a 50 percent chance of living to age 65. Why is that? Ansell asks. If you suspect gun...
What Can We Do?
Harvard sociologist David Williams offered many ways people can fight back against institutional racism and implicit bias and make a healthier social environment for all people. His suggestions range from little daily acts to big reforms. Among them: TREAT OTHERS...A Psychiatric Nurse and Public Health Professor React to Williams’ Presentations
Linnea is a psychiatric nurse for Lakeland Health system. What Harvard sociologist David Williams said in his July 10 morning presentation in St. Joseph, Mich., shook her up and opened her eyes to her own racial prejudices. Sherine R. Brown-Fraser is chair of the...Healing the Trauma of Racism
The life expectancy gap between Chicago's Streeterville and Englewood neighborhoods tells a powerful story:
https://t.co/n9DpILhGew
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
