Health Equity
Dr. Garfield Clunie: Stress in America
Transcript: I think that one of the issues with gun violence in America is that there’s too much access to guns. And I think what happens is mental illness is not really paid attention to as much as it should be by the medical profession, because I think insurance and access is a big issue....
Dr. Adonteng Kwakye: Building Trust Between Doctors and Patients
Transcript: I think that when we discuss clinical trials, it’s important because that’s how we advance medicine. Unfortunately, what is combated with underrepresented minorities is that there’s a level of distrust because we have proven that in American history, that when we had that opportunity to really help someone, especially our population, there was abuse...
Dr. Deborah Dorsett: Successfully Navigating the Healthcare System
Transcript: My name is Deborah Dorsett. I am board-certified in emergency medicine and I practice in the Detroit area. I have practiced at large faculty academic institutions such as Henry Ford, Detroit as well as Detroit Receiving, as well as in smaller communities and rural communities throughout Michigan. In my populations, it’s generally been more...
Dr. Roger A Mitchell Jr.: Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
My name is Dr. Roger A Mitchell Jr. I’m a forensic pathologist. I’ve been practicing for nearly 20 years. I’ve been inspired because I found that there was a disparity in violence within the communities that I served. I was a forensic pathologist for the FBI got exposed to forensic medicine while I was in...
Dr. Greg Williams: Podiatry Education in Medical School
There should be a course, just on diabetic foot infections. Since diabetes is affecting the feet more than any other part of the body, we need to be able to correlate that as far as we’re dealing with diabetes, and what can happen as far as for eyesight, loss of vision, what can happen with...
Dr. Julianne Adams Birt: Advocating for Women's Health
Transcript: The most important thing is to be an advocate. To be an advocate, not only for yourselves, and like I said, being an entrepreneur, owning my own practice. Of course, I’m speaking up for my practice. But speaking up for each and every patient. I’ll tell you, when I first moved into that community...
Dr. Julianne Adams Birt : Reproductive Justice
Transcript: My name is Dr. Julianne Adams Birt. And I am an OB-GYN. I practice in Conyers, which is outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and here at the National Medical Association I actually serve as chair of the Women’s Council. The council on concerns of Women. So when you asked me the question, how does health...
Dr. Rodney Hood Discusses: Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder
Transcript: Hi. My name is Dr. Rodney Hood. I’m a physician of Internal Medicine. I’ve been in practice in San Diego for over 40 years and I served as the National Medical Association president in the year 2000. My theme at that time was racism in medicine, and how the impact of the past and...
Navigating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnant African-American Women
Medically reviewed by Dr. Shani S. Saks, D.O. on August 2, 2023 African-American Women have significantly higher pregnancy complication rates than White women. Maternal mortality rates among AAW are three times higher than for White women due to poor healthcare access, structural and medical racism, and resultant stresses. The presence of inflammatory bowel disease in...
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