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This blog serves to educate the public on disparities in the healthcare system. Our team of blog writers selects topics that would be of both interest to healthcare professionals and the general public to inform, provide insight and spark change.
Multidimensional Health
September 30th, 2020 Health is not one dimensional. There are diverse intricacies that greatly influence how your health is affected. Some of these intricacies come from health determinants and upstream factors. This post will address many social determinants of health such as socioeconomic status, family life, friends, community, and much more. When thinking of disparities in healthcare, people may not automatically think of the social determinants of health. While they seem to indirectly affect health outcomes, they actually have a very direct effect.
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Weight Bias in Healthcare
September 14th, 2020 Weight bias in healthcare has both physical and emotion negative impacts on the patients who experience it. Despite this, it is still an occurrence within the medical field, with medical students and health care providers stereotyping patients with obesity as being lazy, unintelligent, and less likely to comply with the treatment plan and medications. In order to end weight bias and better support patients with obesity, future and current healthcare providers must address and correct their own biases towards weight.
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