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Black, Asian & People of colour are disproportionately dying
Poorer health
Barriers to accessing healthcare &
Premature deaths of BME people
Are NOT a new phenomenon
This long-standing injustice & inequality
Will NOT be addressed
If we fail to acknowledge the
R-WORD
Poorer health
Barriers to accessing healthcare &
Premature deaths of BME people
Are NOT a new phenomenon
This long-standing injustice & inequality
Will NOT be addressed
If we fail to acknowledge the
R-WORD
Racism within healthcare
IS an issue
Studies show BME women more likely:
Suffer delay for chest pain treatment
Symptoms pain ignored by clinicians
Suffer incorrect diagnosis
Now I’m NOT saying drs/nurses are racist!
But we ALL have unconcious bias
Need to acknowledge
IS an issue
Studies show BME women more likely:
Suffer delay for chest pain treatmentSymptoms pain ignored by clinicians Suffer incorrect diagnosisNow I’m NOT saying drs/nurses are racist!
But we ALL have unconcious bias
Need to acknowledge
‘Racial’ health inequalities
Closely mirrors socio-economic inequalities between racialised groups
Focusing attention on a magical pill or ‘genetic differences’
Diverts attention away from what we KNOW are the underlying factors
And the policies that drive these inequalities
Closely mirrors socio-economic inequalities between racialised groups
Focusing attention on a magical pill or ‘genetic differences’
Diverts attention away from what we KNOW are the underlying factors
And the policies that drive these inequalities
We need to ask WHY
We have social economic inequality betw racialised groups
WHY does it take BME people TWICE as long to find somewhere to rent?
WHY are BME over-reliant on insecure low paid work?
WHY has govt NOT suspended policies which we know cause racial discrimination?
We have social economic inequality betw racialised groups
WHY does it take BME people TWICE as long to find somewhere to rent?
WHY are BME over-reliant on insecure low paid work?
WHY has govt NOT suspended policies which we know cause racial discrimination?
Social-economic factors have a much greater impact on health than ‘biological factors’
But Research shows that everyday discrimination & racism
Leads to cortisol & visceral fat
which predisposes:
Diabetes
heart disease
premature death
But Research shows that everyday discrimination & racism
Leads to
cortisol & visceral fatwhich predisposes:
Diabetes heart disease premature death
