Episode Details

CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series

Episode 14: Race, Place, and Health: Clinician and Community Perspectives

Show Notes by Alec Calac

February 15th, 2022

Summary: This episode highlights how racism manifests in the built environment, and how community and individual-level efforts can mitigate these inequities. This discussion is the second of three planned conversations around the connections between race, place, and health. Our latest episode welcomes first-time guests Dr. Eugenia South, a physician-scientist and Vice Chair for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Noelle Warford, Executive Director of the grassroots organization Urban Tree Connection. Hosted by team members Naomi Fields and LaShyra Nolen,our guests present their community-based work in Pennsylvania and lay bare the connections between race, place, and health.

Episode Learning Objectives:

After listening to this episode, learners will be able to…

1. Understand the historical and present-day role of land dispossession and property rights in determining health along lines of race and place.
2. Learn how advancing individual agency and distributive justice can empower community organizers and initiatives.
3. Understand the factors that promote and inhibit long-term resiliency and sustainability of place-based initiatives.
4. Learn how we can reimagine health by decolonizing wealth and philanthropy in modern society.
    

Credits

• Written and produced by: Naomi F. Fields, LaShyra Nolen, Rohan Khazanchi, MPH, Michelle Ogunwole, MD, Alec Calac, Victor Lopez Carmen, MPH, Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH, Jennifer Tsai MD, MEd, Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Chioma Onuoha, Dereck Paul, MD, MS, Ayana Watkins, Jazzmin Williams

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