Commonwealth Fund October 4, 2024
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Systemic inequities shape the health journeys of many Black Americans, determining their burden of disease and average life expectancy
On The Dose, NAACP’s Chris Pernell discusses her work on health equity and the structures that need to be disrupted and innovated to build a more inclusive health system
Moving the needle on health care access and health disparities is no easy task. Inequities for people of color are embedded in the U.S. health system, shaping their health care journeys and often leading to outcomes worse than those experienced by white Americans.
That’s where Dr. Chris Pernell, director of NAACP’s Center for Health Equity, comes in. “Sometimes you got to make those systems bend, and other times you got to...
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