Black Communities and Healthcare | Diversity Within
Welcome Back & Happy BLACK HISTORY MONTH! For the month of February, I would like to highlight Black Communities and Healthcare. I will unpack ways a clinician can better engage this population. In today’s video, I discuss the diversity that you will find in the black community. Like any racial/ethnic or cultural group, the black community is mulit-dimensional and each patient encounter should be addressed as case by case and not as the collective. I hope after this month, you will gain a better understanding of this unique population and as always, thank you for your support!
3 Takeaways are:
Understand the multidimensional diversity that is within the black community
With any unique groups of people there is nuance. There is different levels of socioeconomic status, education, support and resources
Avoid blanket statements or ideals that speak of the collective and not the individual
Broaden our view of the black community past the American lens
Black people populate more areas in the world than just America and with that comes more cultures, beliefs and customs. The black community is considered a diasporic community meaning that at some point there was a scattering across the globe and the people reside in the land that is not their country of origin or ancestry. Stay tuned because I am going to unpack this more later in the month.
To hear more about the above takeaways, watch my recent YouTube video where I discuss the diversity within the black community!
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