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Messages like this are my reminder of important it is to create content about healthcare disparities!
In the United States, a patient's race used to be taken into account in the evaluation of their kidney disease.
For Black patients a multiplier was added to the Glomerular Filtration Rate that increased a patient's GFR.
Studies showed that the calculation potentially overestimated GFR in some patients, making it less likely for treatments to be recommended to Black patients as compared non-Black patients.
One study estimated that 3.3 million more Black Americans would have been diagnosed with a higher stage of chronic kidney disease.
Thankfully, a new equation has now been created AND as of January 2023 if you were a Black patient that had the race adjusted GFR equation, you have the potential to now have your wait-time adjusted. #racialbiasinmedicine #healthcare #joelbervell #medicine #doctor #healthequity #series #publichealh #stem #gfr #kidney #hiddenhistory #stem
In the United States, a patient's race used to be taken into account in the evaluation of their kidney disease.
For Black patients a multiplier was added to the Glomerular Filtration Rate that increased a patient's GFR.
Studies showed that the calculation potentially overestimated GFR in some patients, making it less likely for treatments to be recommended to Black patients as compared non-Black patients.
One study estimated that 3.3 million more Black Americans would have been diagnosed with a higher stage of chronic kidney disease.
Thankfully, a new equation has now been created AND as of January 2023 if you were a Black patient that had the race adjusted GFR equation, you have the potential to now have your wait-time adjusted. #racialbiasinmedicine #healthcare #joelbervell #medicine #doctor #healthequity #series #publichealh #stem #gfr #kidney #hiddenhistory #stem
September is Pain Awareness Month and I think itβs important to recognize the ways that pain biases can be perpetuated. This image is from a nursing textbook called "A Concept-Based Approach to Learning" that was released in 2015. On the page about acute and chronic pain, it uses stereotypes to describe (without evidence) how to understand a patientβs pain based on their ethnic background. It's another example of how harmful beliefs get perpetuated in a system.
In 2017, Pearson apologized and changed future versions of the book. But how many nurses were exposed to these stereotypes before attention was brought to it? #painawareness #painbias #medicine #joelbervell #healthcare #medicine #racialbias #nursing
In 2017, Pearson apologized and changed future versions of the book. But how many nurses were exposed to these stereotypes before attention was brought to it? #painawareness #painbias #medicine #joelbervell #healthcare #medicine #racialbias #nursing
Woke up to today and found out that I made the Forbes Under 30 List for Seattle!!
It has truly been such a surreal experience creating content about healthcare disparities and the overlooked stories in medicine. I couldnβt ever have fathomed that the information would resonate with so many people, yet here we are!
Thank you to everyone for recognizing the importance of the work, amplifying it, and helping to make sure necessary information about healthcare disparities is available to everyone! Onwards and upwards.
#ForbesUnder30Local #30under30 #changemakers #forbesmagazine #joelbervell #blacktiktok #tiktokpartner
It has truly been such a surreal experience creating content about healthcare disparities and the overlooked stories in medicine. I couldnβt ever have fathomed that the information would resonate with so many people, yet here we are!
Thank you to everyone for recognizing the importance of the work, amplifying it, and helping to make sure necessary information about healthcare disparities is available to everyone! Onwards and upwards.
#ForbesUnder30Local #30under30 #changemakers #forbesmagazine #joelbervell #blacktiktok #tiktokpartner
Today is World Drowning Prevention Day. Studies show that in the United States, Black children are significantly more likely to drown than white children. Letβs revisit history to understand the stereotype that βBlack people canβt swimβ and uncover the truth. #swimming #pool #disparity #publichealth #sports #myth #drowningprevention
Meet Felicia Jackson! A few weeks ago, I met Felicia, the inventor and owner of a device called CPRWrap. I was so inspired by her story I told her I had to create a video about what sheβs up to.
After Feliciaβs toddler stopped breathing and needed CPR, she decided to create a device that could help anyone give CPR in a momentβs notice. CPRWrap is a disposable CPR template that protects and guides anyone who is giving CPR. And the mission is to make sure that this device gets into the communities that need it the most. Studies show that Black and Latino populations are 41% less likely to receive CPR from bystanders. The hope is that anyone can save a life with CPRWrap. Pretty incredible! #cprwrap #cprtraining #healthcare #medicine #inventor
After Feliciaβs toddler stopped breathing and needed CPR, she decided to create a device that could help anyone give CPR in a momentβs notice. CPRWrap is a disposable CPR template that protects and guides anyone who is giving CPR. And the mission is to make sure that this device gets into the communities that need it the most. Studies show that Black and Latino populations are 41% less likely to receive CPR from bystanders. The hope is that anyone can save a life with CPRWrap. Pretty incredible! #cprwrap #cprtraining #healthcare #medicine #inventor
I made a #medicalracism Smarter in Seconds episode with the one and only @Blair Imani ! Make sure to share this video and follow her for incredible educational content.
Medical racism refers to systemic biases and discriminatory practices that impact the health outcomes of minoritized communities. These biases and practices have deadly consequences including the alarmingly high rate of Black maternal mortality.
False and racist beliefs like "Black people feel less pain," go all the way back to the 1700s as racist pseudoscientists worked to justify the unjustifiable: slavery and colonization. In the end, they settled on making things up and those made up things are still pervasive in today's healthcare system.
You don't have to be a medical student or a doctor to care about this.
Medical racism refers to systemic biases and discriminatory practices that impact the health outcomes of minoritized communities. These biases and practices have deadly consequences including the alarmingly high rate of Black maternal mortality.
False and racist beliefs like "Black people feel less pain," go all the way back to the 1700s as racist pseudoscientists worked to justify the unjustifiable: slavery and colonization. In the end, they settled on making things up and those made up things are still pervasive in today's healthcare system.
You don't have to be a medical student or a doctor to care about this.