Randevyn Pierre discusses “Black Healthcare Hesitancy and Its Impact Profile 103: Our Body Is (Nothing and Everything)”
“My grandmother was resistant to her food being heated up on a metal plate. Today, most of us don’t even think twice about warming our dinner in a microwave. Change is slow, but it is constant and inevitable. We will get there.”
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia dives into “Access to Medicines, Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic with Medical Anthropologist and Health Equity Advocate Sarai Keestra”
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia talks to medical anthropologist and medical doctor-to-be Sarai Keestra to discuss a pertinent interdisciplinary issue of our time, access to medicines.
Ryan Sutherland, MPH, investigates restrictions on blood donation for men who have sex with men
Since the 1980s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has maintained restrictive policies preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood. Are these restrictions discriminatory or based on science?
Ryan Sutherland, MPH, discusses the Biden Administration’s Reinstatement of Transgender Health Protections
The Biden administration overturned a Trump-era policy to align the definition of “sex” in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act to again include sexual orientation and gender identity in addition to biological sex. How does this protect transgender health?
Randevyn Pierre discusses “Black Healthcare Hesitancy and Its Impact Profile 102: The Brown Paper Bag”
“I used to see my mother and grandmother get these brown paper bags full of medications thrown at them. I was sitting there trying to help my mother read and understand them.”
Ryan Sutherland, MPH, discusses the importance of patent waivers on COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution
Do patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccines really increase production and distribution?
Randevyn Pierre discusses “Black healthcare hesitancy and its impact profile 101: The Best Doctor”
“There are members of the Black community who find it difficult, at best, to believe that reversing age-old systematic oppression and trauma in healthcare is a top priority of our government.”
Ryan Sutherland, MPH, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on undocumented immigrants
How has the pandemic impacted undocumented immigrants?
Randevyn Pierre’s Podcast Review of Black Healthcare Hesitancy and Its Impact: Profile 101
Listen to the radio show-style break down of our conversation around Black health and its historically relevant trust-related barriers over coffee.
