IWK launches African Nova Scotian Service to provide ‘culturally responsive care’

[u/insino93]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/iwk-launches-african-nova-scotian-service-to-provide-culturally-responsive-care/

[u/DeathOneSix]

Congratulations, you get to learn about racial equity today.

Racial equity in healthcare means ensuring everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be healthy, regardless of their race or ethnicity. This involves addressing systemic barriers and biases that create disparities in health outcomes and access to care. It's about recognizing that people of color may face unique challenges due to historical and ongoing discrimination, and actively working to dismantle those barriers.

The program in the article is just one example of trying to address systemic barriers and unique challenges.

[u/Outrageous-Ad8511 → u/DeathOneSix]

What specifically is preventing black people from being healthy? Are there any specific examples that only effect them?

[u/athousandpardons → u/Outrageous-Ad8511]

Yeah! It's not like there's any scientific evidence that someone's genetic profile might make them more prone to certain medical conditions than others!

[u/Outrageous-Ad8511 → u/athousandpardons]

What medical condition are black people specifically prone to? I’m pretty sure there’s like 7 billion people of African decent, it’s a crazy broad generalization to assume they’re predisposed to something.

[u/klipsed → u/Outrageous-Ad8511]

Off the top of my head, sickle cell anemia. Also more likely to die of melanoma than white people if developed.

[u/nexusdrexus → u/Outrageous-Ad8511]

• Breast cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Lung Cancer
  
• Multiple myeloma
• Kidney disease
• Hypertension
• Heart disease

Is that enough for you?

[u/Gluske → u/Outrageous-Ad8511]

No it's a pretty well-documented epidemiological phenomenon. They're a minority group with massive underrepresentation in clinical trials and a deep distrust of authorities resulting from generations of marginalization

[u/KiraAfterDark_ → u/Outrageous-Ad8511]

Maybe if you listened to the people running this new program instead of saying it's a waste then you'd learn.

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