Redressing Racism in US Health Care

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Inequities and racism continue to exist within the U.S. health care system and profoundly impact Black communities. It’s a complex history that’s often misunderstood. Sanjay will interview Dr. Leon McDougle, president of the National Medical Association. Dr. McDougle is an expert in racial disparities in health care and will discuss the organization’s history and how the past can shine some light on the challenges of reaching Black Americans with the COVID-19 vaccine. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The most important question I think you'd agree is you went to both Ohio State and Michigan.
0:06.2	Yes.
0:07.2	So where do your allegiance is?
0:08.9	Why?
0:09.9	I am a buckeye.
0:12.2	You know that I'm a Wolverine through and through, don't you?
0:15.6	That's Dr. Lehan McDougall.
0:17.7	He's a buckeye's fan, which I'm not going to hold against him.
0:20.9	He's a professor of family medicine and the chief diversity officer at the Ohio State
0:25.6	University Wexner Medical Center.
0:28.2	He's also the president of the National Medical Association.
0:32.1	That's the country's oldest and largest professional association representing African American physicians
0:37.8	and their patients.
0:39.4	Dr. McDougall's work is focused on eliminating racial disparities in healthcare.
0:44.5	At a time when black Americans are disproportionately getting sick and dying from COVID-19, Dr. McDougall's
0:50.4	work has never been more important.
0:53.1	They suggest black Americans are also more hesitant to get the vaccine than other racial
0:58.3	and ethnic groups in the country.
1:00.3	That's not a surprise.
1:01.5	The hesitancy goes back to centuries of mistreatment by doctors and a general distrust of the US
1:07.4	healthcare system.
1:10.7	As you probably know, one of the most infamous studies that contribute to this hesitancy
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