Written By: Markian Hawryluk From KHN Shaunti Meyer, a certified nurse-midwife and medical director at STRIDE Community Health Center in Colorado, doesn’t usually disclose her sexual orientation to patients. But at times it feels appropriate. After telling a transgender patient that she is a lesbian, Meyer learned the woman had …
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In the United States, just 5 percent of active Physicians are Black and only 2 percent are Black women. Research shows patient-provider racial and gender concordance has many benefits. A Black female patient receiving care from a Black female Doctor has more trust, better communication and shared medical decision-making. In …
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The infant mortality rate in the United States is more than twice as high for Black infants as it is for white infants. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10.8 deaths per 1,000 live births compared with 4.6 per 1,000 as of 2018. Studies are beginning to …
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