Black health matters

When COVID-19 first appeared, some said it was the great equalizer. But the facts quickly revealed a grim reality: COVID-19 disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, poor and racialized communities. Roberta K. Timothy, assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, joins us to talk about her global research project, Black Health Matters, and why racial justice is a public health matter.Show notes: https://theconversation.com/black-health-matters-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-5-155950Full transcript: https://theconversation.com/black-health-matters-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-5-transcript-156090Black Health Matters survey:https://blackhealthmatterscovid19.caRelated articles:5 ways to address internalized white supremacy and its impact on healthhttps://theconversation.com/5-ways-to-address-internalized-white-supremacy-and-its-impact-on-health-152667Many Black Americans aren’t rushing to get the COVID-19 vaccine – a long history of medical abuse suggests whyhttps://theconversation.com/many-black-americans-arent-rushing-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine-a-long-history-of-medical-abuse-suggests-why-152368ICYMI:Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data (April 2020)https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-discriminates-against-black-lives-through-surveillance-policing-and-the-absence-of-health-data-135906Coronavirus is not the great equalizer — race matters (April 2020)https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-is-not-the-great-equalizer-race-matters-133867COVID-19 is hitting black and poor communities the hardest, underscoring fault lines in access and care for those on margins (April 2020)https://theconversation.com/covid-19-is-hitting-black-and-poor-communities-the-hardest-underscoring-fault-lines-in-access-and-care-for-those-on-margins-135615Racism impacts your health (February 2018)https://theconversation.com/racism-impacts-your-health-841124 ways to close the COVID-19 racial health gap (December 2020)https://theconversation.com/4-ways-to-close-the-covid-19-racial-health-gap-149426Join The Conversation about this podcast:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationCA  #DontCallMeResilientInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationdotcomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConversationCanadaNewsletter: https://theconversation.com/ca/newsletters/Contact us: [email protected]