Health Inequalities Amongst Ethnic Minorities

In this episode, Ferdouse speaks to Shoba Poduval about health inequalities among ethnic minorities – including childbirth and mental health treatment – and wonders how digital technology could help the situation. Shoba is a GP and clinical academic in UCL’s eHealth unit where she spends her time developing and evaluating digital health services. Shoba has recently completed a secondment at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, London region - a part of the Department of Health and Social Care - where she undertook research to support the development of a strategic framework for addressing ethnic health inequalities through an anti-racist health lens. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/healthcare-engineering/health-handbasket-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-07-19 Duration: 00:30:09 Language of episode: English Presenter: Ferdouse Akhter Guests: Shoba Poduval Producer: Cerys Bradley; Alice Hardy