Primary Health Care Inequities

Inner-city populations remain at high-risk for poor health outcomes, and premature death due to preventable diseases and en- vironmental factors associated with known socioeconomic and primary health care inequities. In many of these communities COVID-19 spreads at faster rates than other communities. We will take a look at inner city communities in and around Baltimore and ask the questions: Where are we in the midst of COVID 19 and what is the outlook for tomorrow? How do we positively impact health outcomes at the individual, family and community level looking at population health management, standards of care, and selfcare. Profound Conversations is a moderated discussion with a question and answer segment for listeners to contribute thoughts and seek guidance.Show Topics and HighlightsWhat about the coronavirus is having the greatest impact on communities? Are certain people truly essential workers, or are they sacrificial?“Some cities are doing a good job of getting data and tracking who’s been impacted by the coronavirus, how are poor neighborhoods in Baltimore reacting?”You’ve got to go to those places that are ugly.It doesn’t matter how wealthy you are if your lungs are collapsing.“We have systems set up to advantage one group over another.”We need to keep allowing community leader to share their struggles and their successes. There needs to be an outlet for community voices.“I care because I was raised in an environment  where I was always taking care of somebody and I learned to enjoy it early on. So essentially, what I'm doing is an outgrowth of environment I was lucky enough to grow up in and I want other people to have an environment that has something of beauty in it, even though the circumstances may be quite dire.” Profound Conversations Executive Producers are the Muslim Life Planning Institute, a national community building organization whose mission is to establish pathways to lifelong learning and healthy communities at the local, national and global level.   MLPN.lifeThe Profound Conversations podcast is produced by Erika Christie www.ErikaChristie.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.