Community Engagement is the 'final mile' for Public Health practitioners. Helmets, seat belts and smoking cessation would not be commonplace without grassroots activism.
Currently, one of our greatest challenges
is the chronic and pervasive negative impact of social determinants of health. All medical sciences have demonstrated racial
and ethnic injustice in healthcare by showing statistically significant disparities
in healthcare outcomes. Now, the nation
must act. Not by arguing that these
findings are proof of genetic racial inferiority (‘nothing can be done’), but
by beginning educational, safe and honest dialogues across the healthcare delivery
sector.
Let’s talk about community engagement,
participatory design of policy and system-wide enforcement of the right to a
long healthy life, liberty to access quality care, and the pursuit of wellness.
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