As Dr. Billiouxn alluded to in “Making 2019 the Year of Public Health for Louisiana,” if systemic racism, structural poverty and structural violence in healthcare can be conceptualized, expressed and then legitimized, then the culture can be shifted significantly. Public Health successes will only impact the relative ranking of Louisiana when leaders in all economic sectors expand their partnerships to include those who speak this difficult and critical language.
Where is the innovative space to have a dialogue about these social, behavioral and environmental drivers?
I see a strong correlation between the 53.1% of respondents citingchanging and improving company culture as their top criticalchallenge and the 23.2% of respondents noting that their topcritical challenge is a lack of leadership understanding andbuy-in. - Steve Waszak