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Discussions on the Impact of Race on our Nation’s Health 'Race Toward Health' examines a broad range of topics connected to achieving health equity, including discussions on the impact of race on our nation’s health. This three-part series covers the basics of health equity and provides concrete suggestions to advance equity in organizations and communities. Louise Square talks to Dr. LaVeist on racism’s impact on health and how established systems produce racially differential outcomes. Resource: The Skin You’re In: https://www.tsyi.org For more information about the Health Equity council, please visit https://chronicdisease.org/page/hecouncil/ or contact Robyn Taylor at rtaylor_ic@chronicdisease.org
LaVeist and Claville continue their conversation with medical sociologist Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D., Dean of Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, as he discusses his multimedia docufilm project The Skin You're In. The docufilm tackles the Black health inequity crisis and shows what is being done from grassroots efforts in neighborhoods to the halls of academia to improve the health of African Americans, who live sicker and die younger than other American groups. http://www.TSYI.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
LaVeist and Claville talk with Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D., dean of Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, about why he led 59 of America's top Black health experts in a New York Times Op-ed urging African Americans to not fear taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. LaVeist is also co-chair of the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity TaskForce. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/opinion/covid-black-americans.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, discusses the history of disparities research, leaders in the field, his documentary series, The Skin You're In; the four disparities - health, wealth, education and criminal justice; the profession of medicine helping communities, not just the symptoms the patient presents with; and the physician of the future with Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, MACP.
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD is the Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. He is an expert in US Health and Social Policy, and the role of race in health research, among many other research focuses. Join us in this first episode as Dr. LaVeist highlights the importance of effective communication skills in leadership, particularly in building a team where everyone's ideas are not only welcomed, but necessary to the success of an organization.You can follow Dr. LaVeist on Twitter: @tlaveist
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
Moro O. Salifu, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP & Susan J. Beane, MD; Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD; Clinton D. Brown, MD, FASN, FAHA, FLNA; Simona C. Kwon, DrPH, MPH
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
How does “The Skin You’re In” play a role in your health? This week Dr. Pernessa Seele and Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D., Dean of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine discuss the burden of health that plagues African American’s, and its root cause.
Dr. Eric Ford interviews Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, in a new episode of our podcast series from Journal of Healthcare Management. Read the entire interview at www.ACHE.org/journals.