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So how, can, and will
health professionals
advance health equity and
ultimately improve health outcomes
for individuals, families,
communities, and populations?
And not only nationally,
but how can we do this globally?
First thing I mentioned
this early on
is you have to be aware
of your biases,
then you have to be comfortable
with being human.
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So admitting it.
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Like I said,
I'm Angela, and I have biases.
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And so knowing that,
and when I recognize those biases,
and we're gonna talk about
the conscious
and unconscious bias, right?
And that there are ways
to move those biases
from an unconscious space
to a conscious space.
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And that's when we're able to manage
how we let them show up or not.
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So that's one thing,
self-awareness is key,
and being honest with yourself.
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Integrity is key consistency.
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And when we mess up,
even given ourselves grace,
because you will mess up
as long as you're breathing,
you will mess up, and that's okay.
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Don't assign your mess ups
to a part of your character.
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And then time and effort.
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A lot of times
people don't do this,
because it takes a lot of time
to try to transform yourself.
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Like I know I've been
a certain way my entire life.
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And so now things
have evolved to a point
where I need to evolve
with those things.
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Focusing on the fact
that every human deserves
the right to live peacefully
in this world.
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And then bias management,
management trainings.
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There are several of them.
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Some that you don't
even have to pay for.
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You can watch webinars,
podcasts, different things.
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But if you're truly serious
about this transformation,
you do need to seek out resources.
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Then allegiance to unconscious
and consistent application
of that humanitarian ethos.
We have to do that.
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When we think about as
from a nursing standpoint,
the nursing code of ethics
and from a medical standpoint,
Hippocratic Oath.
And even though I'm not a physician,
I like anything that helps
me to focus on
being a good humanitarian
and focusing on doing no
harm to a human being.
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Because again,
we think about being vulnerable
and thinking about
maintaining dignity,
then that's why whatever
tools I can gather,
and I encourage you to do the same.
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And then you have
to be an advocate.
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So lots of times,
we see things happening
not only in the world,
but in healthcare spaces,
and we don't see anything.
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Usually that's because
we're intimidated.
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You know, those power structures
and hierarchies that are set up
that and especially when
we're new into any space,
or if you're uncomfortable
in that space.
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So safety is a big piece of this,
especially psychological safety.
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When we don't feel that then we
are intimidated by speaking up.
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But from a healthcare perspective,
you have to,
have to
be able to advocate for patients.
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And when we talk about that,
it doesn't mean that if it's
not a part of your personality
to go and confront,
remember, not the person
confront the situation,
then you can go to someone else
and say what you said
but it needs to be addressed
is the biggest part of it.
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And then
you can also be an activist.
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and when I say activist,
does that mean
standing out, shout,
and protest, and with signs?
No. In terms of the
healthcare professional,
or any profession,
how do you become an activist?
What you do is get on these
councils and change policies
in a way that focuses on
humanitarianism and justice for all.
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Remember our Pledge of Allegiance.
I like to use that. One nation.
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When we talk about
one nation in this nation,
that nation includes several people
from several different places.
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So that one nation, we need to think
about it from that perspective.
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And then underguard, right.
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So if we talk about, again,
our Pledge of Allegiance,
and it says, That my main key point
of making all those statements
is that justice for all,
which also talks about or aligns
with those humanitarian principles.