Social Determinants of Health and Resiliency

In this episode of Delusional Optimism, Dr. B talks about the importance of building resiliency by infusing protective factors in all communities. She explains the current disparities that exist between the African American community and the white American culture and why we need to own our privilege based on our skin color.

Listen in to learn how you can take responsibility and make an individual change by learning more history about other cultures. 

“It doesn’t take much effort or even funding, it requires knowledge and a willingness to learn how to implement these kinds of innovative strategies and policies into human resources.” [21:22]

What You Will Learn:

[0:32] Intro
[1:20] The insensitive threat from the president against the Juneteenth holiday to instill fear and anger to people of color.
[6:33] How the Coronavirus has shed light on the disparities between the African American community and the dominating culture of white Americans.
[10:43] The protective factors that led to more resilience in the past and today. Why we need to own up to some privilege that we have, based on our skin color.
[13:12] How to integrate all protective factors across all communities and children to foster resilience and make things better for all of us.
[16:59] Ways in which we can offer protective factors to children.
[18:07] The importance of a loving, attuned, and supportive relationship.
[19:23] How to build protective factors in the education and curriculum sector.
[20:10] The importance of building protective factors into our social service system and healthcare.
[22:00] How you can be part of the change by acknowledging social injustices and learning history.

Relevant Links:

Website: https://www.drbconnections.com/

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