Healthcare Disparities in IBD
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt's a misconception that inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, does not affect minorities. This limited series explores how the healthcare system is underserving minority and LGBTQ patients with IBD.
Physicians, industry, and legislators need to understand how inequalities affect the IBD community and what needs to be done to improve patient care.
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Episodes
Where to Invest Money
May 17, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. One of the barriers to addressing disparities is money. It's an unfortunate fact that the healthcare system in the United States is intertwined with money. In some cases, access to care and other equity issues might be solved by putting some funding towards the problems. That's why I aske...
We Have to Invest in the Health Wealth of Our Nation With Brooke Abbott
May 10, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. Healthcare is political. That's why it's important to push legislators to ensure care is available and accessible to all patients, regardless of their socioeconomic status. Brooke Abbott, of the Crazy Creole Mommy Chronicles and co-founder of IBDMoms helps illustrate the aspects of public...
I Wanted People to Know That They're Not Alone With Fasika Shimeles Teferra, MD
May 03, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MBInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. IBD is still considered rare in some parts of the world, but incidence is increasing. Fasika Shimeles Teferra, MD of Ethiopia describes her journey to a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease. Being a medical doctor, she has been able to make connections in order to help other IBD patients in her c...
I'm Letting You In With Cedric Pulliam, PhD
April 26, 2021 04:00 - 39 minutes - 44.7 MBInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. What is it like to not have anyone on your medical team that looks like you or understands your concerns? The diversity of the human experience is often not reflected in the healthcare system. In fact, there's little research into some areas of IBD, including the experience of LGBTQIA+ pa...
I Want Someone Who's Going to Understand Where I'm Coming From With Selvi Vasudevan, MD
April 19, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 75.2 MBInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. Nutrition is a major component of managing digestive disease. Yet people living with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or indeterminate colitis may not be offered access to help managing their diet. Dr Selvi Vasudevan, founder of Dr Selvi's Keys to Ease Crohn's, discusses her Crohn's...
You Have to Genuinely and Authentically Connect With Leaders in This Space With Melodie Narain Blackwell
April 12, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutes - 39.9 MBInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects people from all ethnic and cultural groups. In this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds. Why do women of color encounter so many barriers when accessing care? Where are the spaces for black and brown patients to share their knowledge, experiences, and support around Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and other immune-mediated and autoimmune conditions? Melodie Narain-Blac...
These Disparities Have Been Going on for a Very Long Time With Dr Aline Charabaty
April 05, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this limited series, we'll explore how inequalities in the healthcare system affect people from diverse backgrounds who live with IBD. Why is there a lack of people of diverse backgrounds who live with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis represented in clinical trials? Why are there so many barriers for people of color in accessing IBD care? Dr Aline Charabaty, Director of the IBD Center at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital and founder of Monday Night IBD on Twitter discusses t...
Healthcare Disparities in IBD: We Can Do Better
March 29, 2021 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.97 MBInflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, which includes Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and indeterminate colitis, was previously thought of as a Western disease. IBD was also thought to mainly affect White people and people of Jewish heritage in developed countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK. However, these demographics are changing, and IBD is now considered a global disease.[1] A harmful and pervasive misconception is that IBD does not affect people of various...