A community health worker and residents stand at the entry of a patient’s home. The patient is a 62-year old woman, who lives alone and has been experiencing paralysis on the right side of her body. “How are you doing today, ma’am?” the resident asks. “I’ve been better. Having some difficulty getting out of the… Read more »
Mrs. Alvarez, an 83-year-old woman recovering from total hip replacement surgery, speaks very little English. When staff at the skilled nursing facility where she’s recovering try to help her stand or ask if she’s in pain, confusion grows on both sides as gestures replace clear verbal communication. One morning, she reaches for a small hand-held… Read more »
Dr. Hijab Zubairi, MD, MPH, Co-Director of the Health Equity and Advocacy Pathway at UCLA, identified a problem: a lack of housing can create distrust between unhoused people and medical professionals due to distance and prior trauma. Her response, a medical home—a clinic that provides urgent and primary care services for the unhoused—provides a crucial… Read more »
In April, our team had the opportunity to visit One Brooklyn Health (OBH) and witness firsthand how they are training residents to provide patient-centered and responsive care. Supported by the Building Trust: Advancing Health Equity program, the project team has worked with community partners and a teaching and advisory team to develop a thoughtful health… Read more »
Building trust with communities that have historically had reason to distrust the health care system can be a perplexing task: Where to start? With a grant through the Building Trust: Advancing Health Equity Grant Program, Claudia Fotzeu Toukam, MD, MPH, FACP and Darra Edwards, PharmD, MSOL/HCM have led an innovative initiative designed to provide health… Read more »
