Black Health Education Collaborative
@BlackHealthEdC
History in the making: Transforming medical and health professional education to improve the health of Black communities across Canada
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'Thinking about how that plays out in the [spaces] that people are in as far as being able to be agents of change.'
Co-Founder Dr. Dr. Onye Nnorom on what she hopes people will gain from the #BlackHealthPrimer
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'I think people believe that the health, negative health outcomes [that] Black people experience, it's just because we're Black... the #BlackHealthPrimer will show them that actually, that's not the case.'
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies, Co-Founder
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The #BlackHealth Primer aims to empower learners with tools and resources to address anti-Black racism & revolutionize the Canadian healthcare system.
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#BlackHealth Matters
#ICYMI This morning, our Co-Founder Dr. Onye Nnorom (Dr. Onye Nnorom) was on Breakfast Television to talk about the #BlackHealthPrimer
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JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies Global Halifax Black Health Education Collaborative DalMedSchool Dalhousie University Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh Dr. Onye Nnorom Thank you both for speaking on such an important topic! I can’t wait to do it all again in the future to get an update on your incredible work!!
#ICYMI This morning, our Co-Founder Dr. OmiSoore Dryden (JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies) & Executive Director Prof. Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh (@sumeeyoh) spoke with Global Halifax's @EilishBonang about the #BlackHealthPrimer
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'It is our hope that the medical students, doctors, nurses, and students who are in other health fields will complete the training and be inspired to provide better quality care'
Co-founder Dr. Dr. Onye Nnorom on the #BlackHealthPrimer
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'The Public Health Agency of Canada has highlighted that ‘anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination are key drivers of health inequalities faced by diverse Black Canadian communities...''
Executive Director & Prof. Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh
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#BlackHealthPrimer 'is the thing that needs to be central in medical education across the country. So just as they would do a block learning on neurology... they would complete a block on Black health.”
Co-founder Dr. Dryden JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies
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'Even though Black people have been on this land for centuries, and anti-Black racism has been a driver of health inequities... healthcare providers have had little or no training about Black communities in Canada'
- Co-founder Dr. Dr. Onye Nnorom
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“We wanted to make sure that we were focusing on Africentric and culturally affirming care to amplify competent anti-racist practice...'
Co-founder Dr. Dryden JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies on the #BlackHealthPrimer
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Today BHEC recognizes #IDERD and celebrates that our #BlackHealthPrimer (BHP) is open for registration!
Our first cohort begins on April 29th, 2024
To learn more about registering for the BHP visit: 🔗bhec.ca/bhp
#blackhealthmatters
'There are two realities, for patients and for healthcare providers. Addressing anti-Black racism is important and hopefully the #BlackHealthPrimer will bridge this gap' Mr. Hendrick Paquette Ambroise Black Medical Students' Association of Canada McGill Medicine and Health Sciences
'There are infinite ways to liberation, expand rest now... open yourself to the ways you can find rest. Do not be limited by grind culture's narrow definition of what rest is' Professor Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh U of T Public Health Black Health Alliance #BlackHealthPrimer
'This is a lot of work and it can feel overwhelming. But we are not doing this work alone, we are doing it together. Addressing anti-Black racism can be done with collaborators & through the #BlackHealthPrimer ' Dr. OmiSoore Dryden JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies DalMedSchool