themselves. is thisjust women are told to advocate for themselves. is this just about women advocating for themselves? is there is also not about medical professionals listening? not about medical professionals listenin: ? , not about medical professionals listeninr? , ., ., listening? yes, and i would say more so. listening? yes, and i would say more so. and listening? yes, and i would say more so, and the listening? yes, and i would say more so, and the burden - listening? yes, and i would say| more so, and the burden should not be on healthcare professionals, the medical community, to change, it should not be borne by black women, by patients, ourjob is to care for people, and so really there needs to be more conversations, more policy changes, more education, and to really change and the fact the bias that is affecting black women in healthcare, so the burden really is on askers healthcare providers and physicians in healthcare providers and physicians in healthca re system t
broadly, to you, bayo curry winchell. broadly, to you, bayo curry-winchell.- broadly, to you, bayo curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a great curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a great step - curry-winchell. yes, ithink this is a great step and - this is a great step and finding ways to increase access, but we also cannot forget access, as we talk about, it is all social economics. so we have two lean into, what are we doing to invest in unconscious bias, meaning these kind of thought processes that black people don t feel as much pain as we mention, a recent study in 2016 highlighted that. so we have to of course look at expansion for certain insurance as far as medicaid, but we also know that commercial insurance, all social economics are impacted by this. so more work to be done but this is a great step. on that issue, dr kitessa, to you, are you seeing younger medical professionals learning and being trained to understand implicit bias an
that is some of the work that i do as director of our diversity and inclusion programme in my department, is educating, is having conversations, is working with people to get all of us to confront our own biases. we are human, we have biases, and it is important that we learn to understand them, to acknowledge them and that is how we can work to overcome them. and i think one of the other things that needs to happen is increased diversity in the physician workforce. 12% of the population of the united states is black, but only about 5% of physicians are black. and so it is important to have greater diversity as well. ladies, thank you both so much for being with us, dr kitessa, dr curry winchell, this is a really important conversation to have and i want to thank
and also on the faculty at the school of medicine, and dr bayo curry winchell is a medical director, physician and public health communicator based in reno, nevada. talking about how this issue should be tackled, we were hearing there from the first lady of newjersey on the issue. are those some solutions that you think could be implemented more broadly, to you, dr curry winchell. yes, i think this is a great step and finding ways to increase access but we also cannot forget with that access, as we talked about, it is all social economics. so we have to lean into, what are we doing to address unconscious bias, meaning these kind of thought processes that black people don t feel as much pain as we mentioned, a recent study in 2016 highlighted that. so we have to of course look at expansion for certain insurance as far as medicaid, but we also know that commercial insurance, all social economics are impacted by this.
dr kitessa, dr curry winchell, do stay with us, because i want to take a little look at a case study. one state focused on the mortality rate is newjersey, which previously had one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the united states, and earlier i spoke with the first lady of newjersey, who has been working to dismantle those disparities within her state. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news to talk about a topic which i know you re very focused on, and recent tragic news of the death of sprinter terry tori tori bowie has really brought attention to the learning state of maternal mortality in the united states right now, critically black women, american albina most dangerous place to be pregnant or to give birth in high income countries. now being the most. why are doctors not more focused on this? focused on this? first of all, thank you focused on this? first of all, thank you for focused on this? first of all, thank you for your focused on this? f