by Camille Lloyd and Whitney DuPree
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Black Historical past Month, we on the Gallup Middle on Black Voices look ahead to honoring the triumphs, contributions and struggles of Black individuals in U.S. historical past. As the worldwide pandemic enters its third 12 months, this 12 months’s deal with well being and wellness offers a possibility to honor our previous, have a good time our achievements and press for progress.
Frankly, we won’t speak about well being and wellness with out additionally speaking about Black historical past — a narrative of battle, overcoming, trauma, resilience, exploitation and pleasure. It is a story of racial disparities in healthcare entry and high quality, and the involuntary sacrifices made by Henrietta Lacks and lots of others. On the similar time, we take nice satisfaction within the quite a few medical breakthroughs from Dr. Charles Richard Drew to Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and the contributions we proceed to make.
Whereas we have now made nice progress, there stays a lot to do. Well being and wellbeing are one of many key pillars of our analysis on the Gallup Center on Black Voices. This month, we’ll current our newest findings on this space, together with the Black expertise with the U.S. healthcare system and the state of Black People’ well being and wellbeing. We’re targeted on reviewing historic traits but in addition highlighting how present circumstances could be improved.
We all know that representation in the workplace advantages the work lives of Black staff, however how does illustration in healthcare impression affected person experiences and, by extension, affected person life outcomes? And what does a lack of illustration imply for Black People in total well being and wellbeing? We look ahead to sharing our insights on these questions with you this month.
We encourage you to go to our website all through February, the place we’ll showcase our newest findings on Black People’ well being and wellbeing, and to subscribe to keep up with all of our ongoing research and insights on the views and experiences of Black People.
Camille Lloyd is the Director of the Gallup Middle on Black Voices.
Whitney DuPree is the Affiliate Director of the Gallup Middle on Black Voices.