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10) Self-education should be encouraged on the range of issues concerning racism and health.
Individuals should be encouraged to have more friends who are people of color and listen to
them/share experiences. They should gain awareness of the systemic challenges to healthcare
and the structure of the health insurance industry.

Influence Policymakers and Encourage Businesses and Organizations to be Involved

1) Meet with county officials and business organizations to brief them on the findings and
encourage their support.

2) Support and encourage churches and other community organizations to be more involved with
this issue of health care inequity.

3) Create and support scholarships - encourage businesses to support scholarships for young
people to enter training / education for health occupations.

4) Encourage businesses to make health care and health education a priority for their employees.

Healthcare (In)Equity Venn Diagram
(From work of the Big Conversation Steering Committee 2020)

The diagram below illustrates ways in which bias, systemic and environmental factors, and lack of trust in
the medical community on the part of African Americans and other people of color negatively impact the
quality of healthcare delivery to members of those communities. For instance, notice how implicit bias on
the part of healthcare professionals, when combined with lack of trust on the part of African Americans
whose family members tell stories about their bad experiences in the past, may lead to reluctance to
access healthcare in our community. The diagram is not intended to be comprehensive or to paint a
broader picture of health care in the United States. Instead, it illustrates how multiple forces combine and
interact to stand in the way of delivering quality healthcare to many people in our community.

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