Margaret Fabiszak

Great to see the resources that are available for undocumented patients and what we can do to improve healthcare access for all individuals!

Great work on highlighting the complications faced by homeless individuals with diabetes. With housing reform, many of these issues could be improved!

All individuals deserve care and compassion when they interact with healthcare professionals. See below for highlights on working with PWID! @MClerkship

Home health care workers, deemed essential during the COVID-19 pandemic, lack adequate hazard compensation and resources, proper PPE, and safe workplace conditions, leaving them and their families more vulnerable to infection and death. healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl…

2/4- Findings in this study show the pressing need to address the social barriers affecting patients with substance use disorder, who are also using multiple other substances. @MClerkship #healthequity, #socialdeterminantsofhealth, #SDOH, #socialjustice, #healthdisparities

Who is more likely to get a ventilator during the #covid19 pandemic - a 40-year-old, healthy, white male, a 45-year-old African-American woman with underlying health issues, or a 56-year-old woman with Down syndrome? nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opi…

@EloraBasu2 @MClerkship We know that there are long standing and complex racial disparities in our prison system. news.gsu.edu/research-magaz… Now they're being compounded by COVID-19. washingtonpost.com/opinions/coron…

1/ This Wash Post opinion piece covers the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on prison inmates, a vulnerable population due to health co-morbidities, overcrowding and lack of sanitation in prisons. washingtonpost.com/opinions/coron… @MClerkship

How does race affect #COVID19 ? This article in the NEJM takes a look at differences in outcomes between black and white patients in a Louisiana health system. Here's what they found: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

@rheafogla @MClerkship Critical work being done here. Important to consider disparities not only in management but also in follow up!

Check out this article investigating racial disparities on chronic pain management and monitoring with opioid therapy @MClerkship #healthequity #socialdeterminantsofhealth reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/…

4/ Past redlining reveals structures that still impact the health of current residents. History matters. In areas with long legacies of disparities, this matters! To achieve health equity it’s necessary to look at how we got to the inequity in the first place. @MClerkship

3/ They not only find previously redlined areas have more late stage breast and lung cancer diagnoses, but also that this holds true even if the current neighborhoods are now economically well! #socialdeterminantsofhealth #SDOH

1/ Old maps still matter! Impact of redlining on current health is explored by Dr. Krieger et al. rb.gy/o1ztjq Taking maps of redlined neighborhoods and intersecting them with recent census data, they reveal the current neighborhood status within past borders.