About this Episode:
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service, casts a long shadow over the Black community when it comes to eroding trust in the healthcare system. Adding to this distrust are the obvious health inequities Black, Indigenous, and people of color experience, including disproportionate death rates from COVID-19. In this episode, we explore the role of public health in building back trust and improving health with these communities.
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Thomas A. LaVeist
Dean and Chair in Health Equity, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Ngozi Ezike
Director, Illinois Department of Public Health
LaMar Hasbrouck
Director, DLM LLC
Michael Joyce
Producer and Host, SPH Health In All Matters Podcast
Related Resources
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To Learn More
- NIHCM COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy & Recommendations
- MDH COVID-19 Vaccine
- CDC Timeline of Tuskegee
- 20 Photos from the Tuskegee Study
- How Tuskegee Changed Research Practices (CDC)
- Tuskegee study’s medical exploitation led to population-wide declines in health among black men (research)
- “Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong” (nature)
- “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (book)
- The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
