In 2021, these Black women are disrupting the sexual health status quo through education and advocacy.
As a child, Adrienne Robertson spent a lot of time in the hospital, due to her chronic asthma.
“I’m trying to encourage patients that they know themselves better than anyone,” she said. “One of the things we learned in medical school is that 75-80% of the diagnosis is in the history, and who has that? The patient.” For Black patients, the fear of being stereotyped and misjudged is heightened due to decades of mistreatment, discrimination and gross negligence. According to a, 1 in 5 Black adults said they were treated unfairly when receiving health care for themselves or a family member. The report further showed that Black patients felt they were disbelieved and denied the medical care they desired.
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