Akua G. Asare MD
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Believer-Healer-Psychiatrist-Author-Curious-Romantic-Sensitive-Idealist.
| Health Equity Director | Kwahu Flower
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29-10-2022 17:25:05
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ACC's IAF Reception brings together member advocates and industry reps for a light-hearted networking event prior to the forum. #transformCVcare Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH Minnow Walsh, MD, MACC Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈
Practical tips on member advocacy from ACC's July Advocacy IAF: 1. Good ideas don't always translate to good laws. 2. Maintaining personal and patient perspectives while remaining persistent is critical. #transformCVcare Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈
ACC's Chief Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC discusses how ACC engages in community advocacy initiatives and interventions with strategic and practical tips (July Advocacy IAF). #transformCVcare Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈
Cmmty Advocacy Panel ▶️Enroll everyone in the vision ▶️Include patient voices during trial design ▶️Lean on the entire CV team ▶️Act to create AND build on change ▶️Prioritize CHWs as care extenders Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH Gurusher Panjrath Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈 #transformCVcare
Advocacy, like all aspects of Health Equity requires everyone at the proverbial table because we all end up drinking from the same cistern of life. Wonderful IAF forum today! #transformCVcare Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH Gurusher Panjrath Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈 #healthequity
Good trouble! Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈 #transformCVcare #healthequity #cardiovascular
The ACC is excited for the new Rural Cardiovascular Health Initiative (RCHI), in collaboration with the JF Maddox Foundation (J F Maddox Foundation)! Focusing on #healthequity, the RCHI is aimed at improving CV outcomes across rural communities. 🔎 bit.ly/3WjSySu #ACCDiversity
So very excited to be engaging with local communities to advance cardiovascular equity! Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈 #accdiversity #HealthEquity
As #accdiversity and #healthequity leaders, we have published a #JACCAdvances review emphasizing equitable cardiovascular care worldwide Read. Share jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH Dipti Itchhaporia, M.D., MACC , FAHA, FESC Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️🌈 Robert Roswell
Achieving Equitable Cardiovascular Care for All: ACC Board of Trustees Health Equity Task Force Action Plan | JACC: Advances jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… #ACCDiversity and #healthequity efforts by American College of Cardiology culminate in this state-of-the-art #JACCAdvances JACC Journals article
Pls join me on Tue, 8/16, for the nxt ACC Health Equity Webinar on risk factors, challenges, inequities, and the impact of policies on rural cardiovascular health. To register: acc.org/Education-and-…! #accintouch #healthequity Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH Maghee Disch RN, MSN, CHFN, FHFSA, AACC
"If we are to do healing we need to find authentic things about ourselves so when we come together we know how to heal." - Theda New Breast, MPH Association of American Indian Physicians #IHEART
"The first 40 yrs is when you learn the how but the next is when it counts. What do we carry that arms us to be healthy? Our job as healers is to help people find their authentic selves. We have to highlight & elevate cultural identity." - Theda New Breast, MPH #IHEART Association of American Indian Physicians
"We are fighting a system by just being here" - Mandy Buss,MD Association of American Indian Physicians #equity
