This presentation will discuss racial and cultural representation in health care. We will define what “representation” means in healthcare and the evidence to support the benefits of racial and cultural representation in healthcare for African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities. Then we will discuss barriers to representation in healthcare for ACB communities and finally what we can begin doing to overcome some of these barriers to representation.
Speaker – Devron Swaby
Devron Swaby is an Honours Life Sciences student at McMaster University. His research and community work focus on health equity for ACB communities, psychosocial factors in chronic kidney disease and transplantation, systemic barriers faced by neurodivergent Black youth and biomedical research methodology. He is dedicated to promoting health equity and educational access for ACB communities.
