People who use drugs face obstacles, like homelessness and stigma, that hinder their access to healthcare. Dr. Brianna Norton opened the Montefiore-NYHRE Clinic, a first-of its kind academic medical center, to serve marginalized people holistically and respectfully.

S1 Ep3: “We Treat People With Dignity”: An Alternative Healthcare Clinic for People Who Use Drugs

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Contagion® Community delves into some of the social factors that create and widen healthcare disparities. 
 
 
In surveying our audience, 75% of respondents viewed healthy equity as a major issue within medicine. Infectious disease often disproportionately occurs along the lines of ethnicity, race, class, education, sexual orientation, geographic location, and more. The entwined nature of healthcare inequity and social factors inhibits us from examining infectious disease objectively, which is why Contagion Community spotlights underserved populations. 
 
Through interviews with experts, we will offer insights into the issues associated with healthcare inequities and examine which strategies and solutions are being deployed to overcome these issues.  
 
Contagion Community is a marriage of major conversations occurring in hospitals, labs, academics, and communities.</div>

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Contagion® Community delves into some of the social factors that create and widen healthcare disparities. In surveying our audience, 75% of respondents viewed healthy equity as a major issue within medicine. Infectious disease often disproportionately occurs along the lines of ethnicity, race, class, education, sexual orientation, geographic location, and more. The entwined nature of healthcare inequity and social factors inhibits us from examining infectious disease objectively, which is why Contagion Community spotlights underserved populations. Through interviews with experts, we will offer insights into the issues associated with healthcare inequities and examine which strategies and solutions are being deployed to overcome these issues. Contagion Community is a marriage of major conversations occurring in hospitals, labs, academics, and communities.

Contagion® Community delves into some of the social factors that create and widen healthcare disparities. 
 
 
In surveying our audience, 75% of respondents viewed healthy equity as a major issue within medicine. Infectious disease often disproportionately occurs along the lines of ethnicity, race, class, education, sexual orientation, geographic location, and more. The entwined nature of healthcare inequity and social factors inhibits us from examining infectious disease objectively, which is why Contagion Community spotlights underserved populations. 
 
Through interviews with experts, we will offer insights into the issues associated with healthcare inequities and examine which strategies and solutions are being deployed to overcome these issues.&nbsp; 
 
Contagion Community is a marriage of major conversations occurring in hospitals, labs, academics, and communities.

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S1 Ep3: “We Treat People With Dignity”: An Alternative Healthcare Clinic for People Who Use Drugs

S1 Ep3: “We Treat People With Dignity”: An Alternative Healthcare Clinic for People Who Use Drugs