Ep90: Rebuilding Medical Trust: Storytelling, Community and Health Equity w/ Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett and Cheryl Harding

A conversation with Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett and Cheryl Harding

Healthcare is a matter of trust.

Pouring their efforts into rebuilding the critical tenet of medical trust are family physician and prominent voice on health equity Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett and community champion and strategic advisor Ms. Cheryl Harding.

Our two guests forged a bond when Dr. Gergen-Barnett assured an unwell Cheryl experiencing the worst of our healthcare system, “I’ll be your quarterback.”

This message of advocacy and team spirit forms the foundation for our conversation today, as they share their mission to educate, learn from the public, and grow community trust in medical care settings, five years after the pandemic exposed just how broken and divided our system truly is.

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We spoke about their work leading conversations in communities across Boston; why medical mistrust is an often forgotten social determinant of health; how storytelling, group visits, and community-led initiatives can rebuild trust and advance equity in healthcare; and why health must never be political.

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