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Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD

Principal & Physician,

Sholas Medical Consulting, LLC

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New Orleans City Council Testimony

Resolution NO R-21-166

May 6, 2021

The pre-eminent medical and public health groups have finally acknowledged what we have know for some time, that racism, not race, affects health outcomes and wellness.

This is Headline News

HEALTH IS NOT SIMPLY THE ABSENCE OF SICKNESS

The City of New Orleans Must Act!

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Diagram Credit:

A K Parks & M G Sholas

What Can We Do?

• Focus on action, not just agreement in principle, through policy
• Gather Data and ask why?
• Insist that our Institutions of Higher Education have classes and providers that represent the diversity of our community
• Insist that the leadership and professional staff of our health care systems reflect the diversity of our citizens
• Review plans for new and plans for expansion of existing heath systems with an eye towards access to public transportation and proximity to populations historically marginalized.

Trip from New Orleans East to CHNOLA on public transportation

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Acknowledgments:

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sholas Medical Consulting, LLC

Dr. Lauren Teverbaugh

Dr. Arnold James

Ms. Rhonda M. Jackson

Ms. A. Kenyatta Parks

Mr. Mark Debose

Dr. Sonita Singh

Ms. Bambi Hall

Ms. Lisa Marie Manning

Cmbr. Donna Glapion & Staff