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Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Mary Oladele as part of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion series (part 6).
Discussion about Mary’s career, health inequalities and the charity Cancer Education UK she started.
To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points:
1) reflect upon your practice when treating patients from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority or marginalised groups.
2) how can you show awareness and empathy when treating patients who may have certain needs connected to their religious, ethnic or cultural background?
3) how could you improve the educational resources of your course to better reflect the diverse backgrounds of your patients?
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Links from podcast:
Government figures show that uptake of bowel, cervical and, in some cases, breast screening is lower among ethnic minorities than among their white counterparts. In ethnically diverse areas, the attendance of bowel screening is 38% compared to up to 58% in other areas, and women from ethnic minority groups are more than 50% less likely than white women to attend a cervical screening. [1]
[1] PHE Screening inequalities: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-population-screening-inequalities-strategy/phe-screening-inequalities-strategy
Triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease, disproportionately affects black women [2]. Other cancers which, according to Cancer Research, are more prevalent in the black community are myeloma (a type of blood cancer), womb and stomach cancers, while both black and Asian people are at higher risk than white people of contracting liver cancer. Black men are twice as likely as white men to get prostate cancer in their lifetime [3], but, said Oladele: “Men from the BAME community struggle to self-refer to doctors when they first notice signs and symptoms, despite being in pain.”
[2] Breast Cancer Now: Triple Negative Breast Cancer: https://breastcancernow.org/information-support/facing-breast-cancer/diagnosed-breast-cancer/primary-breast-cancer/triple-negative-breast-cancer
Cancer Education UK: https://cancereducationuk.org/
Macmillan Cancer Support - Mind the Gap Report, Cancer Inequalities in London: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/_images/4057%20MAC%20Report%202017_tcm9-319858.pdf
Macmillan Cancer Support - No One Overlooked, Experiences of BME people affected by cancer: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/documents/aboutus/research/inclusionprojects/experiencesofbmepeople.pdf
The Guardian - Revealed: ‘disturbing’ race divide on cancer patients’ wait times in England: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/28/black-asian-people-wait-longer-cancer-diagnosis-england-than-white-people
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