4-Part CAPS/PRC Town Hall Series -- Laying Foundations of Trust: Moving Towards Health Equity
This 4-part CAPS/DPS Town Hall series will explore core social and behavioral aspects of trust and engagement with public health measures in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an eye towards lessons from HIV work, in order to stimulate programmatic and research agendas that promote health equity.
Session 1: The Legacy of Racism and Earning Trust in Medicine
This conversation will set the stage for the series by providing an historical and contemporary view of medical mistrust and trustworthiness, particularly in the Black community, and identifying strategies for addressing and building trust in our HIV and COVID-19 work.
Speaker: Yolonda Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Health Care Ethics, Philosophy, and African American Studies, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Moderator: Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD, Professor, Walter Gray Endowed Chair, Chief-Division of Prevention Science, Director-Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), Director-UCSF Prevention Research Center,
San Francisco, CA