Nicole Akparewa
Director, Transform Nursing, USA
Title: Using the Transform Nursing Leadership Model to Improve Social Justice & Health Equity for Racial Minorities in the United States
Biography
Biography: Nicole Akparewa
Abstract
In the United States, we boast of of being a superpower country. We have the best to offer in terms of economic advancement, jobs, infrastructure, technology, but the same cannot be said about healthcare. As a country, the U.S. would place about 34th in the “Health Olympics.”
According to United Nations Human Development Report, If the “Health Olympics” were won by the greatest life expectancy we would come in about 34th place. As our influence on other countries increases, the concept of global health becomes increasingly important as well. If history has shown that spending trillions of dollars on illness care does not necessarily produce more well people then we must somehow create a culture that is capable of providing multicultural and inclusive care.
When it comes to disparities in health, racial minorities in the United Sates have the worst statistics. They are at higher risk of poverty, poor health, and incarceration. I would like to share with you my approach for eliminating and reducing health inequities and increasing social justice, diversity and inclusion through the Transform Nursing Leadership model.