Podcasts Health Protecting Your NEST with Dr. Tony Hampton Episode 168: How Do You Reduce Inequalities and Disparities in Healthcare with Erickajoy Daniels

Episode 168: How Do You Reduce Inequalities and Disparities in Healthcare with Erickajoy Daniels

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 5:12 a.m.

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Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Erickajoy Daniels holds the Senior Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion position on Advocate Aurora Health\'s Human Resources team. She is entrusted with maintaining the happiness of employees, whether it be through compensation, creating a work environment employees look forward to, or ensuring low burn out rates. Over the years, Erickajoy has earned several recognitions for her dedication to the community, including a three-time recipient of the Milwaukee Black Excellence award, the Milwaukee Business Journal\\u2019s 40 Under 40 award, the Milwaukee Business Journal\\u2019s Women of Influence award, and is a two-time recipient of the Milwaukee Power Brokers award. Erickajoy has a bachelor\\u2019s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and earned her master\\u2019s degree in management through Marian University. She is also an influential speaker and author

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Erickajoy talk about:

  • (02:54) How Erickajoy\\u2019s career path led her to working in Diversity and Inclusion
  • (06:38) What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is
  • (08:55) Erickajoy\\u2019s childhood
  • (14:56) How to approach the massive issue of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion without getting overwhelmed
  • (18:12) The importance of purpose
  • (21:55) Helping people understand diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • (26:39) Cultivating awareness of person bias
  • (31:13) How to promote connection between people from diverse backgrounds
  • (34:56) Communities of color and mistrust of the healthcare system
  • (41:08) Erickajoy\\u2019s book
  • (43:43) Erickajoy\\u2019s family
  • (44:51) Erickajoy\\u2019s vision for Advocate Aurora Health

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

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