WIDLIMS ep #17 – Giving culturally relevant advice in healthcare
In this week's episode, I spoke to Amaeze Madukah (she/her), a registered associate nutritionist working in the UK. She is British Nigerian and uses her platform @lifes_recipe and @wellness_in_colour to discuss health and wellness, often specifically discussing topics that are not addressed appropriately for the Black community. The term BAME is imperfect, and if you would like to find out more, and listen/read more about racism in medicine, I would recommend checking out episode #3 of WIDLIMS and the corresponding show notes here after this one! We discuss...
- health inequalities and why we must give culturally relevant advice
- the concepts of implicit bias and power distance
- what to keep in mind when giving healthcare advice to people from different cultures
- … and a whole lot of interesting conversations about differences in how people express themselves and cultural food appropriation
Mentioned in the episode and further reading
- Amaeze Madukah website
- Amaeze Madukah IG
- Wellness in Colour IG curated by Amaeze Madukah
- Article by Anya Zoledziowski ‘Dear white vegans, stop appropriating food’ via VICE here
- Black skin and vitamin D – article from Black Skin Directory here and research paper discussing evidence behind need for longer exposure etc here (open access)
- Body image and racism – this is an amazing episode I highly recommend featuring Sabrina Strings, author of Fearing the Black body: the racial origins of fat phobia – more here
Again, please do take the time to read the show notes for episode 3, as well as the disclaimer there. I am someone who benefits from white privilege, and while I can relate to the topic of discussion, having grown up with exposure from different cultures close to me, I am no expert which is why I was so grateful to have Amaeze with me on the show, who also works as a nutritionist and practices what she preaches.
I hope you enjoy this week’s episode.
