Monica Baskin

Monica Baskin ƙwararriyar masaniyar ilimin halayyar ɗan adam 'yar Amurka ce, farfesa ce a fannin likitanci a Jami'ar Alabama da ke Birmingham . Bincikenta ya yi la'akari da bambance-bambancen lafiya a yankin Deep South . Tana aiki a matsayin Darakta a fannin wayar da kan jama'a da kuma hulɗa da jama'a a Cibiyar Cutar Kansa ta O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Baskin ta girma a Kudu maso Yammacin Atlanta .  Mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta sun fito ne daga yankunan karkara na Georgia da Alabama .  An gano mahaifinta yana da cutar ido tun tana ƙarama, kuma daga ƙarshe ya rasa idonsa.  Baskin ta ce ta tuna an gaya mata cewa "tana buƙatar zama 'mai kyau' sau biyu fiye da takwarorinta fararen fata domin ta yi nasara." [  Ta yi karatun ilimin halayyar ɗan adam da zamantakewa a Jami'ar Emory .  Ta koma Jami'ar Jihar Georgia don karatun digiri na biyu, inda ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin ba da shawara kan al'umma. Ta ci gaba da zama a Jihar Georgia don binciken digirin digirgir, inda ta yi nazarin ayyukan kula da lafiyar jama'a ga matasa da aka gano suna da cutar sikila . Bayan ta rasa mahaifinta sakamakon cutar kansa yayin da take makarantar sakandare, Baskin ta fara sha'awar dalilin da ya sa damuwa ta jiki da ta tunani har yanzu haramun ne a cikin al'ummomin launin fata.  Kamar sauran 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa da yawa, an gano mahaifinta yana da cutar kansa ne kawai lokacin da yake mataki na 4, wanda ke nufin cewa mutuwa ba makawa ce.  Ta ce ta sami kwarin gwiwar yin aiki kan bambance-bambancen lafiya saboda ta fahimci cewa babu mutane da yawa da suka yi kama da ita a wannan fanni.  Cibiyar Kula da Lafiyar Ƙananan Yara da Shirin Biyan Lamuni na Bambance-bambancen Lafiya ta Ƙasa ce ta dauki nauyinta, wanda ke ba wa masana kimiyya da ke nazarin bambance-bambancen lafiya damar fara aikin bincike mai zaman kansa ba tare da bashin lamunin ɗalibai ba.  Bayan kammala karatunta, Baskin ta koma Jami'ar Emory, inda aka ba ta tallafin karatu kan ilimin halayyar yara. A shekarar 1997 aka naɗa Baskin a matsayin memba na Ƙungiyar Ilimin Halayyar Ƙananan Yara ta Amurka . 

## Bincike da aiki
Baskin kwararriyar masaniyar ilimin halayyar ɗan adam ce wacce ke binciken lafiyar jiki da ta kwakwalwa na 'yan tsiraru.  Bincikenta ya yi la'akari da yadda salon rayuwa ke shafar sakamakon likita, da kuma yadda hanyoyin magance matsalolin ɗabi'a za su iya taimakawa wajen rage bambancin lafiya. 

A shekarar 2013, Baskin ta shirya rahoton *"PLACE MUHIMMANCI GA LAFIYA a Jefferson County, Alabama: Matsayin Daidaiton Lafiya a bikin cika shekaru 50 na Kungiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama a Birmingham, Alabama".*  An fitar da rahoton shekaru hamsin bayan zanga-zangar da aka yi a Birmingham lokacin da aka soke dokokin Jim Crow . Rahoton ya tattara bayanai game da tsawon rai, mace-macen jarirai da kuma samun abinci mai kyau a yankuna daban-daban a fadin gundumar, kuma ya yi nazarin yadda suka dogara da alƙaluman al'ummomin (gami da ƙabila da matsayin tattalin arziki). Ta gano cewa iyaye mata bakar fata a Jefferson County sun fi fuskantar yiwuwar mutuwa sau 2.5 a lokacin haihuwa a matsayin uwaye fararen fata, kuma cewa iyalai bakar fata a Jefferson County suna da kudin shiga na shekara-shekara na dala $22,000 ƙasa da ka'idar talauci ta tarayya .  Rahoton ya gabatar da jerin shawarwari, ciki har da bayar da kuɗaɗen shirye-shiryen ilimin yara ƙanana, aiwatar da shirye-shiryen kuɗi don samar da abinci mai kyau a unguwannin talakawa da faɗaɗa Medicaid . 

A shekarar 2015, an ba Baskin tallafin Cibiyar Ciwon Daji ta Ƙasa don haɓaka dabarun hana kiba ga mata 'yan Afirka-Amurka.  Bincikenta ya nuna kusancin dangantaka tsakanin cutar kansa da kiba, kuma ya gano cewa mata 'yan Afirka-Amurka ne suka fi fuskantar haɗari. 

Baskin ita ce Shugabar Jefferson County Collaborative for Health Equity, wata ƙungiya da ke neman kawar da bambance-bambancen lafiya ta hanyar manufofin jama'a.  A shekarar 2020 an zaɓe ta a matsayin Shugabar Ƙungiyar Magungunan Ɗabi'a . 

## Littattafai da aka zaɓa

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## Lambobin yabo da girmamawa

* Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Masana Ilimin Halayyar Dan Adam ta Amurka ta 1997 
* Kyautar Jaruman Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jefferson County ta 2007 
* Kyautar Jaruman Lafiyar Karkara ta Cibiyar Nazarin Lafiyar Karkara ta Jami'ar Alabama ta 2013 
* Kyautar Max Cooper ta 2016 don Ingantaccen Bincike 
* Shugaban Al'adun Lafiya na Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) na 2016 
* 2017 Abokin Hulɗa na Ƙungiyar Magungunan Halayya 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Baskin tana da 'ya'ya mata biyu.  Ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yanta mata, Kennedy, ta yi karatun ilimin halittar kwakwalwa a Jami'ar Emory . 

## Manazarta