Uché Blackstock

**Uché Blackstock** Listen ⓘ likita ce ta gaggawa ta Amurka kuma tsohuwar farfesa a fannin maganin gaggawa a Makarantar Magunguna ta Jami'ar New York . Ita ce ta kafa kuma Shugabar *Advancing Health Equity*, wacce ke da babban burinta na hulɗa da harkokin kiwon lafiya da ƙungiyoyi masu alaƙa game da nuna wariya da wariyar launin fata a fannin kiwon lafiya da nufin tattara bayanai don samun daidaito a fannin lafiya da kuma kawar da rashin daidaito a fannin kiwon lafiya da ya shafi launin fata. A lokacin annobar COVID-19, Blackstock ta yi amfani da kafofin sada zumunta don raba abubuwan da suka faru da damuwarta a matsayinta na likita da ke aiki a kan gaba da kuma kan rashin daidaito a fannin lafiyar launin fata da rashin daidaito da annobar ta fallasa. An fi saninta da aikinta na haskaka rashin daidaito a fannin lafiyar launin fata da kuma bayyanarta a kafofin watsa labarai tana magana game da annobar COVID-19 . Blackstock ta zama mai ba da gudummawa ga Yahoo! News Medical Contributor a watan Yunin 2020.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Asalin Blackstock 'yar Brooklyn ce.  Ta girma a Crown Heights tare da 'yar'uwarta tagwaye, Oni Blackstock .   Mahaifiyarsu, Dale Gloria Blackstock, ta yi karatun likitanci a Jami'ar Harvard    kuma ita ce memba na farko a cikin danginta da ta halarci kwaleji.  A lokacin aikinta, ta ƙware a fannin ilimin jijiyoyi kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar wata ƙungiya ta likitocin mata baƙar fata na Brooklyn.  Mahaifin Blackstock, Earl, akawu ne.  Blackstock da 'yar'uwarta sun yi yawancin lokacin yarintarsu tare da mahaifiyarsu a asibiti ko kuma suna kallon aikinta a shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiya na al'umma a Brooklyn. Dukansu sun kammala karatunsu daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Stuyvesant a 1995 kuma sun halarci makarantar digiri na farko da na likitanci a Harvard, suna bin sawun mahaifiyarsu a fannin likitanci.   A lokacin shekarar karatu ta biyu ta Blackstock, an gano mahaifiyarta tana da cutar sankarar jini kuma a watan Yulin 1997, ta mutu.  

A lokacin da take Jami'ar Harvard, Blackstock ta kuma sha'awar aikin jarida, inda ta rubuta wa jaridar The Harvard Crimson . Lokacin da Blackstock da 'yar uwarta suka kammala karatunsu daga Makarantar Likitanci ta Harvard a shekarar 2005, sun zama gado na farko na uwa da 'ya mace Bakar fata da suka yi hakan. Bayan kammala karatunsu, Blackstock ta kammala karatunta a Cibiyar Likitanci ta SUNY Downstate, inda aka nada ta Babban Mahaifi kuma ƙwararriya a fannin likitancin gaggawa. Daga baya ta koma Mount Sinai Morningside don kammala karatun gaggawa na duban dan tayi a shekarar 2010.

## Sana'a

### Magani
A watan Yulin 2010, an naɗa Blackstock a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a Makarantar Likitanci ta Jami'ar New York, inda ta riƙe muƙamin likita na gaggawa a lokaci guda.  A lokacin, ƙasa da kashi biyu cikin ɗari na likitocin Amurka mata baƙaƙe ne.  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, a shekarar 2012, an naɗa ta Daraktan Abubuwan da ke Cikin Ultrasound a jami'ar. A cikin wannan matsayin, Blackstock ta ƙirƙiro kuma ta aiwatar da manhajar duban dan tayi mai tsayi ga ɗaliban likitanci. A watan Oktoban 2017, an naɗa Blackstock a matsayin Daraktan Sashen Daukar Ma'aikata, Riƙewa da Haɗawa a Ofishin Harkokin Bambancin Ra'ayi a Makarantar Likitanci ta Jami'ar New York, inda ta kasance mai alhakin haɓakawa da aiwatar da shirye-shiryen bambancin ra'ayi, daidaito da haɗa kai ga malamai Baƙaƙe, Latino, da 'Yan Asalin Jami'a a jami'ar. &#x5B; ** &#x5D; Blackstock ta bar Makarantar Likitanci ta NYU a shekarar 2019 saboda rashin kyawun yanayi ga ɗaliban da ke koyon aiki da kuma malamai. A watan Janairun 2020, ta rubuta wani rubutu da ke bayyana cewa ta bar makarantar ne saboda mummunan yanayin aiki wanda ya haɗa da nuna wariya ga mata, wariyar launin fata da kuma hana samun ci gaba.  Ta yi kira ga cibiyoyin likitanci na ilimi da su ƙara fahimtar tasirin wariyar launin fata a fannin kiwon lafiya.  

### Jarin lafiya
Blackstock ta yi aiki don jawo hankali ga wariyar launin fata a fannin kiwon lafiya tun farkon aikinta.     Abubuwan da mahaifiyarta ta fuskanta a rayuwa da kuma mutuwarta, tare da rashin daidaiton lafiyar launin fata da Blackstock ta shaida a matsayin likita, su ne abin da ya sa ta fara ƙungiyarta.  A watan Maris na 2018, Blackstock ta kafa *Advancing Health Equity*, wata ƙungiya da ta mai da hankali kan haɗin gwiwa da kiwon lafiya da ƙungiyoyi masu alaƙa don magance rashin daidaiton lafiyar launin fata.    Ta yi imanin cewa ma'aikata daban-daban, kuma inda kowa ke jin ana daraja shi da girmamawa, yana da mahimmanci don ingantaccen kulawar marasa lafiya.  A matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar, Blackstock tana sauƙaƙe horo tare da ƙungiyoyin kiwon lafiya a cikin son kai, wariyar launin fata, da daidaiton lafiya kuma tana ba da ayyukan ba da shawara don tallafawa ƙungiyoyi wajen cimma burinsu na daidaiton lafiya .   Abokan ciniki na baya sun haɗa da Salesforce, Asibitin Yara na Northwestern Lurie, da Tsarin Kula da Lafiya na Partners.  A shekarar 2019, Forbes ta zabi Blackstock saboda jerin "Manyan Manhajoji 10 da Ya Kamata Ku Sani Dangane da Bambancin Ra'ayi da Haɗaka". 

### CUTAR COVID 19
A halin yanzu Blackstock tana aiki na ɗan lokaci a cibiyoyin kulawa da gaggawa da dama a Brooklyn. Cibiyoyin galibi suna magance ƙananan cututtuka, amma a lokacin annobar COVID-19 a Amurka, Blackstock ta lura cewa marasa lafiya suna nuna alamun cutar coronavirus.  Ta yi amfani da kafofin sada zumunta don bayyana ƙalubalen da take fuskanta wajen yin gwaji ga marasa lafiyarta, musamman "lokacin da ake gwada shahararrun mutane cikin sauƙi da kuma saurin dawowa".  Ta fara damuwa da yadda annobar coronavirus za ta shafi marasa lafiya baƙar fata.  A cikin wata hira da *Slate*, Blackstock ta ce, "Lokacin da na ji labarin likitoci a Italiya suna buƙatar rarraba na'urorin numfashi sannan kuma yiwuwar hakan zai faru a nan, tunanina na farko shine mutane da yawa baƙar fata za su mutu."  Ta yi magana kuma ta rubuta game da yiwuwar rashin daidaiton lafiyar launin fata wanda annobar za ta fallasa kuma ta ƙara ƙaruwa, da kuma abin da jami'an tarayya, jihohi da na ƙananan hukumomi ke buƙatar yi don rage yaɗuwar cutar a tsakanin al'ummar ƙasar da ke cikin mawuyacin hali.  A duk lokacin rikicin, Blackstock ta kasance tana bayyana a shirye-shiryen rediyo, labarai na dijital da na cibiyar sadarwa da suka himmatu wajen isar da bayanai masu inganci da daidaito game da annobar COVID-19. A watan Yunin 2020, saboda bayyanarta a kafofin watsa labarai da kuma sunanta, Yahoo! News ta nemi Blackstock ta zama Mai Ba da Gudummawa ga Lafiya na cibiyar sadarwar. 

## Littattafai da aka zaɓa

* *Dalilin da yasa Likitoci Baƙaƙe Kamar Ni ke Barin Mukaman Malamai a Cibiyoyin Likitanci na Ilimi* 
* *Abin da Cutar COVID-19 ke nufi ga Baƙar fata 'Yan Amurka* 
* *Al'ummomin Baƙar fata sun riga sun kamu da rashin lafiya kafin cutar Coronavirus* : Annobar Cutar Ta Nuna Halin da ake ciki a baya tare da Kula da Lafiya da Kabila 
* *Ma'aikatan Lafiyar Al'umma Suna Da Muhimmanci A Lokacin Rikicin. Muna Bukatar Ƙarinsu* 
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* *Kalmomi biyu da iyaye ko yaro mara lafiya bai kamata su ji ba: 'A lokacin da yaron ya cika* 
* *Faɗi sunanta: Dr. Susan Moore* 
* *Shari'ar rashin adalci ta Alvin Bragg: Ya kamata a 'yantar da Tracy McCarter* 
* *Uwa, 'ya'ya mata, likitoci. Matakin tabbatarwa a Harvard ya haifar da wani gagarumin ci gaba a cikin tsarin kiwon lafiyar baƙar fata* 
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## Zaɓaɓɓun girmamawa da kyaututtuka

* Kyautar Sabis na Jarumi na 2022 na NAACP na Brooklyn Chapter 
* Kyautar Shugabancin Ƙungiyar Matan Likitoci ta Amurka ta 2021 
* 2021 Harvard Humanist na Shekara 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Blackstock tana da 'ya'ya biyu.  Ita kwararriyar mai sadarwa ce ta lafiya, tana raba abubuwan da ta fuskanta a matsayinta na likita mace bakar fata a shafin Twitter .  'Yar uwarta tagwaye, Oni, likita ce ta farko a fannin kula da marasa lafiya, mai bincike, kuma tsohuwar mataimakiyar Kwamishinan Ofishin HIV na birnin New York . 

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