In light of COPD Awareness Month, it is essential to acknowledge the health disparities that put people of color and low-income populations at greater risk of COPD-related mortality. COPD risk factors include tobacco smoking and air pollution, which are most common in low-income areas. Furthermore, people of color are less likely to receive proactive, diligent care from doctors who make assumptions about their health habits. Studies show that Black people are nearly 2x more likely to die from COPD than white people.
Zebra Strategies is committed to identifying the factors that lead to delayed diagnoses, inaccessible treatment options, and disproportionate deaths among vulnerable populations.
Empathy can be benign, highly subjective, and increasingly overused. It has become a catch-all term that “covers bases” but often lacks the depth needed to drive actionable change. As a word with a multitude of interpretations, empathy is insufficient in today’s world. We need to become more accountable, compassionate, and measurable in how we apply
Closing the digital divide with mobile optimization The digital divide is a huge issue. And not only for all American citizens but also for all the corporations who are looking to connect with both their users and potential customers. But when a large percentage of the American population doesn’t have a computer or a broadband
The costs of the tuskegee experiment on vaccine engagement The past is never dead. It’s not even past. What relevance does this famous line from William Faulkner have to the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine? For the Black community, it’s everything. Failure to grapple with history has concrete consequences. For nearly a century,