Disparities: in the dark (1)
Prina Makani
Drawing
Along with a companion piece by Gabby Giancola we have chosen to explore the major disparities between the experiences of different groups of people utilizing modern day healthcare, with a particular focus on individuals of BAME origin and elderly generations.
My piece is centered around the current and historical prevalence of white males in scientific research, with results being unsuitably applied to people of many different descents, genders and ages.
Exhibited at the Foundations of Medicine Conference 2022
Joint Creative Prizewinner by peer student vote
Joint Creative Prizewinner by peer student vote
Exhibited at a Bristol UoB GP Tutors conference.
A creative reference for ‘Talking Trials’ – a participatory research project led by Cardiff University Clinical Trials team in collaboration with Bristol Medical School 2022-23
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This piece for me evokes deep feelings of what a childhood and adolescence of growing up in Britain is like. Attending doctors appointments, watching TV and simply every facet of life in the Western world almost feels like constantly having to subdue parts of your identity to elicit a response from the establishment. It is having to search ‘skincare regimes for darker skin’ or ‘curly hair inspo black people’. It is also as this piece eloquently describes knowing that the research doesn’t exist to adequately explain what some skin conditions look like on darker skin or why people of African descent have an automatically higher eGFR levels.