Dr. Kyaien O. Conner (TIMB SFTBC Producer) Helps Author New Legislation that Combats Racial Disparities in Health Care
Kyaien Conner, behavioral sciences professor at USF and researcher of racial health disparities within the Black community, has faced the mistreatment of low-income minority women in Florida firsthand, inspiring her to help create legislation to help combat it.
Gov. Ron DeSantis passed HB 183 on June 17, designed to improve access to health care by creating new initiatives and resources to support the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity. This legislation was written largely by Conner herself and will go into effect July 1.
Conner had just moved to the Tampa Bay area when she experienced the mistreatment. At the time, she was pregnant with her third son and visiting a maternal clinic she’d been referred to by a primary care provider — a visit Conner described as an overall uncomfortable experience.
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Written by Nia Getfield and Julianna Jung and originally published by The Oracle.
