Episode 168: How Do You Reduce Inequalities and Disparities in Healthcare with Erickajoy Daniels
Protecting Your NEST with Dr. Tony Hampton
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Show Notes
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Erickajoy Daniels holds the Senior Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion position on Advocate Aurora Health's Human Resources team. She is entrusted with maintaining the happiness of employees, whether it be through compensation, creating a work environment employees look forward to, or ensuring low burn out rates. Over the years, Erickajoy has earned several recognitions for her dedication to the community, including a three-time recipient of the Milwaukee Black Excellence award, the Milwaukee Business Journal's 40 Under 40 award, the Milwaukee Business Journal's Women of Influence award, and is a two-time recipient of the Milwaukee Power Brokers award. Erickajoy has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and earned her master's degree in management through Marian University. She is also an influential speaker and author
In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Erickajoy talk about:
- (02:54) How Erickajoy's career path led her to working in Diversity and Inclusion
- (06:38) What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is
- (08:55) Erickajoy's childhood
- (14:56) How to approach the massive issue of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion without getting overwhelmed
- (18:12) The importance of purpose
- (21:55) Helping people understand diversity, equity, and inclusion
- (26:39) Cultivating awareness of person bias
- (31:13) How to promote connection between people from diverse backgrounds
- (34:56) Communities of color and mistrust of the healthcare system
- (41:08) Erickajoy's book
- (43:43) Erickajoy's family
- (44:51) Erickajoy's vision for Advocate Aurora Health
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