S.1 Ep. 9: Injury & Marginalization

On the final episode of Season 1 of Injury is NOT Equal we focus on the topic of post-injury and marginalization.  Season 1 host, Shari Thompson-Ricci, is joined by Corey Freedman, manager of Trauma Services at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, and together with their guests, Dr. Barbara Haas and Dr. Stephanie Mason, explore how inequity is persistent and even after an injury incident, particular individuals and groups are even further at risk and significantly disadvantaged when it comes to long-term health outcomes, morbidity and mortality.

Call to action:
On an individual level, we have to change the way we perceive and talk about injury. We need to hear patients and how their lives are affected by injury and what they need to succeed post-injury.
On a system level, we have to focus on preventative care and stop the spiral effect of marginalization. Injury is not as an episodic event but a long-term issue which has effects on both patients and society as a whole.

Guests:
Dr. Barbara Haas
Trauma surgeon and ICU physician, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Dr. Haas’s research program focuses on trauma and emergency surgery in older adults, as well as long-term outcomes after severe injury.

Dr. Stephanie Mason
Burn and General Surgeon , Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto
Dr. Mason’s research interests include burn health services research and survivorship, with a particular focus on the impact of socioeconomic marginalization on injury outcomes.

Corey Freedman
Manager, Trauma Services
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Resources mentioned in this episode:
•Stigma and Marginalization: Definition
•Marginalization: Conceptualizing patient vulnerabilities in the framework of social determinants of health – An integrative review
• Increased Rate of Long-term Mortality Among Burn Survivors A Population-based Matched Cohort Study
•Return to Work and Functional Outcomes After Major Trauma Who Recovers, When and How Well?
•Association of Severe Trauma with Work and Earnings in a National Cohort in Canada

Host & Producer:
Shari Thompson-Ricci
P.A.R.T.Y. Program Coordinator, Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Podcast Produced By:
Centre for Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Music:
Klimenko Music at Premium Beats
Alexander Blu Music at Orangefreesounds.com