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How to maintain hope in community health work amid structural limitations

I love working as a community health worker but I am tired of being asked to fix problems caused by poverty and racism with wellness workshops and mindfulness apps, and I do not know how to stay in this work without becoming cynical.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The person experiences the moral distress of being asked to address the symptoms of systemic oppression while the root causes remain untouchable.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”

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