05/03/2024
🌈✨Hey everyone! Let's talk about something that's both important and fascinating: Intersectionality.👥
Intersectionality isn't just a buzzword (first coined by Dr. Crenshaw.) It's a powerful lens through which we view the world, recognizing the complex, overlapping identities we each carry. It's about understanding how our race, gender, age, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, and more, all intertwine to shape our unique experiences.
Now, let's bring this into the medical world.🩺 Meet Dr. Chandler's RAINBOW & SAGE models. They are designed to enhance our understanding of how these intersecting identities impact health and wellness.
RAINBOW 🌈 stands for Race, Age, Inherent and acquired Dis/Abilities, National, Belief systems, Orientation (incl. SAGE), and Work status. While SAGE 🌿 represents S*x, Attraction/Activities, Gender, and Expression.
These models remind us that health isn't just about what's happening inside our bodies. It's about our whole existence - our identities, our social contexts, our environments.
For instance, a person's immigration status may affect their access to healthcare, just as one's gender identity may influence their comfort level in seeking medical help. These are vital considerations in providing effective, empathetic, and expansive care.
So, let's celebrate our unique identities and the richness they bring to our lives while also acknowledging the challenges they can present. Let's strive for an expansive healthcare system that recognizes and respects all dimensions of our identities.
Remember, health is a RAINBOW, and we're all SAGEs in our own unique ways. 🌈🌿
*xuality +
For more information on these concepts, DM to order Dr. Chandler's RAINBOW & SAGE workbook.
