Generation Patient Roundtable: Forced Poverty and Income Volatility
Generation Patient’s Roundtable on Young Adults with Chronic Medical Conditions brought together a learning community of young adult patients, health care professionals, caregivers, researchers, policymakers, advocates, and others to explore the most pressing systems-level challenges impacting young adults living with chronic and rare conditions (see video recording below).
Co-authored by young adults with chronic conditions and members of the project team, proceedings for each roundtable will highlight key insights and actionable recommendations based on the roundtable discussion, and will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals.
The fifth roundtable focused on forced poverty and income volatility. Participants highlighted financial precarity experienced by young adults with chronic conditions, often due to inequitable health insurance structures, stigma and discrimination, delayed diagnosis, and rigid employment structures.
Roundtable #5 co-leaders:
- Rachel Lichtman, a young adult patient
- Dr. Niraj Sharma, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director, BRIDGES Adult Transition Program; Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital
Read more about the roundtable series here.
Watch recordings of other roundtables in this series:
- Roundtable 1: Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care
- Roundtable 2: Medical Trauma & Addressing Mental Health in the Care of Young Adults with Chronic Conditions
- Roundtable 3: Dismissal, Ableist, and Ageist Misconceptions of Young Adult Patients in Healthcare
- Roundtable 4: Peer Support Interventions for Young Adults with Chronic Conditions
- Roundtable 6: Clinical Trials and Young Adults
- Roundtable 7: Artificial Intelligence
