Christine Kistler, MD, MASc, associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine and department of family medicine, was featured in a Yahoo report, originally published in the News and Observer. The report recognizes the gender gap among the number of Black men and women who reach voting age in North Carolina every year.
“You are less likely to have a high quality education, access to health care, financial advancement,” said Kistler about the socio-economic conditions that lead to premature death for Black men. “All of that leads to worse health outcomes, mortality, chronic illness disability, and it’s due to system racism in this country.”