| Description | Register to attend. Crowdfunding for health care via sites like GoFundMe has become a ubiquitous part of many societies. As social safety nets falter and crises multiply, more and more Americans turn each year to help from what GoFundMe calls “the giving layer of the internet.” But what, exactly, do they find when they do so? Drawing on seven years of mixed-methods, collaborative research, Prof. Kenworthy will explore what we think we know, what we actually know, and what we need to know about crowdfunding as it increasingly shapes health equity, access to care, and social solidarities in the US. Nora Kenworthy is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. Her research explores the impacts and politics of global health and charitable initiatives in communities. She is the author of Mistreated: The Political Consequences of the Fight Against AIDS in Lesotho (2017, Vanderbilt University Press). Her more recent research examines the use of crowdfunding for healthcare expenses in the US and abroad, and its implications for health equity, financing, and politics.Register for this event at bit.ly… The University of Washington is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, and activities. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by October 25 to the Simpson Center, 206-685-5260, scevents@uw.edu. We will make every effort to accommodate requests made after this date as well. For more in the Let's Talk Pop Health series, visit www.washington.edu… |
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