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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Racism is “a system [of power and oppression] of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how one looks (which is what we call “race”) that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and communities, unfairly advantages other individuals and communities, and saps the strength of the whole society through the waste of human resources” (1). At a systems level, racism is a public health problem, threat, and crisis (2–4). Its presence in society’s policies, practices, and programs creates inequities in access to vital conditions for health and well-being based on social ascriptions of race and ethnicity — resulting, for instance, in disparate access to and the quality of basic requirements for health and safety; residential neighborhood and housing options; developmental and educational experiences; and jobs, careers, and lifestyles (5–11). These inequities, in turn, produce and perpetuate disparities in health and disease experiences and outcomes. Because of its omnipresence, racism permeates every level of society, including the health care and public health sectors, creating racial and ethnic inequities in the operations of their infrastructures and, accordingly, in the delivery of essential services (12–21).

The work in this collection, “Combating Racism Through Research, Training, Practice, and Public Health Policies,” captures insights on roles and actions taken in public health, medicine, and policy to eliminate racism as a public health threat. Preventing Chronic Disease solicited manuscripts to elucidate research, training, practice, and public health policy–based efforts that address topics ranging from the effects of racism and racial discrimination on psychological, mental, and emotional health and disease risk to institutional, organizational, or community policies and changes implemented to address institutional racism. Articles in this collection 1) link exposures to racial discrimination with morbidity among diverse populations; 2) detail implementation of multicomponent antiracist initiatives enacted in schools of public health, schools of medicine, and other university-affiliated units; and 3) elevate attention to underlying drivers of structural inequities in housing and to domains through which meaningful community engagement in health initiatives is achievable.

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Combating Racism Through Research, Training, Practice, and Public Health Policies / Hall JE, Boulware LE. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:230167. -- Racial Discrimination and Multimorbidity Among Older Adults in Colombia: A National Data Analysis / Reyes-Ortiz CA, Lee T, Campo-Arias A, Ocampo-Chaparro JM, Luque JS. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220360. -- Antiracism in Action: Development and Outcomes of a Mentorship Program for Premedical Students Who Are Underrepresented or Historically Excluded in Medicine / Rinderknecht FB, Kouyate A, Teklu S, Hahn M. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220362. -- Leading Change at Berkeley Public Health: Building the Anti-racist Community for Justice and Social Transformative Change / Allen AM, Abram C, Pothamsetty N, Jacobo A, Lewis L, Maddali SR, et al. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220370. -- Institutional Reform to Promote Antiracism: A Tool for Developing an Organizational Equity Action and Accountability Plan / Polston PM, Matthews DD, Golden SD, Golin CE, Hall MG, Saint-Phard E, et al. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220368. -- Training Medical Students to Recognize, Understand, and Mitigate the Impact of Racism in a Service-Learning Course /Durham Walker C, McCray GG, Wimes A, Levine D, Rivers D. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220367. -- A Collaborative Approach to Address Racism in a Community–Academic Partnership / Lebow-Skelley E, Scott Tomlinson M, Charles S, Fuller C, Ames B, Pearson MA. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220365. -- Multilayer Solutions to Inequities During the COVID-19 Pandemic / Wonderly K. Multilayer Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220354.
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Antiracism Healthcare Disparities Health Equity Health Inequities Health Policy Health Status Disparities Public Health Racism/prevention & Control Social Justice Socioeconomic Factors Systemic Racism
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PCD collection ; Preventing chronic disease
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Book
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Collected Works
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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