scholarly journals Community Medicine as Racial Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-337
Author(s):  
Yi-Li Wu ◽  
Tenisha Dandridge
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Racial Health Disparities ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Black Representation ◽  
Asian Medicine

Abstract Tenisha Dandridge is a cofounder and the current president of the Black Acupuncturist Association (US). She advocates using Chinese medicine and acupuncture to address the racial health disparities afflicting African Americans. In June 2020 an editor of Asian Medicine interviewed her about her career and medical activism. The main themes of the interview include: how racial bias results in disproportionately high rates of morbidity and mortality among African Americans; how the theories and therapies of Chinese medicine are well suited for addressing the psychophysiological harms caused by racial discrimination; why it is important to increase Black representation in the acupuncture profession; and how community-based modes of healing can expand African Americans’ interest in, access to, and utilization of acupuncture and ear seed acupressure.

Racial Justice and Criminal Justice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Valls
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Communities ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Black Neighborhoods

The criminal justice system in the United States both reflects racial inequality in the broader society and contributes to it. The overrepresentation of African Americans among those in prison is a result of both the conditions in poor black neighborhoods and racial bias in the criminal justice system. The American system of criminal justice today is excessively punitive, when compared to previous periods and to other countries, and its harsh treatment disproportionately harms African Americans. In addition, those released from prison face a number of obstacles to housing, employment, and other prerequisites of decent life, and the concentration of prisoners and ex-prisoners in black communities does much to perpetuate racial inequality.

Community-Based Organizational Capacity Building as a Strategy to Reduce Racial Health Disparities

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek M. Griffith ◽  
Julie Ober Allen ◽  
E. Hill DeLoney ◽  
Kevin Robinson ◽  
E. Yvonne Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Racial Health Disparities ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Racial Discrimination Is Associated with a Measure of Red Blood Cell Oxidative Stress: A Potential Pathway for Racial Health Disparities

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Szanton ◽  
Joseph M. Rifkind ◽  
Joy G. Mohanty ◽  
Edgar R. Miller ◽  
Roland J. Thorpe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Red Blood Cell ◽  
Racial Health Disparities

scholarly journals Racial Health Disparities in Coronavirus Deaths

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Howard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African American ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Racial Health Disparities

Preliminary racial data on the coronavirus pandemic indicates that African Americans are much more likely to experience infections, hospitalizations, and death from the virus in comparison to other racial groups. While this appears to be an alarming health outcome regarding African Americans, it is, in fact, not surprising, nor even new information, considering the historical context of racial health disparities and the marginal health of African Americans in the United States. The leading causes of death for African Americans generally and historically reflects the leading causes of death for the entire United States population. More research, and obviously data, is needed to fully understand the factors that cause the overall racial health disparities, in general, and racial disparities in coronavirus cases and deaths, in particular. In the case of the coronavirus pandemic, the racial disparities in deaths reflect racial differences in the way that African Americans live, work, and exist as a result of their ‘second-class citizenship’ with respect to their lower socioeconomic status in comparison to other racial groups. From a health policy perspective, challenges exist to reversing the current trend in coronavirus deaths among African Americans due to a myriad of historic, consistent, and pervasive societally-induced deficits within African American life. The proposed chapter will rely on systematic review of the extant literature on racial health disparities to identify multiple factors that may affect African American deaths due to the current coronavirus pandemic. The chapter will also rely on this framework to inform evidence-based approaches to improve public health for African Americans.

scholarly journals Fighting Medical Racism with Education and Action

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-360
Author(s):  
Yi-Li Wu ◽  
Denise Tyson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
State Level ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Asian Medicine ◽  
History Of ◽  
Medical Career ◽  
American Society ◽  
Race And Health

Abstract Denise Tyson is the president of the Maryland Acupuncture Society (US), one of the state-level professional organizations that comprises the American Society of Acupuncturists. Following the police murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, she called on her colleagues in the acupuncture profession to take meaningful action against racism and to educate themselves about the long history of racist violence against African Americans. In July 2020 an editor of Asian Medicine interviewed Tyson to learn about her medical career and her perspectives on race and health care. The main themes of the interview include: her affinity for acupuncture and Chinese medicine, her experiences with racial bias in both biomedicine and integrative medicine, strategies for making acupuncture organizations more inclusive, and the crucial role that education plays in combating racism.

Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination Among African Americans in Upstate New York

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-500
Author(s):  
Amina P. Alio ◽  
Cindi A. Lewis ◽  
Heather Elder ◽  
Wade Norwood ◽  
Kingdom Mufhandu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Health And Well Being

Racial discrimination in the United States continues to adversely affect health outcomes to the detriment of African Americans. To assess the experiences of residents of a metropolitan community with high rates of racial health disparities in upstate New York, we conducted a survey to measure the primary reasons for discrimination and their experiences with daily and lifetime discrimination, reactions to these experiences, and coping mechanisms. Of the 739 individuals who completed the survey in 2012, 71.5% self-reported as Black or African American. This article focuses on the experiences of Blacks or African Americans, among whom 76.2% reported having experienced racial discrimination at some point in their life. Respondents with higher levels of education and higher income were more likely to report experiencing racial discrimination at work, while for those with a high school education or less it was on the street or public spaces. The burden of these experiences affected individuals by making life more difficult and interfering with a productive life. In light of the known impact of racial discrimination on individual and population health and well-being, it is crucial that efforts to address social and health disparities take into account the high rates of experiences of racism.

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