Article: What Is Health Equity And What Difference Does a Definition Make
Braveman, P., Arkin, E., Orleans, T., Proctor, D., & Plough, A. What is health equity? And what difference does a definition make? Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2017.
Article: Association between an Internet-Based Measure of Area Racism and Black Mortality
Chae, D. H., Clouston, S., Hatzenbuehler, M. L., Kramer, M. R., Cooper, H. L., Wilson, S. M., … & Link, B. G. (2015). Association between an internet-based measure of area racism and black mortality. PloS one, 10(4), e0122963.
Article: Structural racism and health inequities in the USA
Bailey, Z. D., Krieger, N., Agénor, M., Graves, J., Linos, N., & Bassett, M. T. (2017). Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions. The Lancet, 389(10077), 1453-1463.
Did you scroll through the interactive timeline above?
Here are some additional videos for review to better understand the past 400 years of African American history
David R. Williams, Professor of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Does Racism Play a Role in Health Inequities?
What Is Bias, and What Can Medical Professionals Do to Address
Ending Health Care Discrimination
Your Journey Challenge:
Visit the Center of Disease Control website at the link below. Read the information on this page and perhaps download some of PDFs. – Please spend 10-15 minutes exploring this site!
Tool: African American Health
[notepad]Over 70% of your health is determined by your environment. Keep in mind addressing the SDoH is critical to the mother in labor,
and in giving birth.
