COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?
During the pandemic, disability rights have been negotiable and vulnerable to sacrifice in service of the needs of able-bodied, neurotypical people.
critical race theory
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Read more: Symposium Conclusion: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law & Policy Symposium Conclusion: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law & Policy
Collectively with these contributors, we aim to define the contours of the health justice movement and debates within it.
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Read more: Symposium Introduction: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law and Policy Symposium Introduction: Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law and Policy
This symposium explores how scholars, activists, communities, and health officials can use health justice frameworks to achieve health equity.
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Read more: Understanding the Role of Race in Health: Conclusions from the Symposium Understanding the Role of Race in Health: Conclusions from the Symposium
Through social movement advocacy and engagement, BIPOC can create their own narrative of medical need and activism.
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Read more: Why Justice is Good for America’s Health Why Justice is Good for America’s Health
Among the most salient lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic is that justice is just plain good for America’s health.
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Read more: A Critical Race Perspective on Social Risk Targeting in the Health Care Sector A Critical Race Perspective on Social Risk Targeting in the Health Care Sector
Existing forms of racism or subordination may shape the design of social interventions and impact of risk targeting in harmful ways.
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Read more: The Double Bind of Medicine for Racial Minorities The Double Bind of Medicine for Racial Minorities
BIPOC are either subject to hypervisibility, or medical erasure, where their medical needs are left unaddressed and ignored.
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Read more: A Critical Race Perspective on Housing and Health A Critical Race Perspective on Housing and Health
Social, economic, and environmental factors account for the vast majority of health outcomes. And housing encompasses many of these factors.
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Read more: Addressing Racism through Medical-Legal Partnerships Addressing Racism through Medical-Legal Partnerships
Considering the cross-cutting nature of racism as a social determinant of health, medical-legal partnerships can and should address it directly.
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Read more: Structural Racism: The Root Cause of the Social Determinants of Health Structural Racism: The Root Cause of the Social Determinants of Health
Government and public health officials must aggressively work to end structural racism and revise laws that create racial inequalities.
