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.
structural racism
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Read more: Structural Racism, Social Determinants, and the Contested Scope of Public Health Law Structural Racism, Social Determinants, and the Contested Scope of Public Health Law
Debates exist over whether structural racism is a social determinant of health, and whether dismantling it is within the scope of public health law.
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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: How Social Movements Shape the Law to Address Health Disparities How Social Movements Shape the Law to Address Health Disparities
Scholarship on the social determinants of health is missing an account of how communities change the legal environments that produce poor health outcomes.
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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.
