Racism: Eroding the health of Black communities.
| Autor: | Anderson J; James Anderson practices at Evergreen Treatment Services in Seattle, Wash. Patricia J. Devine is director of the University of Washington's HEALWA program in Seattle. Quanté Greenlee is an assistant teaching professor in the University of Washington's MEDEX Northwest PA program in Tacoma. Deanna Bridge Najera practices in the ED at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and is PA advisor for policy and engagement for MedStar Emergency Physicians, both in Olney, Md.; is lead clinician in the Carroll County Health Department's Bureau of Nursing and Reproductive Health Clinic in Westminster, Md.; and is a psychiatric medical management clinician for TrueNorth Wellness Services in Hanover, Pa. Delilah Dominguez practices at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise., Devine PJ, Greenlee Q, Najera DB, Dominguez D |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants [JAAPA] 2023 May 01; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 38-42. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.JAA.0000923552.50265.66 |
| Abstrakt: | Abstract: Even in the context of major advances in medicine, racial minorities continue to suffer worse medical outcomes. Although race is defined as a social, nonscientific construct, researchers have continued to use it as proxy to explain genetic and evolutionary differences among patients. Poorer health outcomes among Black Americans are known to be related to the psychosocial and physiological stress of racism. Black communities experience premature health deterioration because of the cumulative effects of social, economic, and political oppression and marginalization. Additionally, recent assertions that racism is best seen as a chronic disease has added value to understanding the effect of racism on the health of Black people. Using evidence-based information to assess the health of Black patients is a key step to assist clinicians in promptly addressing this chronic threat to the health of Black patients. (Copyright © 2023 American Academy of Physician Associates.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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