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How structural racism works - racist policies as a root cause of U.S. racial health inequities.
December 17, 2020
Bailey ZD, Feldman JM, Bassett MT. N Engl J Med. 2020;384(8):768-773.
Structural racism affects both population and individual health. This article proposes four key areas in which the medical and public health communities can contribute in order to change policy and social norms: documenting the impact of racism on health; improving the collection and availability of race and ethnicity data; turning the lens to themselves; and, acknowledging that structural racism has been challenged by mass social movements.
