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- Title
Structural Racism and Health Disparities: Reconfiguring the Social Determinants of Health Framework to Include the Root Cause.
- Authors
Yearby, Ruqaiijah
- Abstract
The government recognizes that social factors cause racial inequalities in access to resources and opportunities that result in racial health disparities. However, this recognition fails to acknowledge the root cause of these racial inequalities: structural racism. As a result, racial health disparities persist.
- Subjects
RACISM laws; CONCEPTUAL structures; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HOME care services; HOUSING; HEALTH insurance; MINORITIES; PUBLIC health; RACISM; WAGES; HEALTH &; social status; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2020, Vol 48, Issue 3, p518
- ISSN
1073-1105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1073110520958876