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Shavon Arline-Bradley, MPH
Health Equity = Dollars & SenseHealth Equity & Economics A
Social Justice Issue
Advocacy
Community Mobilization & Educ.
Training
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During this Session, participants will: Identify systemic issues and contributing factors
that increase the rates of disease in communities of color (special emphasis on the Black community);
Discuss a historical perspective of health inequity and the absence of culturally competency in health promotion activities including research
Understand the role of structural racism in health and opportunities for equity and economic development.
Review the integral role of researchers to develop relevant research opportunities for communities of color and the need to improve in the area of inclusion.
Session Objectives
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Quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
--- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Quote from W.E.B. DuBois
“One thing of course we must expect to find, and that is a much higher death rate at present among Negroes than among Whites: this is one measure of the difference in their social advancement”
¾ In 1899, W. E. B. DuBois wrote in the Philadelphia Negro, A Social Study.
¾ A Founder of the NAACP
Body & Soul: Black Panthers¾ Health & Physique Pub. 1906¾ Dubois Disputes Black Inferiority
History Repeating Itself – Healthcare Uncovers The Truth …
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History Repeating Itself..
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Reasons to fight for Health Equity? Signs of Racism
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Reasons to fight for Health Equity? Signs of Racism
Structural Racism
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Structural Racism
Center for Social Inclusion - Maya Wiley
Core of Structural Inequality? ¾ Structural arrangements produce disparities
¾ If policy is the root of the problem, it is also the place to find a solution.
EXAMPLE : A bank chooses where branches will open and who it will lend to. A business decides to locate where labor is plentiful and taxes are low. A local government decides to cut funding for public transit to address a budget shortfall
TRUTH: Communities will not prosper when they have fewer banks, little access to credit for homes and businesses, and longer, more expensive commutes to get to jobs.
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Structural Racism
Collectively, decisions like these structure the world we live in and determine what opportunities and challenges we face. Decent housing, quality healthcare and good schools, is helped or hindered by decisions. Too often the impact of these decisions comes at the expense of communities of color.
SOLUTION – Work together to build a vibrant and opportunity-rich society.
Policies that explicitly address the needs of communities of color will build a healthier society that improves the well-being of us all.
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Unequal Treatment – IOM Report
Evaluation of sources of health disparities, including the role of discrimination, bias and stereotyping at the individual (provider/patient), institutional and health care systems level
Assess the extent of racial and ethnic differences in healthcare that are not otherwise attributable to otherwise known factors such as access to care
Recommendations regarding interventions to eliminate disparities
¾ 5 Interventions: Systemic Strategies (180-198)
¾ Assessing Potential Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: Patient- and System-Level Factors (125-159)
¾ The Civil Rights Dimension of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status - Thomas E. Perez (626-663)
Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson et al.
Equity and Power
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Dual Forms of Bias
Individual BiasActs of Discrimination
Racial ProfilingDenying an Individual Coverage
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Dual Forms of Bias: Altering Power Relations
Individual Bia
s
•Direct Service•Self Help•Education•Advocacy•Direct Action
Institution
al Bia
s
•Education•Advocacy•Direct Action•Is your Research, Public health work and legislation changing institutions and/or structures?
Social Determinants of Health
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WHO- Commission Recommendations 2008
Improve Living Conditions
Tackle Inequitable Distribution of Power Money and Resources
Measure and Understand Problem and Assess the Impact of Action
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Socio-Ecological Framework
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Socio-Ecological Framework
The Socio socio-ecological model recognizes the interwoven relationship that exists between the individual and their environment.
The “top-down-up effect” of the socio ecological framework (McLeroy et al., 1988; Stokols, 1996) establishing that environmental effects and shapes behavior.
While individuals are responsible for instituting and maintaining the lifestyle changes necessary to reduce risk and improve health, individual behavior is determined to a large extent by social environment,
¾ Community Norms and Values,
¾ Regulations
¾ Policies.
Group Activity: What’s Going on? See It.. Say It!
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Activity: What’s Going On?
What are your community or institution’s “ISMS”? ¾ Community Based Public Health
¾ Academic Institutions – Health Research
¾ Hospitals
Where do these “ISMS” derive from? What is the “Root”?
How are these “ISMS” affecting the health of the communities you are working in? or affecting you and your ability to effectively change the health outcomes of African Americans- Afro Caribbeans?
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Activity #2: Force Field Analysis
Driving Forces Restraining Forces
Health Equity & EconomicEquality
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Barriers to Effective PH Practice -USVI
Public Health Issues & Implementation Barriers
¾ Limitations on Reported and Available Data
¾ Health Equity – Magnitude of Disparities
¾ Research Funding & Grant Availability (ECONOMICS)
¾ Academic vs. Community Based Interventions
Equity in Public Health Sector ¾ Black Researcher’s Solitude “Intra”racial Dynamics
¾ Class (SES), Education, Geography
Solutions: Policy Change, People Power and “Pocketbooks”
Policy as a Solution
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Policy as a Solution
If policy is the root of the problem, it is also the place to find a solution.
Public Policy is a system of laws, regulatory measures, course of action, and funding priorities set by a governmental entity or its representatives (Childhood Obesity Advocacy Manual, 2011).
• Type of neighborhood we live in, type of food served in schools, PA opportunities offered in schools Public Policy Policy
Laws passed by state, federal,
elected officials
Regulations that guide local agencies,
organizations, such as non-profits or
colleges
VS.
NAACP Childhood Obesity Advocacy Manual Released: September 2011
People Power – “If Not You then Who?”
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People Power
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People Power
Power to the People … was never a pun.
Relevant to mentoring new African American and Afro-Caribbean public health leaders in research, prevention, evaluation
Individual and Community Empowerment Power
¾ In your research intervention work, you have to create a “Power pendulum shift”
¾ Support sustainable individual interventions and engage with thought leaders, government and other sectors to ensure they recognize where the power lies,
“Pocketbooks”- Economic Power Strategy
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Economic Development
Engage Non- Tradition Partners – Business Community
¾ Chambers of Commerce, Business Developers
¾ Change “Rules of Engagement” (expand your partner base, COC)
“Health & Wealth Phenomenon”¾ Property Value
¾ Sale of the Community’s Wellness
Champions Representing Local & State Government
¾ Budget Cuts
¾ Cost Benefit Analysis
Justice for Generations
“Courage will not skip this generation.. “Roslyn M. BrockNAACP Chairman
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NAACP Contact Information
Shavon L. Arline-Bradley, MPH¾ Director, Health Programs
¾ 410-580-5652
Twitter: @shavonarline