Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby Discusses Structural Racism in Health Care (July 8th)
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Listen Now Being endemic in the US, racism is pervasive in health care. It explains everything from the fact that the black to white infant mortality ratio has never dipped below to 2:1, to more generally, disproportionate un- and under-insured rates, compromised access, non-referrals, accelerated aging and and excess deaths. More pernicious than interpersonal racism, structural or systemic racism, where the failure to provide equal benefit to racial and ethnic minorities, is embedded in health care along with education, employment, environmental, housing, transporation and numerous other federal policies. As I've noted recently, this explains why COVID-19-related deaths among African American and Hispanics are far greater than among non-Hispanic whites. (Before George Floyd was killed, he suffered a COVID-19 infection.) Listeners will recall structural racism was an theme in my January 9th interview with Prof. Andrea Freeman regarding her recent book, Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice.
Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby Discusses Structural Racism in Health Care (July 8th)
Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby Discusses…
Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby Discusses Structural Racism in Health Care (July 8th)
Listen Now Being endemic in the US, racism is pervasive in health care. It explains everything from the fact that the black to white infant mortality ratio has never dipped below to 2:1, to more generally, disproportionate un- and under-insured rates, compromised access, non-referrals, accelerated aging and and excess deaths. More pernicious than interpersonal racism, structural or systemic racism, where the failure to provide equal benefit to racial and ethnic minorities, is embedded in health care along with education, employment, environmental, housing, transporation and numerous other federal policies. As I've noted recently, this explains why COVID-19-related deaths among African American and Hispanics are far greater than among non-Hispanic whites. (Before George Floyd was killed, he suffered a COVID-19 infection.) Listeners will recall structural racism was an theme in my January 9th interview with Prof. Andrea Freeman regarding her recent book, Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice.