Open AccessBuilding the Transdisciplinary Resistance Collective for Research and Policy: Implications for Dismantling Structural Racism as a Determinant of Health Inequity
Author(s) -
Adrian N Neely,
Asia S Ivey,
Catherine Duarte,
Jocelyn Poe,
Sireen Irsheid
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.30.3.381
Subject(s) - racism , sociology , injustice , health equity , ideology , resistance (ecology) , social determinants of health , construct (python library) , ethnic group , public relations , public health , social psychology , political science , medicine , psychology , gender studies , nursing , anthropology , ecology , politics , computer science , law , biology , programming language
Structural racism is a multilevel system of ideologies, institutions, and processes that have created and reified racial/ethnic inequities. As a system, it works in concert across institutions to propagate racial injustice. Thus, efforts to address structural racism and its implications for health inequity require transdisciplinary collaboration. In this article, we begin by describing the process through which we have leveraged our discipline-specific training -- spanning education, epidemiology, social work, sociology, and urban planning -- to co-construct a transdisciplinary analysis of the determinants of racial health inequity. Specifically, we introduce the underlying theories that guide our framework development and demonstrate the application of our integrated framework through a case example. We conclude with potential research and policy implications. Ethn Dis.2020;30(3):381-388; doi:10.18865/ed.30.3.381