Open AccessEducation Policy: Addressing Racial Health Disparities in Educational Contexts
Author(s) -
Beth D Williams-Breault
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
education, society and human studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3687
pISSN - 2690-3679
DOI - 10.22158/eshs.v1n1p43
Subject(s) - health equity , disadvantaged , socioeconomic status , educational attainment , race and health , ethnic group , mental health , equity (law) , psychology , compensatory education , political science , gerontology , economic growth , medicine , environmental health , public health , nursing , program evaluation , psychiatry , population , law , economics , public administration
Race, ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status (SES) influence physical and mental health throughout the life course. Institutional and interpersonal discrimination is particularly detrimental, especially for children, and is associated with poor health outcomes. One of the most important determinants of long-term health is lifelong educational attainment. Center-based Early Childhood Education (ECE) and School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) can help overcome educational obstacles and increase medical services in disadvantaged populations while fostering health equity. Educators involved in ECE programs and SBHCs for poor and minority youth must be involved in the policy making process in order to ensure that educational quality is considered essential to the long-term effects of health equity.