Open AccessA call to action: Antiracist patient engagement in adolescent and young adult oncology research and advocacy
Author(s) -
Christabel K. Cheung,
Reginald Tucker-Seeley,
Simon Davies,
Megan Gilman,
Kimberly A. Miller,
Gilberto Lopes,
Gail Betz,
Thuli Katerere-Virima,
Laura E. Helbling,
Bria N Thomas,
Mark A. Lewis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.857
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1744-8301
pISSN - 1479-6694
DOI - 10.2217/fon-2020-1213
Subject(s) - racism , medicine , call to action , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , public health , health care , action (physics) , ethnic group , pandemic , public relations , nursing , disease , gender studies , political science , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , physics , quantum mechanics , paleontology , marketing , business , biology
Amidst the concurrent global crises of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), uprisings against Anti-Black racism and police brutality, as well as anti-Asian racism and violence, the field of medicine found itself simultaneously called upon to respond as essential workers in the public health devastation of COVID-19, and as representatives of healthcare institutions wrought with the impacts of systemic racism. Clinicians, researchers, and advocates in adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology, must come together in authentic activism to begin the work of creating structural change to advance antiracist approaches to patient engagement in AYA oncology research and advocacy. Critical review of existing practices is needed to ensure that ethical and effective research methods are employed when engaging with racial and ethnic minority AYA patients with cancer, who may be particularly vulnerable and exploited in the current context.