Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health.
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2023-04-03
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(Devakumar, Selvarajah, Abubakar, Shannon) Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
(Kim) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
(McKee) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
(Sabharwal) Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
(Saini) New YorkNYUnited States
(White) Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
(Achiume) UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, United States
(Kim) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
(McKee) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
(Sabharwal) Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
(Saini) New YorkNYUnited States
(White) Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
(Achiume) UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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2022
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The Lancet. Vol.400(10368), 2022, pp. 2097-2108.
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The Lancet
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This Series shows how racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the structures that support them are detrimental to health. In this first Series paper, we describe the conceptual model used throughout the Series and the underlying principles and definitions. We explore concepts of epistemic injustice, biological experimentation, and misconceptions about race using a historical lens. We focus on the core structural factors of separation and hierarchical power that permeate society and result in the negative health consequences we see. We are at a crucial moment in history, as populist leaders pushing the politics of hate have become more powerful in several countries. These leaders exploit racism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination to divide and control populations, with immediate and long-term consequences for both individual and population health. The COVID-19 pandemic and transnational racial justice movements have brought renewed attention to persisting structural racial injustice.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
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36502848 [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=36502848]
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Social determinants of health