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Teaching of the Black Population’s Health: Anti-Racist Lenses for a Paradigm Shift to Address Racial Inequities

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  • Ana Paula Borges Carrijo

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Anna Luísa Dias Bastos de Moura

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Augusto Cézar Polveiro e Oliveira

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Lígia Villela Rodrigues

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Janaina de Oliveira

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Thiago Figueiredo de Castro

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Odete Messa Torres

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Katia Crestine Poças

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

  • Rodolfo Deusdará

    (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil)

Abstract

Health (and its dialectical pair—illness) is determined by multiple factors: social class, educational background, income, occupation, and race/skin color. Racism can directly impact physical and psychological illnesses, with an effect on social conditions of health. This paper discusses: (1) racism as a root cause of health inequities in Brazil and elsewhere, and (2) how students at the University of Brasilia School of Medicine respond to an anti-racist curriculum. We emphasize that an environment of profound exchanges in the teaching–learning process, adopting anti-racism praxis as a competency in the medical curriculum, is a paradigm shift in medical education and future practice.

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  • Ana Paula Borges Carrijo & Anna Luísa Dias Bastos de Moura & Augusto Cézar Polveiro e Oliveira & Lígia Villela Rodrigues & Janaina de Oliveira & Thiago Figueiredo de Castro & Odete Messa Torres & Kati, 2022. "Teaching of the Black Population’s Health: Anti-Racist Lenses for a Paradigm Shift to Address Racial Inequities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-5, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:24:p:16784-:d:1002992
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    1. Came, Heather & Griffith, Derek, 2018. "Tackling racism as a “wicked” public health problem: Enabling allies in anti-racism praxis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 199(C), pages 181-188.
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