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Global Health Perspectives on Race in Research: Neocolonial Extraction and Local Marginalization

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  • Akhenaten Siankam Tankwanchi

    (Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA 98195, USA)

  • Emmanuella N. Asabor

    (Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA)

  • Sten H. Vermund

    (Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA)

Abstract

Best practices in global health training prioritize leadership and engagement from investigators from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), along with conscientious community consultation and research that benefits local participants and autochthonous communities. However, well into the 20th century, international research and clinical care remain rife with paternalism, extractive practices, and racist ideation, with race presumed to explain vulnerability or protection from various diseases, despite scientific evidence for far more precise mechanisms for infectious disease. We highlight experiences in global research on health and illness among indigenous populations in LMICs, seeking to clarify what is both scientifically essential and ethically desirable in research with human subjects; we apply a critical view towards race and racism as historically distorting elements that must be acknowledged and overcome.

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  • Akhenaten Siankam Tankwanchi & Emmanuella N. Asabor & Sten H. Vermund, 2023. "Global Health Perspectives on Race in Research: Neocolonial Extraction and Local Marginalization," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(13), pages 1-23, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:13:p:6210-:d:1177490
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