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Actively Addressing Systemic Racism Using a Behavioral Community Approach

Recent police brutality and related violence against Black people, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has further evidenced the disproportionate impact of systemic racism in our institutions and across society. In the United States, the alarming mortality rates for Black people due to police violen...

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Autores principales: Watson-Thompson, Jomella, Hassaballa, Ruaa H., Valentini, Stephanie H., Schulz, Jonathan A., Kadavasal, Priya Vanchy, Harsin, Joshua D., Thompson, Valerie M., Hassaballa, Ithar H., Esiaka, Cynthia C., Thompson, Eric C.
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9576132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38013770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42822-022-00101-6
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author Watson-Thompson, Jomella
Hassaballa, Ruaa H.
Valentini, Stephanie H.
Schulz, Jonathan A.
Kadavasal, Priya Vanchy
Harsin, Joshua D.
Thompson, Valerie M.
Hassaballa, Ithar H.
Esiaka, Cynthia C.
Thompson, Eric C.
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Hassaballa, Ruaa H.
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Harsin, Joshua D.
Thompson, Valerie M.
Hassaballa, Ithar H.
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description Recent police brutality and related violence against Black people, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has further evidenced the disproportionate impact of systemic racism in our institutions and across society. In the United States, the alarming mortality rates for Black people due to police violence and COVID-19 related deaths are clear demonstrations of inequities within a long history of disparate outcomes. In understanding systemic racism, it is essential to consider how it is embedded within society and across socio-ecological levels. The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) is used to examine conditions within the environment that maintain systemic racism, including within our field and discipline. A behavioral-community approach for examining racism aids in determining points of intervention across multiple ecological levels that may contribute to behavior change, including with behaviorists. The science of behavior is well-suited to help examine the contingencies governing behaviors within and across systems, which is pivotal for addressing operant behaviors to influence long-term behavior change. This paper calls on the behavioral community to address systemic racism within our environments and systems of influence to contribute to a more equitable community. Systemic racism, including within the context of anti-Blackness, is examined by considering behavior change strategies that can be supported by behaviorists across socio-ecological levels. Tools for collaborative action are provided to support behaviorists in demonstrating the skills needed across a continuum of behaviors from allyship to anti-racism to actively address systemic racism.
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spelling pubmed-95761322022-10-18 Actively Addressing Systemic Racism Using a Behavioral Community Approach Watson-Thompson, Jomella Hassaballa, Ruaa H. Valentini, Stephanie H. Schulz, Jonathan A. Kadavasal, Priya Vanchy Harsin, Joshua D. Thompson, Valerie M. Hassaballa, Ithar H. Esiaka, Cynthia C. Thompson, Eric C. Behav. Soc. Iss. Original Paper Recent police brutality and related violence against Black people, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has further evidenced the disproportionate impact of systemic racism in our institutions and across society. In the United States, the alarming mortality rates for Black people due to police violence and COVID-19 related deaths are clear demonstrations of inequities within a long history of disparate outcomes. In understanding systemic racism, it is essential to consider how it is embedded within society and across socio-ecological levels. The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) is used to examine conditions within the environment that maintain systemic racism, including within our field and discipline. A behavioral-community approach for examining racism aids in determining points of intervention across multiple ecological levels that may contribute to behavior change, including with behaviorists. The science of behavior is well-suited to help examine the contingencies governing behaviors within and across systems, which is pivotal for addressing operant behaviors to influence long-term behavior change. This paper calls on the behavioral community to address systemic racism within our environments and systems of influence to contribute to a more equitable community. Systemic racism, including within the context of anti-Blackness, is examined by considering behavior change strategies that can be supported by behaviorists across socio-ecological levels. Tools for collaborative action are provided to support behaviorists in demonstrating the skills needed across a continuum of behaviors from allyship to anti-racism to actively address systemic racism. Springer International Publishing 2022-10-17 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9576132/ /pubmed/38013770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42822-022-00101-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Thompson, Valerie M.
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Esiaka, Cynthia C.
Thompson, Eric C.
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