Why Othering should be considered in research on health inequalities: Theoretical perspectives and research needs

• Othering is relevant to public health as an analytical lens that helps to understand the link between minority status and health inequalities. • To investigate health inequalities caused by Othering, it is necessary to include the semantic-symbolic construction of Others. • Othering operates as a discursive practice and occurs on multiple levels. • Research on Othering requires consideration of intersectionality and power structures derived from socially and historically grown hierarchies. • Interventions against Othering require deconstructive concepts – this means deconstructing the institutionalized and embodied normality of the We.