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

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...

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Autores principales: Carrijo, Ana Paula Borges, de Moura, Anna Luísa Dias Bastos, Oliveira, Augusto Cézar Polveiro e, Rodrigues, Lígia Villela, de Oliveira, Janaina, de Castro, Thiago Figueiredo, Torres, Odete Messa, Poças, Katia Crestine, Deusdará, Rodolfo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554663
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416784
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Sumario: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.