Racism is the reason for large, sustained health inequities in the United States.

The February 2022 issue of Health Affairs—as well as related content including a video interview, StoryMap, podcasts, and events—focuses on racism and health and provides historical context about how the two have been linked, with an emphasis on structural racism.

The content not only focuses on the discussion of the topic with the latest scholarship, but includes forward-looking pieces to help shape the future research and policy agenda. Topics include: impact of structural racism on employment of Black women in the US health care labor force, how racial bias among physicians creeps into what is communicated in electronic health records, how experiences of racism impact reproductive care, use and experiences, and more.

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Health Equity from Health Affairs

Understanding and addressing the impact of racism, particularly structural racism, on health is essential to building equity in health ([ Ссылка ]).

As Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil wrote on Health Affairs Forefront in June 2020, the legacy of racism “is baked into our institutions, our thinking, and our policies.” Read the full article: [ Ссылка ].

Racism must be explored as a key driver of health outcomes and health disparities. Yet, as Rhea Boyd and colleagues wrote in a July 2020 Health Affairs Forefront article ([ Ссылка ]), despite racism’s alarming impacts on health and health care and the wealth of scholarship that outlines its ill effects, preeminent scholars and the journals that publish them, including Health Affairs, routinely fail to interrogate racism as a critical driver of racial health inequities.
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