TY - JOUR
T1 - Black Lives Matter in health promotion: moving from unspoken to outspoken
AU - Leitch, Stephanie
AU - Corbin, J Hope
AU - Boston-Fisher, Nikita
AU - Ayele, Christa
AU - Delobelle, Peter
AU - Gwanzura Ottemöller, Fungisai
AU - Matenga, Tulani Francis L
AU - Mweemba, Oliver
AU - Pederson, Ann
AU - Wicker, Josette
N1 - © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press.
PY - 2021/8/30
Y1 - 2021/8/30
N2 - Racism is a public health crisis. Black communities (including Africans, the African diaspora and people of African descent) experience worse health outcomes as demonstrated by almost any measure of health and wellbeing-e.g. life expectancy; disease prevalence; maternal mortality rates. While health promotion has its foundation in promoting equity and social justice, it is clear that however well-intended, we are not affecting meaningful change for Black communities quickly enough. Through this article, we outline the intersection of social determinants of health and anti-Black racism. We describe how in the first 8 months of 2020 Black communities around the globe have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, while also having to respond to new instances of police brutality. We assert that the time has come for health promotion to stop neutralizing the specific needs of Black communities into unspoken 'good intentions'. Instead, we offer some concrete ways for the field to become outspoken, intentional and honest in acknowledging what it will take to radically shift how we promote health and wellbeing for Black people.
AB - Racism is a public health crisis. Black communities (including Africans, the African diaspora and people of African descent) experience worse health outcomes as demonstrated by almost any measure of health and wellbeing-e.g. life expectancy; disease prevalence; maternal mortality rates. While health promotion has its foundation in promoting equity and social justice, it is clear that however well-intended, we are not affecting meaningful change for Black communities quickly enough. Through this article, we outline the intersection of social determinants of health and anti-Black racism. We describe how in the first 8 months of 2020 Black communities around the globe have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, while also having to respond to new instances of police brutality. We assert that the time has come for health promotion to stop neutralizing the specific needs of Black communities into unspoken 'good intentions'. Instead, we offer some concrete ways for the field to become outspoken, intentional and honest in acknowledging what it will take to radically shift how we promote health and wellbeing for Black people.
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U2 - 10.1093/heapro/daaa121
DO - 10.1093/heapro/daaa121
M3 - Article
C2 - 33305322
VL - 36
SP - 1160
EP - 1169
JO - Health Promotion International
JF - Health Promotion International
SN - 0957-4824
IS - 4
ER -