In one overview paper, Paula Braveman and coauthors explain the path from systemic racism to poor health and provide examples of dismantling racist systems.

They outline how systemic racism harms health by disenfranchising people, obstructing economic resources and opportunities, increasing exposure to health-harming conditions, and limiting access to health-promoting resources and opportunities.

Among their recommended approaches to dismantling racist systems: enforcing antidiscrimination laws; building public support for policies that promote health and well-being for all; and implementing interventions to repair or reduce the damage that systemic racism has caused.

In another overview article, Ruqaiijah Yearby and coauthors explore the racist roots of past and present health policy as it relates to coverage, financing, and quality.

Laws and policies across the various payers—employers, insurance companies, the federal government, and the states—have created a "two-tier health care system that limits racial and ethnic minority populations’ equitable access to high-quality care," they write.

On Health Affairs Forefront, Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil shares his observations on creating a more equitable publishing environment.

In a new podcast episode of This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander talk about the publication process and findings from the Health Affairs February 2022 theme issue on racism and health.

On A Health Podyssey, Michael Sun joins Alan Weil to discuss his research from the Racism and Health issue which discusses racial biases hiding in EHRs.

Racism And Health In US Medicine: A Conversation With Harriet Washington

Earlier this week, Health Affairs published a video interview with guest Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present.

In the interview, Washington discusses the history of racism in medicine and research with Vabren Watts, Health Affairs’ director of health equity, and Aletha Maybank, chief health equity officer and senior vice president of the American Medical Association.

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