When Identifying Health Disparities as a Problem Is a Problem: Pedagogical Strategies for Examining Racialized Contexts |
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| Authors: | Teri Browne Ronald Pitner Darcy A. Freedman |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Social Work , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina , USA brownetm@mailbox.sc.edu;3. College of Social Work , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina , USA;4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland , Ohio , USA |
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| Abstract: | The current study presents a critical discussion on community responses to health disparity research and the need for utilizing pedagogical strategies to prepare students to understand and address health disparities in racialized contexts. Qualitative research methods were used to examine community responses to media stories on two health disparity research projects, and four themes emerged: naming health disparities is a tool for dividing, structural racism does not exist, naming of health disparities is a political act, and health disparities exist because of individual-level deficiencies. The implications for teaching students about racial health disparities are presented and discussed. |
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| Keywords: | health disparities racism pedagogy social justice discrimination |
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