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1University of Cincinnati Experience-Based Learning and Career Education.
Innovations in Pharmacy
|August 4, 2021
Summary
Black communities face disproportionate COVID-19 impacts due to structural racism. Pharmacists can mitigate these health inequities by adopting specific best practices to advocate for Black lives.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants of Health
Background:
- COVID-19 disproportionately affects Black communities in the U.S. due to systemic factors increasing exposure and exacerbating underlying health conditions.
- Racial health disparities are often attributed to personal choices or clinical care, overlooking the impact of structural racism and disadvantage.
- Generational racist practices, intersecting with sexism and classism, place Black individuals at higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a framework of best practices for pharmacists to address and mitigate health inequities impacting Black communities.
- To leverage the 'Oath of a Pharmacist' as a guide for actionable strategies to combat structural racism in healthcare.
- To empower pharmacists as trusted healthcare professionals to advocate for Black lives and promote health equity.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing the 'Oath of a Pharmacist' as a conceptual framework.
- Proposing a set of best practices focused on understanding and dismantling structural racism.
- Emphasizing the role of pharmacists in identifying power systems, valuing diverse voices, and advocating for equitable resource allocation.
Main Results:
- A comprehensive set of best practices for pharmacists to achieve competence in understanding structural racism.
- Strategies for pharmacists to identify and address socio-structural determinants of health affecting Black individuals.
- Recommendations for pharmacists to diminish bias, view patients holistically, and advocate for equitable health outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Achieving health equity necessitates acknowledging and addressing structural racism.
- Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to mitigate the effects of structural racism due to their trusted status and expertise.
- Implementing proposed best practices can help attenuate racial health disparities and support the well-being of Black lives.
Keywords:
Black healthhealth equityhealth inequalities; health inequities; medically underserved groups; social inequalities in healthsocial determinants of healthstructural competencestructural determinants of healthMore Related Videos
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