Teaching of the Black Population’s Health: Anti-Racist Lenses for a Paradigm Shift to Address Racial Inequities

Ana Paula Borges Carrijo (), Anna Luísa Dias Bastos de Moura, Augusto Cézar Polveiro e Oliveira, Lígia Villela Rodrigues, Janaina de Oliveira, Thiago Figueiredo de Castro, Odete Messa Torres, Katia Crestine Poças and Rodolfo Deusdará ()
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Ana Paula Borges Carrijo: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Anna Luísa Dias Bastos de Moura: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Augusto Cézar Polveiro e Oliveira: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Lígia Villela Rodrigues: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Janaina de Oliveira: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Thiago Figueiredo de Castro: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Odete Messa Torres: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Katia Crestine Poças: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil
Rodolfo Deusdará: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70910-900, DF, Brazil

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-5

Abstract: Health (and its dialectical pair—illness) is determined by multiple factors: social class, educational background, income, occupation, and race/skin color. Racism can directly impact physical and psychological illnesses, with an effect on social conditions of health. This paper discusses: (1) racism as a root cause of health inequities in Brazil and elsewhere, and (2) how students at the University of Brasilia School of Medicine respond to an anti-racist curriculum. We emphasize that an environment of profound exchanges in the teaching–learning process, adopting anti-racism praxis as a competency in the medical curriculum, is a paradigm shift in medical education and future practice.

Keywords: racism; higher education; race/ethnicity; medical curriculum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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