Little recognition of racism’s harms

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Little recognition of racism’s harms

Gabrielle Baker

Thursday 3 February 2022, 11:09 AM

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Health policy does not spell out how end goals such as addressing racism will be achieved [Benjamin Finley on Unsplash]

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In her first regular column for the year, Gabrielle Baker reviews the state of play on racism and health. She finds policy focuses too narrowly on individual health practitioners and not enough on the system

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References

Talamaivao N, Baker G, Harris R, et al. Informing anti-racism health policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. Policy Quarterly 2021;17(4);50–7. https://tinyurl.com/Informing-anti-r

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