Little recognition of racism’s harms

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Little recognition of racism’s harms

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

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

COMMENT

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

Far from a quiet wind-down, the last few weeks of 2021 were frantic for most of us. I write my column a little ahead of when you read it in print and,
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