Racial Capitalism and Public Health: Decolonizing Diversity and Inclusion

A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 5223

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College of Health Sciences, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA
Interests: sociology of the family; race, class, and gender; intersectionality; race relations; qualitative methodology

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Sociology, Georia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Interests: global urbanism; urban governance; political-economy and global development; quantitative and comparative-historical methods; housing and the courts

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Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. USA
Interests: engaged scholarship; African American families, marriage and intimate relationships; diversity and inclusion; Type-2 diabetes management and prevention

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Founder & President, National Birth Equity Collaborative, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA
Interests: human rights; gender diversity; health equity

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Dear Colleagues, 

Over the past 25 years or more, there has been a great deal of political discussion about the virtues of consciously diversifying workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, and other social institutions. Race, ethnicity, class, and gender diversification are most often the focus of these discussions, but these discussions also encompass religion, age, sexual orientation, nationality, and more. We are soliciting articles for this Special Issue that speak to how “diversity” has quickly become a numbing, vacuous agenda that many simply embrace in order to appear politically correct. Our primary concern is for how this all plays out in the public health community, given that much rides on the physical and mental health of our marginalized populous.  Authors should address this concern and make suggestions for how we can better educate the public at large about what it means to genuinely embrace diversity and inclusion in the field of Public Health.  

Note that contributions must follow one of the three categories of papers (article, conceptual paper or review) published in the journal and address the topic of the Special Issue.

Dr. Katrina Bell McDonald
Dr. Daniel Pasciuti
Dr. Tera R. Hurt
Dr. Joia Crear Perry
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Keywords

  • diversity
  • inclusion
  • public health

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Migrants’ Health Policies and Access to Health Care in Portugal within the European Framework
by Inês Casquilho-Martins and Soraia Ferreira
Societies 2022, 12(2), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12020055 - 28 Mar 2022
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Abstract
Migratory flows have a specific influence in the European and Portuguese demographic context. Societies’ commitment to ensure fundamental rights of all citizens and migrants includes the promotion of health. This study aims to describe migrants’ health policies and access to the health system [...] Read more.
Migratory flows have a specific influence in the European and Portuguese demographic context. Societies’ commitment to ensure fundamental rights of all citizens and migrants includes the promotion of health. This study aims to describe migrants’ health policies and access to the health system in Portugal within the European framework. We carried out a mixed methods approach, analyzing health policies in European Union countries and public health key indicators from statistical secondary data collected from Eurostat and Migrant Integration Policy Index. This data was complemented with a survey applied to immigrants living in Portugal. Portugal is a European country known for its favorable immigrant integration policies and has developed access to the health care system. However, our study has shown that greater investment is needed to overcome limitations or social inequalities which inhibit migrants’ access. Additionally, we sought to present a comparative analysis between Portugal and European Union countries, which can contribute to improve health systems within the current crisis. Full article
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