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Wogan, JB. 2024. How evaluation can support housing justice and community change. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica ,

Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. 2023. Address systemic discrimination in health care. Chapel Hill, NC: Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center, 13 pp. (White House blueprint evidence to action briefs)

Annotation: This issue brief highlights Action 2.7 from the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis, focusing on addressing systemic discrimination in healthcare through guidance on prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, and sex. The document examines how structural racism, interpersonal racism, and discrimination impact maternal health outcomes, with particular attention to the lasting effects of historical policies like redlining and current disparities in treatment and health outcomes across different populations. It provides detailed data on mistreatment during maternity care, highlights the intersectionality of discrimination, and outlines specific state-level innovations and evidence-based strategies being implemented to combat discrimination in maternal healthcare settings, including cultural competency training programs and equity-focused quality improvement initiatives.

Keywords: Age factors, Cultural competence, Ethnic factors, Health equity, Maternal health, Model programs, Racial factors, Racism, Social discrimination, Sociocultural factors, State initiatives, Training

Wyatt R, Laderman M, Botwinick L, Mate K, Whittington J. 2016. Achieving health equity: A guide for health care organizations. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement , 45 pp.

Annotation: This paper provides a framework for health care organizations to improve health equity in the communities they serve. Topics include making health equity a strategic priority, developing structure and processes to support health equity work, deploying specific strategies to address the multiple determinants of health on which health care organizations can have a direct impact, decreasing institutional racism within the organization, and developing partnerships with community organizations to improve health and equity. The paper also describes practical issues in measuring health equity, presents a case study of the Henry Ford Health System, and includes a self-assessment tool for health care organizations to assess their current state related to each component of the framework.

Keywords: Community participation, Discrimination, Equal opportunities, Health care delivery, Health disparities, Health systems agencies, Inclusion, Measures, Organizational change, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Self evaluation, Social bias

Lhamon CE. 2014. Dear colleague letter: Responding to bullying of students with disabilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 13 pp.

Annotation: This letter provides guidance for schools in the area of disability discrimination and urges schools to work proactively to ensure a safe school environment for all students. Contents include an overview of federal protections for students with disabilities in schools; the elements of a violation; how complaints involving bullying of students with disabilities are analyzed; and hypothetical examples that illustrate varying circumstances when conduct may constitute a violation. The guidance also offers insight into what might be required of a school to remedy instances of bullying upon a finding of disability discrimination.

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Bullying, Children with special health care needs, Schools, Social discrimination

Prentice B. 2014. Expanding the boundaries: Health equity and public health practice. Washington, DC: National Association of County and City Health Officials, 64 pp.

Annotation: This book focuses on how the prospects for health and well-being are influenced by social inequalities. Contents include an overview of the early history of public health and how some of the greatest achievements prefigure a contemporary health equity practice; the root causes of health inequities including class, racism, and gender inequity and heterosexism; profiles of health equity practice; elements of health equity practice that have emerged from the work of state and local health departments across the United States; and reflections on a future health equity practice.

Keywords: Civil rights, Equal opportunities, Gender discrimination, Public health agencies, Racial discrimination, Sexism, Social discrimination

Camacho A. 2012. Top health issues for LGBT populations: Information and resource kit. Rockville, MD: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 58 pp.

Annotation: This resource kit presents an overview of current health issues among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. It describes the top physical, behavioral, and sexual health issues and examines the prevalence of substance abuse within each of these populations. Included are helpful terms for prevention specialists and healthcare providers, a discussion about gender identity, selected web-based resources, and powerpoint slides that focus on the top health issues for the LGBT populations. The tools in the kit may be used separately or together and are intended to help raise awareness of the physical and behavioral health status and needs of the LGBT populations.

Keywords: Health promotion, Homosexuality, Psychosocial development, Public awareness materials, Sexuality, Social discrimination

Movement Advancement Project, Family Equality Council Center for American Progress with COLAGE, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, National Association of Social Workers. 2011. All children matter: How legal and social inequalities hurt LGBT families. Denver, CO: Movement Advancement Project; Boston, MA: Family Equality Council; Washington, DC: Center for American Progress, 125 pp.

Annotation: This report examines how current laws, practices, and social stigma hurt children with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) parents and work against achieving the goals of securing stable, loving homes for all children and ensuring economic security, heath, and well-being for all children. The authors assess key challenges that stand in the way of achieving these goals and offer recommendations for eliminating or reducing inequities and improving the lives of children with LGBT parents.

Keywords: Child development, Child health, Children, Economic factors, Families, Homosexuality, Parents, Sex factors, Social discrimination, Social factors, Sociocultural factors

Solar O, Irwin A. 2010. A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 75 pp. (Social determinants of health discussion paper 2)

Annotation: This paper describes a review of different frameworks for understanding the social determinants of health and how it was summarized and synthesized into a single conceptual framework for action. The paper also identifies elements of policy directions for action implied by the proposed conceptual framework and analysis of policy approaches.

Keywords: Alienation, Community action, Discrimination, Equal opportunities, Health status, Life course, Models, Policy analysis, Policy development, Political systems, Public policy, Social values, Sociocultural factors, Socioeconomic factors, Theories

CityMatCH and National Association of County and City Health Officials . 2005. MCH and social justice. Omaha, NE: CityMatCH, (Emerging issues in maternal and child health)

Annotation: This webcast on social justice and maternal and child health (MCH) was held on January 20, 2005. The webcast featured three presenters: (1) Magda Peck, from the Section on Child Health Policy, Dept. of Pediatrics, CityMatCH in Omaha Nebraska, discussed the concept of social justice within the framework of local public health; (2) Wendell Brunner, from Contra Costa Health Services in Contra Costa California, who provides an overview of social justice and MCH, including definitions of key terms and a discussion of health disparities (3) Mary Ostrem, from the Boston Public Health Commission, who discusses social justice and MCH from the perspective of a fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR) program. The complete audio recording, along with all three powerpoint presentations, are available online. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Community programs, Cultural factors, Ethnic factors, MCH programs, Multimedia, Policy development, Public health, Racial factors, Social discrimination, Social factors

Walker VS, Snarey JR, eds. 2004. Race-ing moral formation: African American perspectives on care and justice. New York, NY: Teacher's College Press, 208 pp.

Annotation: The papers collected in this volume reveal the contribution of African American voices to understanding the relationship between justice and care. The first part of the text provides a psychological perspective on moral formation among African Americans during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Part two provides practical, pedagogical perspectives drawn from the past, present, and ongoing challenges of African American educational practices, focusing on what African American voices have to say about promoting care, justice, and moral formation within schools. Appendices include information on chapter-correlated films that illustrate these values and a summary of ways in which each chapter contributes to the understanding of each of the justice-and-care primary dual values. References, information on the contributors, and an index are included.

Keywords: Blacks, Criminal justice system, Education, Life skills, Moral development, Moral values, Racial discrimination, Racial factors, Racism, Social discrimination, Social integration, Social values

Dunne C, Goode T. 2004. Using a book club to confront attitudinal barriers and other "isms". Washington, DC: National Center for Cultural Competence, 7 pp. (Seeds of change: Promising practices for enhancing cultural & linguistic competence at the individual and institutional levels)

Annotation: This pamphlet discusses how to use a book club to learn about bias, discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice. It explains how books can be catalysts for change, how to make a book club a reality, the impact of such a book club, and how a book club can grow into something larger. The pamphlet also includes start-up strategies, sample book club selections, and contact information. The pamphlet highlights the experiences of the Family Support Organization of Burlington County, NJ, a group of parents or guardians of children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges.

Keywords: Community programs, Cultural competence, Discrimination, Groups, Model programs, Racism, Reading, Social bias

Candib LM. 1995. Medicine and the family: A feminist perspective. New York, NY: Basic Books, 360 pp. (Families and health series)

Annotation: This book examines factors that affect the delivery of health services to women and children; it considers biases that have influenced the perceptions of the typically male practitioners in the medical profession. It offers a feminist perspective of health services and of the assumptions that affect the education of family practitioners. The book explores how these assumptions affect infant and child development, women's adult development, the family life cycle, violence against women, and incest and sexual abuse; the following factors affecting the doctor-patient relationship are also explored: the relationship as contract, bases of knowledge in medicine, the role of the doctor, caring, and power.

Keywords: Children, Development, Education, Family centered services, Feminism, Health professionals, Health services, Social discrimination, Women

Mulick JA, Pueschel SM. 1983. Parent-professional partnerships in developmental disability services. Cambridge, MA: Academic Guild Publishers, 238 pp.

Gliedman J, Roth W. 1980. The unexpected minority: Handicapped children in America. New York, NY: Carnegie Corporation, 525 pp.

Annotation: This book discusses discrimination against persons with disabilities. It is theorized that it is the result of stereotypes and misconceptions on the part of both health care professionals and the rest of society. Civil rights action and special education approaches are recommended to end the discrimination, particularly that in the employment market, against people with disabilities.

Keywords: Attitudes, Developmental disabilities, Legislation, Physical disabilities, Social discrimination, Special education, Special health care needs

De Lone RH. 1979. Small futures: Children, inequality, and the limits of liberal reform. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 258 pp.

Annotation: This book discusses social inequities that hamper children, examines the history of past efforts at reform, and suggests changes for the quality of children's lives in the United States. The author examines the American claim of equal opportunity, especially regarding children born into poverty, their chances of rising out of that poverty, and causes of their inequality.

Keywords: Children, Children's rights, Equal opportunities, Poverty, Social discrimination, United States
   

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