From the Podcast: Racism Is a Public Health Crisis (UW Tacoma)

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| From the Podcast: Racism Is a Public Health Crisis (UW Tacoma)Karen Clemmer (ACEs Connection Staff) 
BY: Eric Wilson-Edge / October 22, 2020. UW.Tacoma.EDU.

Racism is a public health crisis, says UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Sharon Laing. In July, Laing and UW Associate Professor Wendy Barrington were guests on the campus podcast, Paw’d Defiance, to talk about the social determinants of health (SDOH). “The World Health Organization describes social determinants of health as ‘the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age,’” said Barrington. “Examples include social and built environments, economic and educational opportunities and access to healthcare.”

Laing and Barrington research how factors like race and racism relate to health outcomes.


“We have at the systemic or structural level, policies and practices and norms that are not affecting people equally,”


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