HLTB41H3 Lecture 8: Race:Ethnicity and Health Notes
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Race: conferred identities based on an imagined hierarchy of human value related to phenotypes, skin colour, and other supposed biological expressions of group inferiority . Ethnicity: a self-chosen category reflecting ancestry, culture, religion, language, and geographic location relevant to a particular time . Integrate monitoring into existing systems: engage target populations, global working group and clearing-house, share internationally, examine global patterns, use data for health and healthcare improvement. Canadian-born, but tends to decline as their years in canada increase, and eventually end up being similar to or worse than. Racialized individuals who belong to higher ses groups may even experience more profound negative health impacts from certain types of discrimination than members of lower ses groups. Institutionalized racism: concerned with the structures of society and may be codified in institutions of practice, law, and governmental inaction in the face of need.
